TEHRAN, October 14 - Iran and Iraq have signed a major memorandum of understanding on handling the Arbaeen season that would see more than 2.5 million Iranian pilgrims travelling to Iraq, an Iranian official said.
TEHRAN, October 14 - An Iranian lawmaker said the European package of measures to secure Iran’s benefits from the 2015 nuclear deal would be announced before November 4, when a new round of US sanctions against Tehran comes into force.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri highlighted the reasons behind the recent surge in oil prices and said US President Donald Trump wrongly thought that the Saudis were able to replace the reduced share of the Islamic Republic in global oil markets.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Iran’s vice president for legal affairs denounced the US announcement of its withdrawal from the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights -signed with Iran in 1955- saying such a pull-out is a lengthy process that faces many obstacles.
TEHRAN, October 14 - “To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.” That oft-quoted but mischievous characterization of diplomacy and diplomats by American writer and historian Will Durant has a counterexample in Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a top aide to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has pressed his US counterpart Steven Mnuchin to ensure Japanese firms are not hurt by Washington's sanctions on Iran, Kyodo news agency reported Friday.
TEHRAN, October 14 - The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Iran will give a crushing response to any threat to its security even if it requires extraterritorial operations.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Islamic Republic will keep its military advisory presence in Syria as long as Tehran finds it "effective and useful" and as long as the Arab country's government demands it.
TEHRAN, October 12 - India imported 528,000 bpd of Iranian oil in September, up by 1 percent from August, due to delays of some August cargoes until Indian refiners received the government nod to import Iran’s oil on Iranian tankers with Iranian insurance, a report said.
TEHRAN, October 12 - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has pressed his US counterpart Steven Mnuchin to ensure Japanese firms are not hurt by Washington's sanctions on Iran, Kyodo news agency reported Friday.
TEHRAN, October 12 - Iranian athletes have pocketed two gold medals in Taekwondo at the Youth Olympic Games, which is currently underway in Argentina’s Capital Buenos Aires.
TEHRAN, October 12 - ALeader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on all branches of the government to join forces to counter the negative impacts of brutal American sanctions against the Iranian nation.
TEHRAN, October 12 - A senior Russian official has dismissed the Israeli regime’s demand that Iran be forced out of Syria, saying that the issue is none of Tel Aviv’s business as it is Syria’s sovereign right to authorize Iranian forces on its soil.
TEHRAN, October 11 - Iran’s top military commander says the nation’s security constitutes a “red line” for the armed forces, warning “counter-revolutionary grouplets” against any attempt to destabilize the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, October 11 - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri put the onus on the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to take action against anti-Iranian groups stationed along the border areas.