In the first leg of his tour of the region, Mohammad Javad Zarif will accompany Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his visit to Turkey, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday. Rouhani is scheduled to attend the trilateral meeting of Iran, Turkey and Russia foreign ministers on Syria.The Iranian …

'Iran's policy of friendship with neighbors is not a dramatic action but is its strategic option,' Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an article published in the Turkish Yeni Safak newspaper on Monday.He referred to the commonalities among peoples of the Middle East and noted that the countries in the region …

Deputy Commander of Sistan-Balouchestan's Border Guards Intelligence Units Mohammad Molla-Shahi said on Monday that its forces in Saravan region confiscated the cargo of explosives loaded on a Toyota pick-up car.The outlaws escaped and left the explosives following the border guards' ambush, he said, adding that a Kalashnikov rifle concealed in …

“Iranians are fond of Pakistani basmati rice which is being imported through Dubai to the disadvantage of both Iranian consumers and Pakistani exporters,” Kharazi told rice exporters at a ceremony in Lahore in which Acting Consul General of Iran in Lahore Majid Sadeghi Dowlatabadi was also present. Responding to a …

'The Islamic Republic of Iran supports any measure which is in line with the interests of Kashmiri people,' Bahram Qasemi said on Monday.India-administered Kashmir witnessed unrests over the weekend and Indian authorities declared that 20 people died during clashes in the latest eruption of violence in the region, dispatches reported.Nuclear-armed …

In the first match, Ahmadi defeated his rival from Panama 6-0 in the event participated by more than 1,000 karatekas.During the second, the third and the fourth fight, he overpowered karatekas from Ecuador 7-2, US 4-1 and Chile 3-1 respectively.In the final match, Ahmadi defeated Tom Scott from the US …

India’s seventh consignment of wheat dubbed 'Arezoo' which carries 600 containers arrived in Chabahar port in Sistan-Baluchestan province, Hossein Shahdadi an official at the province's Ports and Maritime Office said on Monday.In total, he added, 4,200 containers of India's wheat have arrived in Chabahar port since last Iranian calendar year …

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief made the remarks during a meeting with an Iranian delegation led by Kamal Kharazi, head of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in Lahore. The former Iranian foreign minister who is on a visit to Pakistan reached Lahore after visiting Islamabad and Karachi.The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief said that …

The quakes struck at a depth of ten kilometers, with no damage or casualties.According to the Seismography Center affiliated to Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 22:56 hours local time (18:26 hours GMT) with its epicenter registered at 35.41 degrees longitude and 52.41 degrees latitude.Iran sits on major …

According to a report by the Seismography Center affiliated to Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 07:33 hours local time (03:03 hours GMT) with its epicenter registered at 34.41 degrees longitude and 45.83 degrees latitude and in the depth of 8 km underground.Iran sits on major fault lines …