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During the Wednesday meeting, Khosro Taj and Head of Eurasian Economic Union Veronica Nikishina presented reports on promoting cooperation.Both sides also reviewed maintaining cooperation in different fields and preferential agreement between Iran and EEU.Addressing the meeting, Gabrielyan pointed to the three-year-old tariff of the preferential agreement and its positive impact …

Salehi-Amiri added that safeguarding the Iranian pilgrims’ honor and respect is a top priority for Iranian officials.He added that the first group of the pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia on July 31.Iranian pilgrims couldn’t attend the great religious ritual of Hajj in 2016 as the Saudi officials failed to …

IRGC on June 18 targeted Daesh base in eastern Syrian Deir ez-Zor Province. The forces said that the attack was conducted in retaliation of the group's twin terror attacks in Tehran parliament and Imam Khomeini's Mausoleum that claimed the lives of 18 people. “We, the members of parliament, emphasizing the …

Qasemi also expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of China’s sad event which left 56 dead.Hail, landfalls and flooding have led to killing of 56 people and missing of 22 in 11 provinces during the last week, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Tuesday adding that more …

“The Geneva format does not stand any comparison to it (Astana platform) in terms of effectiveness,' Sputnik quoted Syrian Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs Ali Haidar as saying in an interview with Russia's Izvestia newspaper. The Syrian minister further refuted statements accusing Russia of trying to undermine the …

President Rouhani also wished health and prosperity for the people and government of Venezuela in his message. Venezuela Independence Day, locally called Cinco de Julio (July 5) began with the signing of Venezuelan Declaration of Independence on July 5, 1811, through which Venezuelans decided to separate from the Kingdom of …

The Azeri drama ‘Nabat’ which was directed by Elchin Musaoglu in 2014 was screened in the inauguration ceremony. Iranian prominent actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya plays the role of Nabat who is a village woman.Several great movies of the Azeri cinema will be screened during the cultural event. 9376**1771 www.irna.ir

In his twitter message released on Tuesday, Baeidinejad said, “If NKorea, in reply to urges to enter into de-escalation arrangement, would ask: US admin calls JCPOA already intensively negotiated and agreed by US itself a mistake and threatens against int’l law to unilaterally withdraw from it, how can we trust?' …

Rouhani told Ammar Hakim, the head of the National Iraqi Alliance (NIA), “In light of prudence of Iraqi officials and strengthening and integrity of all ethnic groups, happiness of the Iraqi nation over Mosul liberation should be preserved and doubled.”“With victories in Mosul and failure of terrorists, we hope that …

Qasemi said, “Principally issuance of a ruling against a foreign government runs counter to the principle of governments’ equality and is in violation of their immunity in international law.”He said the Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right of opposition and following up the ruling.Qasemi went on to say, “Evidently, …