A source at Damascus Police Command said that terrorist groups from Daesh (ISIS) and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations positioned in al-Hajar al-Aswad area and al-Yarmouk Camp on Friday fired a shell on the citizens’ houses in al-Tadamon neighborhood, injuring five civilians and causing material damage.The source added that the terrorists …

'The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as the competent authority in the field of chemical weapons shall not be used as an instrument to confirm the political intentions of the States Parties,' Alireza Jahangiri said while addressing the 59th Meeting of the Executive Council. 'Political disputes shall …

Iran cultural attaché to Azerbaijan Asghar Farsi said cultural, historical and social commonalities between the two countries paves the way for boosting of bilateral cooperation in cinema and theater field.He also expressed Iranian attaché office readiness to maintain ties between Iranian and Azeri elites. 9376**1396Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

Majidi’s Indian-set film opened the 36th edition of Fair International Film Festival today. Beyond The Clouds narrates a touching story of a brother and sister, and the way they find each other and how they face the hardships and change through them.Majid Majidi is one the most well-known and celebrated …

Araqchi, who is in Oslo in continuation of his consultations with European officials, made the remarks in a meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide.He added that the Iran's nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a security agreement for preventing the proliferation …

Talking to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reporter on the sidelines of the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), which kicked off officially in Tehran on Thursday, Isabelle Giordano, the general director of UniFrance said this prestigious gathering is a great opportunity to become familiar with the Iranian …

Speaking to reporters upon arrival in New York Thursday night to participate in the UN General Assembly meeting on sustaining peace, Zarif said the wrong policies of the US could drag the region to a very dangerous point particularly in Syria. Zarif said his presence in New York would provide …

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the new Iranian cultural house building in Kabul, Abuzar Ebrahimi Torkaman said that cultural onslaught destroys all things that a nation possesses and targets the spirituality hidden in the culture of that nation.He said the ties between Iran and Afghanistan go beyond the relationship …

The historic memory of the Iranian nation attests to the fact that over the past 40 years, IRGC has played a crucial role in various fields ranging from countering counter-revolutionary elements across the country in the post-Revolution era and fighting in battlefields during the eight-year Iraqi imposed war up to …

Seyyed Mahdi Bathaei made the proposal in a meeting with the head of the Education and Sciences Committee of Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Nikonov. Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mahdi Sanaei was also present in the meeting.Bathaei said the Iranian government plans to break the monopoly of the English language as …