Politics

Adopted along with five other resolutions in a meeting in Geneva on Friday, the resolution on Iran extended by a period of one year the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.Some 21 members of the Council voted in favor of the resolution, while …

Sympathizing with the families of the victims, the spokesman said, 'The wide geographical scope of the incidents indicates that terrorism is a global problem which requires global solutions.'The only way to get rid of this global threat is to uproot the ideological and financial resources of terrorism, Qasemi said. In …

President Ghani extended congratulations on occasion of Norouz festivity to the Iranian people and government and evaluated the visit to Kabul of the Iranian delegation as positive and helpful in bolstering mutual cooperation.Head of the delegation Kamal Kharrazi congratulated Norouz on behalf of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to …

Shamir told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that Iran, unlike some other countries of the region such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia has no link with terrorists and fighting terrorism is among its foreign policy priorities.The journalist added that Iran has undertaken an important responsibility in the …

Washington would never benefit from this ploy to stop Iran's scientific progress, Bahram Qasemi added.Qasemi termed the US move as 'provocative, illegal and without any justifiable reason and another clear sign of the US administration's hostility to the Iranian people.The US government on Friday added 10 Iranian citizens and one …

The Islamic Republic News Agency quoting the British Foreign Office website said Lord Tariq Ahmad claimed that the UK Government judges that the Mabna Institute based in Iran was responsible for a hacking campaign targeting universities around the world.He said 'By stealing intellectual property from universities, these hackers attempted to …

Qasemi made the remarks in reaction to statements made by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir at Brookings Institution about political solutions to regional crises particularly the Yemen crisis.It is not the first time for Saudi officials to talk nonsense and impudently when they step into the land of bullying rulers …

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that Harasta city in Eastern Ghouta was announced to be free of all terrorism on Friday night after the exit of the second batch of militants and their families to Idleb.SANA put the number of people leaving Harasta at 3,034 among them 1,072 …

“Iran defends national/regional collective security as well as its allies with utmost power and authority,' Hossein Amirabdollahian wrote in his message. Amirabdollahian went on to lash out at the US and Israeli policies aimed at creating more crisis in the region.“Relying on Donald Trump feeble America, Riyadh & Tel-Aviv are …

The car bomb went off outside a stadium in the city of Lashkargah in the southern Province of Helmand in Afghanistan. Further details on the deadly explosion, occurred in the first days of the New Year in the country, are yet to be known.9376**2044Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir