Iran
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Tajikistan FM congratulates Amirabdollahian on 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties
Tehran, IRNA – Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin in a message to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday congratulated the 30th anniversary of establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.
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Iran's top negotiator meets EU's Mora, E3 envoys
Vienna, IRNA – Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani on Sunday met and held talks with the European Union representative in the Vienna talks Enrique Mora and the European troika (representatives of the three parties to the JCPOA) in diplomatic Vienna talks.
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Six Iranian prisoners released from Pakistani jail, return home
Islamabad, IRNA -- Six Iranian nationals, including four fishermen, arrested by the Pakistan Coast Guard, have been released from Karachi jail and returned back to their homeland.
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Tehran-Ashgabat relations a model for regional countries: Iranian veep
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber said on Saturday that relations between Iran and Turkmenistan should set a model for other regional countries.
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Pres. Raisi: Iran-Tajikistan expansion of cooperation is possible
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a message congratulated his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states, and said that expansion of cooperation between Iran and Tajikistan is possible.
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Iran stresses pursuing rights of martyrs of Ukrainian plane crash
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Justice Minister Amin Hossein Rahimi on Saturday underlined the need for pursuing the material and spiritual rights of the martyrs of a 2020 crash of a Ukrainian plane near Tehran.
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Iranian source rejects Arab newspaper claim on Vienna talks
Tehran, IRNA –An informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team said that the news released by an Arabic-language newspaper about the interim agreement in Vienna is completely false and fabricated.
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Pres. Raisi: Tehran, Ashgabat determined to take effective steps
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that Tehran-Ashgabat relations are on the path to development, adding that they are determined to take effective and useful steps in political, economic, cultural, and social relations for the benefit of their nations.
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Iran, Turkmenistan's transit to boost regional trade
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Rostam Qasemi, met with Turkmenistan’s deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, on January 8 to discuss bilateral transport and transit.
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COVID-19 kills 31 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, IRNA – The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 131,878 with 31 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
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Americans' calculations have always proved wrong: Supreme Leader
Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said in a live speech on Sunday that the Americans mistakenly thought they could kill the movement whose symbol was General Qasem Soleimani by assassinating him.
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Qalibaf calls for clarifying Ukrainian plane crash case
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said it is necessary to pursue demands of the families of Ukrainian plane crash victims and clarifying the case.
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Palestine appoints its new ambassador to Iran
Tehran, IRNA - Salam Al-Zawawi is appointed as new Palestinian ambassador to Tehran.
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Minister: Iran-Turkmenistan trade volume increases by 84 percent
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Rostam Qasemi and Turkmen Vice-President Serdar Berdimuhamedow in a meeting here on Saturday referred to the 84 percent increase of the Iran-Turkmenistan trade volume in the year 2021 and the evermore expansion of bilateral relations.
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Official: General Soleimani never let ISIS dreams to come true
Isfahan, IRNA – The head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization said on Saturday that Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and his companions’ timely wisdom and selfless braveries prevented the ISIS dreams for invading Iran from becoming true.
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Iran Army commander: General Soleimani cut global oppression’s breath in his life
Tehran, IRNA – Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Saturday that anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was the strong arm of the Islamic Revolution during his proliferous life, who cut the breath of the American global oppression and the Zionist regime.
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Amirabdollahian talks with Indian counterpart on phone
Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Saturday evening in a phone talk with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar exchanged views on the most important bilateral, regional and international issues.
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Iran's top negotiator: Parties narrowing differences in Vienna talks
Vienna, IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Top Negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani in his latest evaluation about the negotiations aimed at removal of unlawful sanctions pointed out on Saturday evening that the differences of views among negotiating parties are now decreasing.
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Iran's FM, Turkmen vice-president discuss bilateral ties
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and visiting Turkmen Vice-President Serdar Gurbanguliyevich Berdimuhamedow in a meeting in Tehran discussed bilateral relations and regional developments.
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Iran, Pakistan committed to enhance trade volume to over $5 billion: Envoy
Islamabad, IRNA – Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Tehran and Islamabad are committed to enhance the existing trade volume of $1.4 billion to over $5 billion in the next couple of years.
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Iran, P4+1 hold expert meeting on removal of sanctions
Vienna, IRNA – Experts from Iran and five world powers – known as P4+1 – engaged in talks in Vienna on Saturday to discuss the removal of the US unilateral sanctions on Tehran.
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Iran Foreign Ministry updates sanctions list of American entities
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry released an updated list of American entities sanctioned by Iran for involvement in a 2020 US assassination of Iran's anti-terror General Qassem Soleimani.
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Iranians pay tribute to 250 anonymous martyrs
Iranians attend the funeral processions of 250 anonymous martyrs of the Holy Defense (Iran-Iraq war) held at the same time on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s exalted daughter Lady Fatima al-Zahra (P). Iran, January 8, 2022. IRNA
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Iran-Pakistan Relations: Prospects of Economic and Social Cooperation
Islamabad, IRNA -- Speakers at a webinar stressing on economic and social cooperation between Iran and Pakistan said the two countries must take advantage of each others’ capacities especially in energy sector to encounter US unilateral sanctions.
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COVID-19 kills 26 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, IRNA – The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 131,847 with 26 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Saturday.
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Tajik Pres congratulates 30th anniv of Dushanbe-Tehran diplomatic ties
Tehran, IRNA – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in a message congratulated his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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Supreme Leader attends mourning ceremony of Hazrat Fatemeh (PBUH)
Tehran, IRNA - The mourning ceremony of martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH) was held at Hosseiniyah of Imam Khomeini (RA) on Friday in the presence of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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Iran ready to talk with all countries involved in Ukrainian plane crash: FM statement
Tehran, IRNA - Foreign Ministry in a statement stressed that Iran is still ready to negotiate bilaterally with any of the countries involved in the Ukrainian plane crash in good faith and by respecting their sovereignty and domestic laws and international obligations of governments.
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Official: World Bank approves granting $90m loan to Iran
Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Organization for investment Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran said despite US and the Zionist lobby opposition, the World Bank has approved granting $90 million worth of loan to Iran to fight COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 kills 19 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, IRNA – The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 131,821 with 19 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday.