Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Thursday that Iran has been the number one supporter of the Arab country in its almost six-year-long battle against terrorism.
The deadly blaze which led to the collapse of the Plasco high-rise in downtown Tehran was mainly caused by an electrical short-circuit, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said.
Turkmenistan says it is ready to resume talks with Iran over a dispute on gas exports to its southern neighbor that were halted earlier this month as a result of a row on payments.
Iranian Parliament speaker's special advisor on International Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with senior officials of Islamic Jihad and Hamas in Lebanon.
Turkey has hailed a ceasefire agreement it has reached with Russia and Iran during recent talks on Syria in Kazakhstan, saying the deal was diplomatically successful in facilitating the political settlement of conflict in the Arab country.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned recent remarks by a British Foreign Office official against the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, calling the comments “provocative.”
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah stressed settlement of misunderstanding among regional countries in a calm atmosphere and holding direct talks.
US President Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders to restrict immigration to the country, including demanding the construction of his proposed wall on the US-Mexico border and suspending visas for citizens of Iran and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, at least temporarily.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah would carry message of Kuwaiti Emir for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his travel to Tehran.