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The flood disaster created by torrents of rain in Parwan Province, east of Afghanistan, left at least 100 dead, injured 120 others and destroyed over 500 homes on Wednesday, according to Afghan news sources.Iranian Embassy in Kabul sympathizes with the families of the victims. Afghanistan is Iran's eastern neighbor. 1483**1416 …

"The IAEA's admitting that its request for access to Iran's facilities should be based on IAEA's independent analysis and by  provding the requested access, the IAEA would have no other question or request for another access to places except those mentioned, made the US disappointed with regard to taking the issue of …

"Real breakthrough! The visit of #IAEA Director General R. Grossi to #Iran resulted in very important agreements, incl. regarding access to 2 sites specified by the IAEA," Russian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote in his Twitter account on Wednesday."This is yet another proof …

"Thanks to @SecPompeo, we now know criteria for a country to be removed from—or included in—State Dept's terror list: Relations with Israel," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Wednesday."World's No.1 nuclear threat, rights violator, illegal occupier & terror entity How can the world STILL take US foreign policy seriously?," …

He made the remarks in a meeting with UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen.During the meeting, both sides exchanged views on the 3rd summit concerning Syria that is underway in Geneva. Pedersen, for his part, hailed Iran for supporting the Constitutional Committee, describing talks in the first day …

[unable to retrieve full-text content]August 21 was named as World Mosque Day on the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran and approval of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Status of the mosque is recognized in Islamic nations and effort is made for its upgrading. There are historical mosques in …

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the role of non-state actors in world developments increased, and in Lebanon, the Hezbollah movement was able to turn into one of the most influential actors, not only in this country but also in West Asia. With its Islamic and national policies and …

Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that Washington delivered a letter to the UN for snapback invocation against Iran to bring back sanctions in 30 days.Referring to the process of restoration of sanctions against Iran, he added that "we are confident that the trigger mechanism will be implemented …

“Iran has been fully transparent: over 92 percent of IAEA total comparable global inspections were carried out in Iran,” wrote Zarif.­ He added, “Some are intent to torpedo transparency thru pressure to ­reopen closed matters.” “We want normal relations w/IAEA.” He wrote in a separate tweet that the US Secretary …

"Had a meeting with @IRIMFA_EN’s @JZarif to continue discussions being held in Tehran. Grateful for his willingness to further work cooperatively with the @IAEAorg," Grossi wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday.Earlier in a separate message, he said: "This morning I met with #Iran's Vice-President and Head of the Atomic …