In a statement on Sunday, Azerbaijan urged the international community to engage constructively in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process in accordance with the requirements of relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the norms and principles of international law, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. Additionally, the Azerbaijani Defense …

In Ahvaz, Meysam Majidi gave Esteghlal a lead in the 31st minute but Farshad Salarvand found the back of the net with powerful shot in the 73rd minute. Esteghlal stays top of the table with 43 points, one point ahead of Esteghlal Khuzestan. In Tehran, 10-man Persepolis came from behind …

Cardiologists at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered that people in this group tend to have higher levels of troponin -- a protein whose presence in the blood that is a sign of recent damage to the heart muscle-- all the time, independently of whether they are experiencing stress …

According to the Defense Ministry, Brigadier General Dehqan called for an immediate end to the military confrontation between the two northern neighbors of Iran. In the telephone conversations with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and Armenia’s Seyran Ohanian, the Iranian general called upon the two countries to exercise restraint and …

Asked about the reason behind Washington’s excessive focus on Iran’s missile program, Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said, “One reason is that Americans are extremely worried Iran would achieve capabilities higher than what it has today.” Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony here in Tehran, he added that …

Syrian troops, backed by Russian airstrikes, forced their way into al-Qaryatain on Sunday from a number of directions. Syrian forces are clearing the area from Daesh-planted explosives, Press TV reported. Local sources said that Daesh militants fled from the town to nearby Khaneezir and Hafir regions. Al-Qaryatayn was the last …

There is sustainable security at Iranian airports “thanks to the round-the-clock efforts made by the personnel of the Airport Police,” Brigadier General Mehdi Masoumbeigi said on Sunday. He added that the great achievement by the Iranian police comes at a time when some countries are witnessing suicide operations and terrorist …

Belgium’s KBC, Germany’s DZ Bank and Austria’s Erste Bank on Sunday unveiled their plan to start their business activities in the Islamic Republic, the Financial Times reported. KBC, Belgium’s biggest bank, said it had “decided to support its well-established customers in its home markets” of Belgium, the Czech Republic and …

Addressing a military gathering in Tehran on Sunday, Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base General Ali Reza Sabahi-Fard said the operational capabilities of the base will improve with the employment of the new missile systems. According to the commander, there has been a 1.5-fold increase in the number …

Earlier in the day, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry press service said that Baku has made a unilateral decision to halt all military operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. "Azerbaijan's statement is an information trap which does not mean unilateral ceasefire," Hovhannisyan posted on his Facebook page, Sputnik News reported. On Saturday, Armenia …