TEHRAN, Feb 20 - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations said that political process in Yemen is a major contributor for regional stability, noting that participation of major countries including Iran will play a key role in promoting regional security and settlement of crises.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - An independent political and economic researcher from Los Angeles described a long-awaited mechanism to safeguard European trade ties with Tehran called INSTEX as another “Trojan Horse tool” to infiltrate into Iran’s banking, defense and energy sectors.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Head of Iran’s State Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures Organization said 22,700 Iranian prisoners have been released under recent clemency granted by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - The second-in-command of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has slammed Saudi Arabia as “the heart of evil” in the Middle East region and the entire world as well, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic has been making plans for defeating its enemies and avenging the blood of its terror victims.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - A senior Iranian military commander says a suicide bomber and two other terrorists involved in a recent deadly attack that targeted members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have been identified as Pakistani nationals.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Iran is now a gasoline exporter but the country is not exporting any volumes for the moment, preferring to build up its stocks first, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Iran has strongly condemned a terrorist attack on an army checkpoint in Egypt's restive North Sinai region, urging collective cooperation among all countries to fight the scourge.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Top diplomats of Iran and China have emphasized the two nations’ determination to promote their “strategic” relations in various areas as a high-ranking delegation from Tehran visits Beijing for talks.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson slammed the Saudi regime as “the true godfather of Takfiri terrorism” in the world after the kingdom’s former top diplomat accused Tehran of sponsoring terrorism.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi called for a constant development of Iran’s defense power to deter enemies from taking military action against the country.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Human rights organizations, issuing resolutions times and again, have attracted general public's attention to the sheer violations of human rights in Saudi Arabia, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman said.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Iranian parliament speaker said the main objective of his visit to China is the development of bilateral relations between Tehran and Beijing.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 -Russia has denounced a recent US-organized conference in Poland – which had a highly hostile anti-Iran agenda -- as yet another America-style attempt to create new “dividing lines” in the Middle East and impose its own “unilateral recipes” on the conflict-ridden region.
TEHRAN, Feb 18 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday inaugurated the third phase of Persian Gulf Star Refinery, known as the world’s largest gas condensate refinery, during a ceremony in the country’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
TEHRAN, Feb 18 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi took a swipe at the European Union for its delay in implementing the financial mechanism for trade with the Islamic Republic known as the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX).
TEHRAN, Feb 18 - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said Iran could directly step in to crush Pakistani-based terrorist groups under the UN Charter.
TEHRAN, Feb 18 - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani hailed the growing relations between the Islamic Republic and China and said the two countries have always enjoyed close relations at various levels.