Comprised of Martyr Naqdi destroyer, Lavan logistic warship and Bushehr vessel, the Iranian fleet will remain at the African port for four days. Deployment of fleets to the African and Asian nations is part of the Iranian Navy’s common plans. Back in June 2014, the 30th fleet of Iran’s Navy …

“This (Iranian calendar) year (started on March 21), 525 tons of illicit drugs were seized across the country, which shows a 14% rise compared with the same period of time in the previous year,” Moayyedi said in a press conference in Tehran. That included 400 tons of opium and 75 …

Hostility against the Islamic Revolution, which by nature rejects the arrogance, has not been over, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said in a gathering of IRGC Navy personnel in Iran's southern region of Assaluyeh on Wednesday. The enemies may only change the appearance and tactics in their hostile plots proportional …

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi said good measures have been taken to boost EMS performance on roads and improve response time at the scenes of accidents. Though the Health Ministry has leased 19 copters from the Army, at least 45 choppers are required to cover the entire …

“The EU has repeatedly stressed that Turkey, as (an EU) candidate country, needs to respect and promote high democratic standards and practices, including freedom of the media,” the EU's diplomatic service said in a statement on Saturday. On Friday afternoon, police forces clashed with demonstrators in a bid to smash …

The inhabitants of Diriyah, Ferdos and Ramila neighborhoods in Raqqa clashed with Daesh militants and managed to clear the areas from the foreign-backed terrorists, local media reported on Saturday night. The people of Raqqa also hoisted the Syrian flag on al-Jadid Bridge in the city, according to the report. Back …

Based on the widely unpopular British “anti-terror” mass surveillance program, the FBI’s "Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools" guidelines, released in January, are almost certainly designed to single out and target Muslim-American communities, Sputnik News reported on Saturday. However, in its caution to avoid the appearance of discrimination, the agency identifies …

“Certain countries in our region, particularly Saudi Arabia, have been adopting wrong policies, and are seeking to create tension and insecurity in the entire region,” Zarif said in a Saturday joint press conference with his Maltese counterpart George Vella here in Tehran. These policies only please the Zionist regime, and …

One of the documents is focused on political consultations between the Iranian and Maltese foreign ministries, Zarif said during a joint press conference with Vella here in Tehran on Saturday afternoon. The other MoU, he added, is concerned with the mutual lifting of visa requirements for political and diplomatic passports …

Speaking to reporters upon his arrival in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Sunday, Zarif expressed his gratitude to the Southeast Asian country for hosing the OIC meeting, saying that a year after a request to hold the meeting on the issue of Palestine, it will be held finally by …