TEHRAN, September 01 - Iran’s Basij volunteer forces have started nationwide drills in which thousands of participants have been enlisted, said Iran's Basij Commander Brigadier-General Gholam-Hossein Gheibparvar.
TEHRAN, September 01 - Iran says Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's decision to sack national security adviser and head of Hashd al-Sha'abi Falih Alfayyadh is an internal affair which it will not meddle with.
TEHRAN, August 31 - The European Commission will recommend EU member states abolish daylight saving, where clocks are advanced by one hour in summer, its president Jean-Claude Juncker said on German television Friday.
TEHRAN, August 31 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Pakistan is an "important" neighboring country to Iran, stressing that no third country can negatively affect relations between the two countries.
TEHRAN, August 31 - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani will visit Russia in early September to take part in a meeting of the Iran-Russia inter-parliamentary commission, the press attache of the Russian Embassy in Tehran said.
TEHRAN, August 31 - Iran has rejected the French foreign minister’s call for talks on Tehran’s missile program and regional policies, saying the West has left no trust for Iran to sit for talks on non-nuclear issues.
TEHRAN, August 31 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said complying with the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers “in deeds and not just words is not Iran's only option”.
TEHRAN, August 31 -Japan remains firmly committed to seeking US exemption for Iranian oil imports as it sees the supplies as important for the country's energy security and businesses, a top government official told S&P Global Platts on Thursday.
TEHRAN, August 31 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is working with Iran and Russia to prevent what he called a “disaster” from happening in Syria’s Idlib where the Syrian army is preparing to launch an offensive against terrorists controlling the province.
TEHRAN, August 31 - The “hawks” in the Donald Trump administration are fully aware that their country “cannot afford” any direct military confrontation with the Islamic Republic, an American political commentator said.
TEHRAN, August 30 - An Iranian petrochemical company achieved the technical know-how to make special catalysts used for gasoline production, making Iran the world’s second producer of such advanced component and helping it earn as much as $60 billion a year in export revenue.
TEHRAN, August 31 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again reaffirmed Iran's full compliance with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in the second such report after the US stopped fulfilling its side of the bargain and left the multilateral agreement in violation of international law.
TEHRAN, August 30 -Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or reduced the prison terms of 615 Iranian prisoners convicted by various courts.
TEHRAN, August 30 - Iran and Pakistan have emphasized their will to bolster neighborly relations in all areas, especially in the fight against terrorism, as Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif pays an official visit to Islamabad for high-level talks.
TEHRAN, August 30 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to Islamabad to meet Pakistan’s new prime minister, after what he called “fruitful consultations” in Turkey for weighing up joint action against the US hostile policies and sanctions against Tehran and Ankara.
TEHRAN, August 30 - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations slammed the US government’s policy of withdrawal from the international organizations, warning against Washington’s call for the UN member states to disobey the UNSC Resolution 2231 which endorses the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, August 30 - In a congratulatory message to a number of Shiite figures on the occasion of Eid al-Ghadeer, speaker of the Iranian parliament hoped for peace, stability and security across the Muslim world.
TEHRAN, August 30 - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has fired back at “warmonger” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for threatening Iran with “nuclear annihilation” right from the regime’s secretive atomic weapons facility.