Tehran, Iran-- Iran has called for expansion of ties between Tehran and Ankara after the victory of the incumbent president of Turkey in the recently held elections in the country.The sentiment was expressed by Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Foreign Minister Hakan...

One Dane and two Austrian-Iranian citizens released from detention by Tehran arrived in their home countries, after the latest in a series of prisoner swaps. The three Europeans had landed at Melsbroek military airport just outside Brussels. They had flown there from Muscat, the capital of Oman which helped broker...

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has declared the formation of a new naval coalition. This alliance, encompassing regional powers like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Iraq, aims to enhance maritime security and underlines the increasing recognition of the need for regional synergy in establishing security.

Iran released one Danish and two Austrian-Iranian citizens it had been holding after mediation by Oman, and they are being flown to Belgium, said the country's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. This comes a week after Tehran freed a Belgian aid worker in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who was...

"As a result of our ongoing evaluation of effective security cooperation with all partners, two months ago, the UAE withdrew its participation in the Combined Maritime Forces," a statement carried by the official WAM news agency said. The Bahrain-headquartered CMF was established in 2001, initially as a partnership between 12...

Tehran, Iran-- Terming the UAE as a reliable trade partner, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said bilateral between the two countries are developing in both government and private sectors.He made the remarks during a meeting with Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State of the UAE on Tuesday afternoon....

Iranian media reports came just days before the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency is due to meet to review progress in addressing the watchdog's remaining concerns. The IAEA had reported the discovery of traces of radioactive material at three sites not declared by Iran as having...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he would welcome a resumption of diplomatic relations with Egypt, during a meeting with Oman's visiting Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. Ties between Tehran and Cairo soured following the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran and Egypt's recognition of Israel, the Islamic republic's sworn enemy.

Baghdad, Iraq--Iraq is looking to deepen cooperation with Iran in the transport sector and facilitate the movement of pilgrims between the two countries. The issue was discussed in a meeting in Baghdad between the Iranian and Iraqi ministers focusing on the ways to expand cooperation between the two countries.The meeting occurred...

ABU DHABI, UAE - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei headed the UAE delegation to the Development Road Conference in Iraq.The one-day conference brought together transport ministers and officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Turkey, Syria and Jordan and representatives of the European Union and...

His trip comes just two days after Tehran freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele from almost 15 months in custody in exchange for diplomat Assadollah Assadi, who was held in Belgium over a 2018 plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally outside Paris. Oman helped facilitate the prisoner swap

Tehran, Iran-- Urging OPEC member countries to preserve cohesion and unity among them, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said that several Western countries were seeking to divide OPEC member states.The Iranian president made the remark in a meeting with the Secretary-General of OPEC Haitham al-Ghais in Tehran on Saturday.Considering the constructive interaction...

Clashes broke out between Iranian and Taliban forces at the border between the two countries, Iranian police said without reporting casualties, amid a water dispute between the two neighbors. State news agency IRNA quoted deputy head of the police force Qassem Rezaee as saying that Taliban forces started shooting at...

Iran freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele after almost 15 months in custody, in a prisoner exchange for an Iranian diplomat convicted of terrorism. Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said the 42-year-old had arrived in Oman and added: "If all goes to plan, he'll be with us this evening....

Tehran, Iran--Iran has displayed a new long-range missile capable of carrying 1,500 kg warhead with the capacity to hit targets 2,000 kms away.Iranian armed forces unveiled their latest model of ballistic missiles dubbed "Khorramshahr-4 long range strategic missile" in a ceremony on Thursday morning in the presence of defense minister.The...

Tehran, Iran-- Iran seeks economic integration and multilateralism in international relations, according to the Islamic Republic's President Ebrahim Raisi.The president made the remarks upon his arrival in Tehran, returning from Indonesia after a two-day visit there."Our relationship with different countries is based on regionalism and neighborhood policy," he said.Raisi said...

The new envoy, Alireza Enayati, previously served as Iran's ambassador to Kuwait, assistant to the foreign minister and director general of Gulf affairs at the foreign ministry, the English-language Iran Daily said. There was no immediate confirmation of his appointment from the foreign ministry of the Islamic republic.

Oman has close ties with Iran and played a mediating role between Tehran and Washington in the build-up to a nuclear deal reached in 2015. Stop-start talks began in April last year to restore the deal, after the US unilaterally withdrew from it in 2018, prompting Tehran to roll back...

Indonesia and Iran signed a trade agreement in Jakarta where President Joko Widodo hosted his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi. Tehran is aiming to boost its international trade. Raisi's two-day visit to Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, comes in the shadow of fresh European Union sanctions this week on Iran's Revolutionary...

Tehran, Iran-- Less than a year after signing a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with the UAE, Indonesia will sign a similar treaty with Iran during the ongoing visit of the Islamic Republic's President Ebrahim Raisi to the country.The deal is intended to improve trade relations and boost the trade transaction...

Beirut, Lebanon -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned to the Arab fold after more than a decade of isolation, eyeing reconstruction and aid from formers foes as the conflict grinds on.Since the brutal civil war broke out in 2011, it has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and devastated...

The European Union imposed an asset freeze on the investment arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, over Tehran's brutal crackdown on protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. The sanctions - the eighth imposed by the EU over the repression - came after Iran hanged three more men convicted in relation...

Shamkhani, an ethnic Arab who had also previously served as a Revolutionary Guards commander, had been credited with defusing Iran's years-long tensions with some Gulf nations. He was named head of the security council in September 2013, replacing his ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili.

Iran said it is capable of ensuring the safety of the vital Gulf waters in cooperation with neighboring countries. Iran and its neighboring countries are capable of cooperating for the security of the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman," Iran's Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces,...

AARAMTA, LEBANON - Lebanon's Hezbollah movement simulated cross-border raids into Israel on Sunday in a show of its military might, using live ammunition and an attack drone, AFP correspondents said.Around 200 Hezbollah fighters took part in the raids, part of large-scale military exercise in Aaramta, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) north...

Five Iranian border guards were killed during clashes with an armed group in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported. Earlier, the judiciary's Mizan Online website had quoted local prosecutor Mehdi Shamsabadi as saying that six border guards were killed but later the number was revised down to...

Iran said it "reserves" the right to take action as a dispute with Afghanistan escalates over an upstream river dam that restricts the flow of water into the country. "Iran reserves its rights to take necessary measures and emphasizes the full responsibility of Afghanistan in this regard," the foreign ministry...

Iran executed three men convicted of killing security force members during protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death last year, the judiciary said, drawing condemnation from rights groups. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were found guilty of waging "war against God" - at a demonstration in Isfahan on November...

Tehran, Iran-- Continuing with their program to deepen the relationship between the two countries, Iran and Russia have signed a new customs agreement to facilitate trade.The agreement was made in a meeting between Mohammad Rezvani-Far, Deputy Minister of Economy and Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), and...

Tehran, Iran - Iran and Russia on Wednesday signed an agreement to construct the final part in the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) that connects Russia to the Gulf and India.The INSTC, a freight network of ship, rail and road routes, covers some 7,200 kilometers (4,475 miles) between Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran...

Tehran, Iran-- Iran is looking to deepen energy ties with Russia as the latter is keen to explore and develop oil and gas projects in the Islamic Republic.This was stated by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak during talks with Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji in Tehran. He is on...

Dubai, UAE-- Qatar and Bahrain have agreed to restart flights toward the end of the month, in a sign of warming relations between the estranged countries.According to Bahrain News Agency, the resumption of flights between Bahrain and Qatar “comes within the framework of the brotherly relations between the two brotherly...

Abu Dhabi, UAE-- Iran is keen to boost transportation ties with the UAE and has invited investors from the country to take part in transportation projects in the Islamic Republic.In this connection, Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, met with Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the...

The United Arab Emirates has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to attend the UN climate summit in Dubai later this year, Syrian state media said. Assad's first invitation to a global summit since the start of Syria's war in 2011 comes as the Arab world warms to Damascus after a...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Iranian authorities have arrested eight people for "leading" a workers' strike at a key gas site in the south of the country, local media reported on Sunday."Eight main leaders of the workers' strike in the South Pars projects have been arrested by the intelligence services," Akbar Pourat, the...

TEHRAN, IRAN- Iran has summoned Iraq's ambassador to protest over the presence of Iranian opposition groups at an official ceremony in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, media reported on Sunday.Quoting the foreign ministry, ISNA news agency said that during Saturday's meeting Tehran expressed its "strong objection" to the invitation of members of...

Tehran, Iran--Iran's trade with six Arab states has vaulted to $35.11 billion in the fiscal year of 2022-2023, according to the latest data released by the Islamic Republic.According to Iran Customs Administration, the Islamic Republic traded 58.25 million tons of goods (excluding crude oil exports) worth $35.11 billion with the...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-- Saudi Arabia and Iran have discussed ways to strengthen the ties between the two countries in a meeting between the kingdom's Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan and the Islamic Republic's Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi.The meeting took place on Friday in Jeddah on the sidelines of the Islamic Development...

Tehran, Iran--Iran will begin to receive the first batch of Russian SU-35 fighter jets next week, according to Mehr News Agency.Tehran and Moscow have embarked on deepening cooperation amid massive Western sanctions. Iran and Russia have signed major deals in recent months to boost economic, trade, energy and military cooperation.The...

Iran released two French citizens jailed in separate cases, France said, urging Tehran to release several others still detained in the Islamic republic. Bernard Phelan, who also holds Irish nationality and Benjamin Briere were freed from their prison in Mashhad city and are "on their way to France", Foreign Minister...

Tehran, Iran-- Oman is keen to improve the military and defense ties with Iran in order to ensure the security of the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.This was stated by Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik in a meeting in Muscat on Tuesday with the visiting Chief...

The sides will "exchange views on the normalization of relations between Turkey and Syria, discuss humanitarian issues... and the voluntary, safe and dignified return of asylum seekers," the Turkish foreign ministry said.

A majority of the people who voted in a TRENDS poll see the China-brokered deal between the two countries as a positive development.

In March, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi visited Tehran after his agency's inspectors in the country found uranium particles enriched to just under weapons-grade level.

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s trade with BRICS member states reached 47.99 million tons worth $38.43 billion in fiscal 2022-23.In fiscal 2022–23, Iran's trade with the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—amounted to 47.99 million tonnes worth $38.43 billion, up 14 percent in value and 0.81 percent in weight,...

Tehran, Iran--The 13th government has been able to export goods worth more than $50 billion since taking office, breaking the record in recent 40 years, the Iranian president said.Addressing the ceremony of the fifth Export Potential Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRAN EXPO 2023), President Raisi hailed Iran's...

The railway track will connect Iran's southwestern town of Shalamcheh with Basra in Iraq in what will be the first such link between the two countries. In this regard, the two signed an MoU in Basra. It outlines the route for the railway line, location of passenger stations, a timeline...

"The economic cooperation in these sectors has contributed to increasing joint trade and investment exchange," he said while attending the UAE-Iran Business Council’s inaugural meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran on the sidelines of the Iran Expo, which runs from May 7 to 10.

An Iraqi court sentenced to death a former policeman convicted of killing prominent academic Hisham al-Hashemi, whose murder in 2020 sparked condemnation in the country and abroad. The sentence against Ahmed Hamdawi Oueid for killing Hashemi, an expert on Sunni extremism and a government security adviser, was handed down by...

Tehran, Iran--Iran has reported a large increase in its purchases of domestically-grown wheat in the months of April and May.Saeid Raad, CEO of Government Trading Corporation (GTC) of Iran, said on Saturday that wheat purchases in seven provinces with warm climate in south and southeastern Iran had reached some 1...