According to the rights group, all forced returns to Syria are illegal under Turkish, EU, as well as international law, especially in light of violations the Turkish authorities commit by forcing small children without parents, pregnant women, sick people back to Syria. ​"The inhumanity and scale of the returns is …

Levon Iolyan told a government meeting that Iran would resume financing for the project, which was suspended in 2013, and would provide a $ 2 million grant, Reuters reported. The project envisages construction of a gas distribution network in the towns of Megri and Agarak, not far from the border …

The Tabriz-based team defeated Saipa 1-0 thanks to Shahin Saghebi’s 18th minute goal in Tehran’s Dastgerdi Stadium. In Isfahan, title-holder Sepahan was held to a 2-2 draw by Malavan. Rasoul Navidkia gave Sepahan a lead in the 19th minute but Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan equalized the match in the 65th minute. …

“Iran’s missiles serve deterrent purposes and if we lose them, we will be attacked,” Rezaei wrote in an article published on Thursday. Noting that the Islamic Republic will not negotiate its defense power with the US and other Western countries, he stressed Iran’s missile and defense capabilities are “non-negotiable” as …

Iranian families every year start picnicking outdoors, in the parks or the countryside on the thirteenth day of Nowruz to observe an ancient tradition called Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature Day, which this year falls on April 1. Sizdah Bedar has its roots in the Iranian history. Preserving the …

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban's Jamaat-ur-Ahrar faction, said the Monday’s blast at a court compound "was especially done as vengeance for the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri.” Ehsan also stressed that the blast targeted the court complex as Pakistan's judiciary was strengthening laws against militancy in the country. …

At the meeting held in Tehran on Monday, the Iranian and Russian officials emphasized the need for more consultations between Tehran and Moscow in a bid to promote peace talks in Syria. The two sides stressed the importance of restoring unity to Syria and maintaining the Arab country’s territorial integrity. …

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told EU leaders Ankara was willing to take back all migrants coming from Turkey from a set date who are denied asylum in Europe, as well as those intercepted in its territorial waters, diplomats said. In response, the EU leaders were considering his request to double …

"Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft from the Hmeymim airbase are striking only the Daesh and Nusra Front terrorist groups in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor and near the Tadmur district in Homs province," ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov stated. Russia’s forces are not bombing the Syrian opposition groups, …

According to the Nikkei news agency on Monday, Abe hopes to be able to travel to Iran around the time he goes to Kenya on August 27-28. Takeo Fukuda was the last Japanese prime minister who visited Iran in September 1978. “Any trip to Iran likely will be on the …