Tehran, Iran-- Expressing deep concern over Israel's possession of nuclear weapons, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has warned of a spurt in the nuclear arms race, leading to an unfavorable situation. "The ongoing possession of nuclear weapons by Israel, coupled with the failure to denuclearize the region, will escalate the...

President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran sees it as "its duty to support the resistance groups" but insisted that they act independently.

Tehran, Iran - Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 statement which called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas members and taking actions that "destabilize" the Middle East. Tehran's comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for "humanitarian pauses and...

The bombing campaign by Israel in Gaza has killed more than 8,500 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

TEHRAN, IRAN - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday said Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza "may force everyone" to act in the latest warning issued by the Islamic republic since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Israel has been pounding the tiny Palestinian territory since Hamas fighters stormed across the border...

TEHRAN, IRAN – The Iranian head of Solyanka Port in Russia said that the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a key element of the transportation network in Eurasia. Speaking in a specialized meeting of INSTC- New Concept, which was held in Astrakhan Port of Russia, Dariush Jamali pointed to the...

Iran and Russia have bolstered ties in many fields over the last few years and Moscow has turned to Tehran for military support and economic partnerships as both countries face a raft of Western sanctions. The West has accused Tehran of supporting Russia's offensive in Ukraine by providing it with...

Shanghai, China - China will this week weigh into the Israel-Hamas war by sending its special envoy to the Middle East, after the United States asked it to use its influence to stop the conflict from spreading. Washington says it hopes China's friendship with Hamas backer Iran could help calm the...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran on Monday said time was running short to reach a political solution in the Israel-Gaza conflict, warning of the "possibility of expanding the scope of war and conflict to other fronts". Israel declared war on the Palestinian group Hamas a day after waves of its fighters broke...

"No to the occupation! No to America!" chanted demonstrators gathered in central Baghdad after Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr called for a protest "in support of Gaza" and against Israel, an AFP journalist reported.

Rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi "celebrated" her Nobel Peace Prize with fellow detainees in their Tehran prison cell, her family said. "Narges learned that she had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday afternoon from messages sent from the men's unit, where they have easier access to telephones on Fridays,"...

Mohammadi's award comes after a wave of protests that swept Iran after the death in custody a year ago of a young Iranian Kurd, Mahsa Amini, arrested for violating Iran's strict dress rules for women. Mohammadi, a 51-year-old journalist and activist, has spent much of the past two decades in...

Tehran, Iran - Iran's top diplomat on Wednesday played down a spat with Saudi Arabia that prompted the cancelation of an Asian Champions League match, insisting relations with its longtime rival were improving. The row, over a statue of assassinated Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani in the stadium in Iran's third...

Tehran, Iran--Iraq and Iran have reviewed the implementation of the security agreement in a meeting between the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Iraq's national security adviser. Iraq's National security adviser Qasim al-Araji, who arrived in Tehran on Sunday morning, met and held talks with General Ali-Akbar Ahmadian...

Paris, France - Campaign groups on Saturday demanded the perpetrators of the killing of dozens of protesters in southeast Iran one year ago be brought to justice, accusing authorities of using force to quell the latest demonstration in the region. According to activists, Iranian security forces used live fire to suppress...

Wednesday's launch was carried out by the aerospace wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideological arm of the country's armed forces.

Tehran, Iran-- Iran will sign a long-term contract with India to develop Chabahar Port, according to the Islamic republic's minister of roads and urban development. Mehrdad Bazarpash emphasized that a long-term contract for the operationalization of Chabahar Port project with the Indians will be signed in the near future. He...

Iran said it had called in the Swiss envoy to deliver a protest over a “provocative” US statement on its decades-old dispute with the UAE over three Gulf islands. The foreign ministry was reacting to a joint statement issued by the US and six Gulf Arab states backing UAE calls...

Iran announced the restoring of diplomatic ties with Djibouti over seven years after it joined other regional nations in severing ties with Tehran in support of Saudi Arabia. The decision by the Horn of Africa nation came months after Shiite-dominated Iran and Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia resumed relations under a China-brokered...

Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthi rebels put a positive spin on the inconclusive talks in Riyadh as diplomatic efforts increased to end Yemen's war. The five days of talks were "positive", Saudi officials and a senior Houthi said, after the rebel delegation ended the first public visit to the Saudi...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – The cooperation between Moscow and Tehran is reaching new highs, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Wednesday. “We are determined to implement the entire set of our planned activities despite opposition from the US and its Western allies,” Shoigu said during talks with Iranian Defense Minister...

Tehran, Iran - Iran has seized two oil tankers allegedly carrying smuggled fuel in the Gulf and arrested their crews, state television announced on Friday. "The Revolutionary Guards naval forces seized two ships over the course of the last two days," state television said, citing Mohammad-Sharif Shirali, a Guards commander. "The...

TEHRAN, IRAN  – The foreign minister of Qatar said the procedures for the transfer of Iran’s unfrozen foreign assets to Qatari banks will be finalized within the next week. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani made the comments in a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Iran Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi has said that relations between the two countries will be strong in all areas, including trade, economy and investment. Speaking to IRNA in Tehran, the Saudi envoy expressed satisfaction with the start of a new chapter in his...

TEHRAN, IRAN - The US Bureau of Statistics in its latest report said the trade between Iran and the United States in the first seven months of 2023 registered a 26 percent growth compared to the same period last year. The two countries traded over $31 million worth of non-oil...

Tehran, Iran - Authorities in Iran's southwest have arrested six people accused of "organizing riots" on the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in custody which triggered nationwide protests, state media reported on Saturday. Amini, an Iranian Kurd, died on September 16, 2022, after her arrest in Tehran for alleged breach...

Countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia must work together to combat sand and dust storms made increasingly severe by climate change, the United Nations and Iran said. “I urge you to use your time in Tehran to build partnerships, increase cooperation and commit to practical action,” UN chief...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Foreign companies and governments committed some US$6.7 billion worth of investments during an exhibition that was held in early May here, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy affairs said.   Mehdi Safari said on Thursday that Iran seeks to break new records in foreign investment attraction and...

Tehran, Iran - The CEO of Iran’s largest car manufacturing company, IKCO (Iran Khodro Industrial Group), said that his company will import the first batch of electric vehicles (EVs) bought from China’s Dongfeng Motor Corporation. IKCO’s CEO Alimardan Azimi said on Monday that EV imports by the company will amount...

Tehran, Iran--Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has termed Saudi Arabia and Iran as the two most influential countries in the region and the Islamic world as he lay emphasis on the need for strengthening relations between the two. The president made the remarks In a meeting with Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to...

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi "requests Iran to work with the agency in earnest and in a sustained way towards the fulfilment of the commitments," the agency said in a confidential report seen by AFP. Tehran in March vowed to reactivate surveillance devices which were disconnected...

TEHRAN, IRAN  – Iran’s export of non-oil products to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states in the first four months of the current Iranian year exceeded $3.6 billion, an official said. Iran exported $3.615 billion worth of non-oil goods to the ECO member states from March 21 to July...

Tehran, Iran - Iran's in-situ and proven mineral reserves are now worth more than $15 billion,  the director general of Iran's Department of Exploration Affairs announced on Tuesday.   The reserves, according to Ebrahim Ali Molabeigi, encompass six different minerals comprising iron ore, lead and zinc, gold, copper, antimony, and coal....

"Given our numerous capabilities, we consider Iran’s membership in BRICS and the SCO as well as participation in other regional alliances very effective," Raisi stressed.

TEHRAN, IRAN – The CEO of SAIPA Auto Making Company, Iran’s second-largest car manufacturing company, said a contract has been inked for exporting 120,000 passenger and commercial vehicles to Russia. Mohammad Teymouri pointed to his visit to Russia’s car market last week and stated that a contract was concluded for...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Some 56 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$19.3 billion, were exported in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced on Tuesday. Also, 14.4 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$24.2 billion, were...

TEHRAN, IRAN   – Iran President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday said that the country’s money is only blocked in South Korea and that all other foreign assets are at the Central Bank of Iran’s disposal. “We have already made it clear that the only blocked money was in South Korea. In...

Raisi was referring to sanctions imposed on Iran since the United States torpedoed the nuclear deal in 2018, as well as protests that erupted in September 2022 over a young woman's death in custody.

Tehran, Iran -  India and Iran have reportedly reached an agreement on the legal terms for the development of the deep-sea Chabahar Port in southeast Iran. The agreement marks a breakthrough in their long-standing negotiations and could potentially pave the way for a long-term deal between the two nations. The...

Tehran, Iran - Iran on Monday warned Iraq that it would take action if Baghdad does not honor its commitment by mid-September of disarming Iranian Kurdish rebel groups on its territory. "According to a deal reached between the Iranian and Iraqi governments, the Iraqi government has pledged to disarm armed terrorist...

The South Pars gas field is one of the world's largest natural gas condensate fields. Iran shares the gas field with energy giant Qatar and there are 24 platforms on the side of the Islamic republic which has been developing it in the Gulf since the 1990s.

Wells were drilled in onshore, offshore operations.

Tehran, Iran - Iran’s membership in the BRICS group will lead to the promotion of exports and trade activities, an official was quoted as saying by local media reports. Deputy Chairman of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives for Legal Affairs Arsalan Ghasemi said that to tackle economic sanctions by the West...

TEHRAN, IRAN - A number of European countries have asked to purchase Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicles, the spokesperson for the Iranian Defense Ministry said. Speaking to Tasnim, Brigadier General Reza Talaee Nik said Iranian-made military drones have a lot of potential customers. Many countries, including a number of Western and...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran exported $7.2 billion worth of products to West Asian countries in the first four months of the current Persian calendar year (March 21 to July 22), the director general of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) for West Asia said. The administration of President Ebrahim...

TEHRAN, IRAN - A minibus carrying mountaineers in Iran plunged into a ravine, killing 10 people, state media reported on Saturday. The accident occurred on Friday near the city of Varzaghan, in East Azerbaijan province, said the provincial emergency services spokesman, Vahid Shadinia, according to state news agency IRNA. The minibus...

A court in Tehran has ordered the US government to pay $330 million in damages for "planning a coup" against the newly established Islamic republic in 1980, the judiciary said. A year after the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed Shah, a group of mostly army officers tried to...

Tehran, Iran - The inclusion of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iran, will significantly increase BRICS’ weight in the oil market, as per calculations based on 2022 OPEC data, reported by InfoTech news outlet on Thursday. Together with the existing participants, Russia and Brazil, these countries jointly command 39% of...

TEHRAN/ JOHANNESBURG, IRAN/ SOUTH AFRICA - The Iranian and Chinese presidents stressed the need to bolster bilateral cooperation and the trend of multilateralism especially within the framework of BRICS. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS+ Summit on Thursday to...

Tehran, Iran - The World Steel Association (WSA) has reported a significant 4.1% increase in Iran's steel production during the first seven months of 2023 (January-July), compared to the same period last year. Iran's crude steel production for this period totaled 18.1 million tons, showcasing strong growth. In July 2023,...