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The Qatari emir arrived in the capital of Iran on Sunday.Prior to the meeting, he met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and discussed mutual cooperation and bilateral relations. He is scheduled to hold dialogue with Iran's Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani tonight. Earlier in a phone conversation with Hamad al-Thani, Rouhani said that …

Igor Kolaković's men defeated their rival in three straight sets (25-14, 25-22, and 25-14).Prior to the match, the Iranian players had hit their South Korean opponent 3-2. The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, is an upcoming international …

Gholamabbas Arbab Khales started his mission in Ashgabat on January 7.The Ambassador said that his agenda is to help develop economic cooperation with the good neighborly country of Turkmenistan. Arbab Khales has already been a consulate member in China, Saudi Arabia, and Turkmenistan's Merv. He replaces Mohammad Ahmadi, who served …

"My colleagues in the foreign ministry—and in embassies, missions and consulates worldwide—share the nation’s grief in the aftermath of the tragedy and stand ready to offer any needed assistance to families of the victims," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account.The plane of Ukrainian airlines crashed near Tehran minutes after the …

Expressing condolences over death of 176 passengers and crew to the bereaved families, he said that the working group was set up in the ministry's Department for Majlis and the Iranians on the order of President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to immediately handle consular affairs of the …

He made the remarks during second telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky over the past two days when he referred to a statement by the General Staff of Armed Forces and official declaration of results of investigations on disaster, adding that the statement announced that human error caused …

International Crisis Group senior analyst Ali Vaez further said that Iran might give a fully proportionate response or eye-for-eye reaction in the coming months.Asked by IRNA that the martyred commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was in the blacklist of the US since a …

Speaking to IRNA on Saturday, Liu Jin Tong went on to say that the assassination of Gen. Soleimani by the United States in Iraq is an example of state terrorism which is inconsistent with fundamental norms of international law.The Chinese diplomat noted that, on the other hand, the US move …

Speaking to reporters in Iran’s embassy in London, Baeidinejad called the assassination ‘[a] heinous terrorist attack’ and condemned the US justification through ‘wrong statements’.The Iranian diplomat said that General Soleimani, aboard on a civil flight, was on an official mission to Iraq to be handed over an official letter that was …

The 40th edition of Takhti Cup with participation of freestyle wrestlers from Iran, Ukraine, Russia and Armenia end while Iranian team became champion of the international competitions, Kermanshah, west Iran, January 10, 2019. IRNA 1483**1424Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish IRNA English