TEHRAN, December 24 - Head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, has passed away at the age of 70 after months of suffering acute ill health.
TEHRAN, December 24 - Saudi Arabia has paid compensation to families of the Iranian nationals killed in a 2015 collapse of a crane in the holy city of Mecca, Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said.
TEHRAN, December 24 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is slated to pay an official visit to Tehran on Monday.
TEHRAN, December 24 - Members of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission held a meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies for talks on the major issues surrounding the foreign policy and economic diplomacy.
TEHRAN, December 23 -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again reiterated the Islamic Republic's principled policy to support Palestine, urging all countries in the Muslim world to boost their unity to defend the Palestinian cause.
TEHRAN, December 23 - The Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI) has dismissed some media reports that Germany is planning to ban flights in and out of the country by Iran’s Mahan Air in January.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Iran's Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad vehemently dismissed recent media reports that the Iranian and US diplomats have held a secret meeting in the British capital ahead of Yemen peace talks in Sweden.
TEHRAN, December 23 - The United States extended an exemption allowing Iraq to continue importing Iranian oil and gas despite US sanctions on Tehran, a US State Department spokesman confirmed.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Deputy Chief of Iran's Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said a series of new homegrown military products, including naval vessels, will be unveiled in coming weeks.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri highlighted the US administration’s hostilities toward the Iranian nation and said Tehran has made appropriate decisions to counter Washington’s sanctions and pave the way for the imports of goods.
TEHRAN, December 23 -The top US intelligence official has accused Russia, China and Iran of running election meddling campaign during American mid-term polls last November in an official report to the White House but insisted that no election systems were compromised.
TEHRAN, December 22 -Iran says the US military presence in the region has been "wrong and a source of tension” after President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, December 22 -The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ military drill in the Persian Gulf is a strong message to the United States and Israel that Iran’s deterrent power can “ward off” any hostile movement against the country, says a political commentator.
TEHRAN, December 22 -Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has reiterated the Islamic Republic's support for Palestine, stressing the importance of making more efforts to expose brutal crimes committed by the Israeli regime against the oppressed Palestinian nation.
TEHRAN, December 21 - A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran and Russia are "reliable partners" on many international developments and on a landmark 2015 nuclear agreement, despite the United States' efforts to create obstacles in the way of the deal's implementation.