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"I was grieved to hear the news that a large number of civilians were killed in a passenger plane crash near Tehran," the message said.He also expressed solidarity with the families of the victims. All 179 passengers on board an Ukrainian airliner were killed after it crashed shortly after departure …

"The tragedy of the stampede at Gen. Soleimani's funeral in Kerman and the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Tehran that killed numerous Iranians, including a group of students, as well as other nationalities, deeply saddens all Iranians. May they rest in peace," Rouhani tweeted on Wednesday.Some 147 passengers …

Zarif said on Wednesday evening after the signing of a memorial note for the martyrs of the recent assassination at the Iraqi embassy in Tehran in response to what has been said regarding that the Iranian measure is an invasion of Iraq, highlighted that the Islamic Republic of Iran has …

Foreign ambassadors, senior diplomats, Pakistani politicians and officials signed the condolence book and expressed their sympathy with the people and the government of Iran on the tragic incident.Former Senate Chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Ambassadors of Afghanistan, Russia, Indonesia, Iraq and Syria visited the Iranian embassy to sign the condolence book. Deputy …

“For us the Muslims and Martyr Soleimani, it was an honor to attain martyrdom by the most cruel enemy of Islam and Muslims”, Mamusta Ahmad Sheikhi said, “His martyrdom helped the unity and solidarity among the Muslim community continue.”The Sunni cleric of Kermanshah province depicted General Soleimani as ‘a great …

"In conformity with international law and in exercising its inherent right to self-defense, Iran will take all necessary and proportionate measures against any threat or use of force," Takht Ravanchi said in his letter.The full text of Iranian envoy's letter is as follows: Pursuant to my letter dated 3 January 2020 regarding the terrorist attack by the armed forces of the United States of America against Martyr Major General Qasem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his companions on 3 January 2020 at the Baghdad International Airport, I am writing to draw your kind attention to yet another provocative statement by the United States threatening to use further force against the Islamic Republic of Iran.  On 3 January 2020 and almost immediately after the terrorist attack, the President of the United States threatened Iran “in particular”, stating, “We have all of those targets already fully identified, and I am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary”.  On 4 January 2020, the President of the United States once again threatened to “hit very fast and very hard” “52 Iranian sites”, including some very important to “the Iranian culture”. After a few hours on the same day, he threatened Iran again by stating, “We will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before”.  On 5 January 2020, when faced with the criticism that targeting Iran’s cultural sites would be considered a war crime under international law, he asserted anew that, “We’re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn’t work that way”.  On the same day, he yet again brazenly threatened that “the …

During the meeting, foreign minister's advisor in Europe affairs condemned the statements and expressed Iran's protests over the stances adopted regarding the terrorist attack.Explaining contradiction of US terror attack with the basics of the international laws as well as Iraq's sovereignty, as acknowledged by the world's legal experts, he said …

"In line with implementation of Article 123 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran the revised law of reciprocal measures against the US after declaring the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization was handed over the parliament under title of triple-urgency bill and it was …

The Iranian cosmologists received the 1st prize for the paper titled "Echoes from the Abyss: A highly spinning black hole remnant for the binary neutron star merger GW170817".The winners of the event were announced at the 235th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Honolulu of Hawaii. The annual prize, …

In an interview with IRNA on Tuesday Orya Maqbool Jan said the US is a ruthless country and a true symbol of imperialism.Conspiracy theorist went on to say that we have already seen that how US has destroyed the historical sites in Iraq and ruined the historical museum in Baghdad. …