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By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration has determined that Iranian…

BEIRUT (AP) – The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said on Friday he wanted…

TEHRAN – Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib has issued a harsh warning to the British…

When Masoud Barzani, a former president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Province, offered his condolences to the…

DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have publicly criticized the…

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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The senior UN attorney on Wednesday dismissed a Russian…

Iran on Sunday announced a deal with Russia for the supply of 40 turbines to…

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TEHRAN — Iranian President Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi will arrive in Astana, Kazakhstan, to attend a…

The death of Mahsa Amini, which has sparked anti-government protests across Iran, was an “excuse”…

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Responding to a question about Iran’s proximity to Russia and China, the president said that…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the first plenary session of the 77th session of the…

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for the speedy completion of a corridor linking his country…

Samarkand, 16 September (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has held a bilateral meeting with…

Iraq’s main coalition of pro-Iranian parties said Monday it would keep its nominee for prime…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stressed the strong historical and cultural ties between Iran and Tajikistan…

Chinese netizens responded to the Queen’s death by expressing their sympathy, with many lamenting the…

By Joshua Kucera (Eurasianet) – A battle of words between Azerbaijan and Iran has heated…

TEHRAN — A Russian translation of Islamic Revolution leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s commendation for…

Immediately after British-American writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed to death in New York on August…

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 28 (Reuters) – Thousands of uncompromising Iranians took part in…

Ukrainian Armed Forces have continued to thwart Russian attempts to invade around the strategic city…

Faced with rising global tensions and an explosive society, Ali Khamenei resorted to a series…

One of Iran’s biggest cash cows, the Mobarakeh Steel Company, has been rocked by the…

RFE/RL journalists Andriy Dubchak and Vladyslav Yesypenko, detained in Russia-annexed Crimea, were named as part…

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TEHRAN — Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of Iran’s Navy, has said the nation’s…

AMMAN, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Israel on Sunday struck Iranian targets in a series of…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranians on Saturday responded with praise and concern to the attack…

Iranian hardliners have lashed out at Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who released a scathing attack that hinted…

An Iranian official criticized the high number of “senior officials” whose relatives live abroad and…

Iran has reiterated its call for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…

IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi addresses a news conference on developments related to the IAEA…

IranWire has learned that today, July 31, three members of the long-defunct Yaran or “Friends”…

The US special envoy to monitor and counter anti-Semitism has condemned statements by Iran’s Supreme…

ATHENS (Reuters) – An Iranian-flagged tanker moored off the port of Piraeus is expected to…

Tehran — Iran said on Monday it would not be pressured into a “quick” deal…

WASHINGTON — When Russia and Ukraine reached a deal on Friday to unblock Ukrainian grain…

MINSK, 22 July (BelTA) – A Belarusian shopping center is to be built on the…

Yana Muravinets has helped evacuate more than 2,500 people from the Mykolaiv region while working…

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Joe Biden will set out his Middle East strategy on…

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A series of large explosions rocked the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region…

TEHRAN – In separate messages to the leaders of Muslim countries, Iranian President Ayatollah Seyed…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi offered his condolences to the people and government of Japan for…

US action targeting Iran’s sale of petroleum and petrochemicals precedes Joe Biden’s visit to the…

Tehran, Iran – Iran has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the face of a warning…

TEHRAN — A respected scholar believes it is necessary for Iran and its Arab neighbors…

On Thursday, June 23, Former US Vice President Mike Pence travelled to Albania to visit…

As talks between the US and Iran begin in Doha, G7 leaders on Tuesday expressed…

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“We are ready to share all of our capabilities and potential, including short and inexpensive…

Iran records one of the hottest days on record. Amid the fears, world leaders have…

The military governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region says fighting along the entire frontline is…

President Alberto Fernández insisted on Saturday that a cargo plane crewed by Iran and Venezuela…

Fierce fighting continues in the Donbass, with Ukrainian forces repelling massive bombardments in the key…

At a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held in Tehran on Tuesday,…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Monday urged its citizens to avoid Istanbul or return home…

Tehran, Iran – Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and Iran’s president signed a 20-year cooperation agreement…

Political parties have braced themselves for the Rajya Sabha elections after months of accusations of…

By NASSER KARIMI, Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train partially derailed in eastern…

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS, Associated PressVIENNA (AP) – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog…

The head of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine says that Imam Khomeini’s movement has…

Tehran, Iran — Iran’s health minister said Thursday the country marked its first day in…

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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and…

Tehran, Iran – Canada’s men’s national soccer team has pulled out of a soccer game…

Meeting with members of Iran’s parliament on Wednesday in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted the difficulties…

The Jordanian army says Iran-backed militias are fueling the illegal tradeThe Jordanian king sees Iran…

The Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, which houses the IAEA…

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walk after…

At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Raisi stressed the importance of ensuring food security and…

TEHRAN — Iranian Armed Forces chief Mohammad Bagheri visited Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Monday, leading a…

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates and…

Deadlocked negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program have been unblocked after new talks in Tehran, EU…

PRAGUE – Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus, says her…

Tehran, Iran – The European Union diplomat trying to revive a 2015 nuclear deal will…

At a meeting with unions on Saturday, Raisi said his government is trying to distribute…

Britain must stand with the Iranian people in their struggle for democracy and freedom, as…

In a telephone conversation with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov on Tuesday, President Raisi expressed…

The Mossad spy agency recently foiled an Iranian attempt to assassinate an Israeli diplomat who…

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Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Hassan Mortazavi and an accompanying delegation on Saturday delivered the…

KABUL (Pajhwok): Iran’s President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi blamed terrorist groups and foreign countries that have…

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said that “the Syrian-Iranian axis and the Free Patriotic…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Iran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote. Since his deposition, he…

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President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran will continue its nuclear development activities as talks to revive…

According to a statement from Hadi’s office, the council will be responsible for Yemen’s political,…

In a message on Wednesday, Raisi condemned Tuesday’s incident at the holy shrine of Imam…

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Reza Baraheni, tireless Iranian dissident and former President of Canada’s PEN (2001-03), has died in…

WHITE PLAINS, New York — A U.S. federal court on Thursday sentenced the leader of…

RABAT, March 29 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet…

The juggling that US imperialism has to do to maintain its hegemony is becoming more…

Anoosheh Ashoori has revealed that Boris Johnson did not respond to any appeals from his…

In comments at a cultural event in the southwestern Iranian city of Dezful on Wednesday,…

The recent leaks are more of an “influence operation” than a true cyber offensiveA group…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has flown to the United Arab Emirates on his first visit…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday night stressed the importance of the North-South Corridor and…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has sharply condemned Western countries for their handling of double standards…

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US President Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting with business leaders and state governors on…

Iran’s top diplomat in months-long talks to restore its shattered nuclear deal with world powers…

It shouldn’t have been a difficult decision for the Biden administration: to push Russian President…

Russia is demanding written guarantees from Washington that US sanctions imposed on the country will…

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