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Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian warned on Thursday that the ongoing “regional terrorist crises should not deflect the Islamic world’s attention away from the issue of Palestine and al-Quds (Jerusalem).” He added that the issue of Palestine is still the most important matter in …

Addressing a large group of worshippers here in Tehran, the city's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Kazem Sediqi underlined that Iran should continue to enhance its defense power more resolutely so that no country “dares even dream of” waging war against the Islamic Republic and other Muslim nations. The world …

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. …

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 …

In the statement released on Monday, 222 Iranian lawmakers in reaction to the PGCC’s move praised Hezbollah as a symbol of resistance to the occupier and criminal Zionist regime. “Without Hezbollah, the Zionist regime would have kept southern Lebanon under its occupation, and the regime’s Takfiri allies would have violated …

The PGCC’s designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist group is indicative of the failure of the enemies’ conspiracies, including their giving rise to Takfiri terrorist groups like Daesh (ISIL), Ayatollah Amoli Larijani said at a meeting of senior Judiciary officials on Monday. After facing total disgrace for supporting the Takfiri …

Zarif, who is representing Iran in the extraordinary OIC session, met with President Widodo and submitted a message Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had written in reply to his Indonesian counterpart’s previous message. During the meeting, the two sides conferred on the growing ties between Tehran and Jakarta as well as …

“The Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes on honoring commitments regarding Palestine,” Zarif said in a Sunday address to the extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the issue of Palestine and the holy Quds, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. “Although (Iran) knows the pressures that have been imposed …

The new measures — following Wednesday’s decision by the UN Security Council to slap unprecedented sanctions on the North — will be announced this week, a Seoul government official said on condition of anonymity, AFP reported. The Security Council announced its toughest sanctions yet to punish the North for its …

“We have clearly told our friends, including Russia, that Iran puts emphasis on (maintaining) the territorial integrity of regional states as a principle,” Rouhani said at a press conference in Tehran. “We want that (upholding territorial integrity) for Iraq, Syria, and Yemen,” the Iranian president stated, adding that those countries’ …