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Newly inaugurated President Ebrahim Raeisi said on Saturday that the relevant officials have one week to finalize and present a comprehensive plan to revamp the country’s Covid-19 response.…

Iran is fully committed to ensure the security of the strategic waterways of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and deems it part of its own national security, said a senior Iranian…

President Ebrahim Raeisi was sworn into office as Iran’s 8th president before parliament and dozens of foreign dignitaries on Thursday as he pledged to rescue the country’s ailing economy.…

The European Union said diplomatic engagement with Iran is essential after harsh criticism by some western circles which have leveled human rights allegations against new Iranian President…

Spokesman for the National Coronavirus Headquarters Alireza Raeisi urged for strict nationwide lockdowns to contain the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus. “A stringent nationwide…

The Iranian government on Sunday held its final Cabinet meeting headed by outgoing President Hassan Rouhani, who presented a review of his administration’s performance over two terms.  “If…

President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi’s endorsement ceremony is slated for Tuesday in the presence of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei among other prominent attendees…

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf underlined plans for the implementation of a wide-ranging agreement with Syria within the next three months.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal by Iran’s top judge to pardon or commute the prison terms of 2,825 convicts found guilty by various Iranian…

In a letter addressed to President Hassan Rouhani, head of 65 medical universities across the country warned about overwhelmed hospitals and overburdened health personnel as the highly…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said an important experience gained during the administration of outgoing President Hassan Rouhani was the futility of putting…

Iran said it is ready to help establish sustainable peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Karabakh, urging both sides to the conflict to respect internationally recognized borders.

Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak surpassed 90,000 on Thursday as the fifth wave of the pandemic gathered pace across the country. 

Praising Iran as a “key partner” for Syria, the Arab country’s president said the two nations will continue combating terrorism until the ultimate defeat of terrorist organizations.

Effective decisions made by the government’s economic coordination headquarters could foil enemy plots to disintegrate the Iranian society, according to President Hassan Rouhani. 

Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said participation of the Iranian naval fleet in Russia’s parade is a sign of deepening relations between the two countries. Khanzadi made the…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif praised cordial relations with Cuba, which recently saw bilateral cooperation in the fields of biotechnology and genetic engineering, especially the…

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the capital Tehran could reach the 10,000 mark by Wednesday as the fifth wave of the outbreak surges across the nation.  “In recent days, we…

The US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, said the maximum pressure campaign mounted by the former US president Donald Trump’s administration against Tehran “failed miserably” and “hurt US…

A number of Iranian lawmakers defended a law which required an increase in nuclear activities to levels further beyond the limits of the 2015 deal, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan…

Iran’s tally of daily coronavirus cases hit new highs on Monday amid the fifth wave of the outbreak with the Health Ministry logging a record 31,800 infections and a two-month high of over 300…

Iranian president-elect Ebrahim Raeisi said on Saturday that cooperation and dialogue with neighboring countries will be on top of his administration’s diplomatic agenda. 

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has blamed the disruption in people’s access to coronavirus vaccines on breach of promises by foreign vaccine sellers, reiterating…

A pause in negotiations to salvage Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers has placed the International Atomic Energy Agency in an “uncomfortable position,” its chief said. An Iranian official…

Partial lockdown measures imposed in the capital Tehran over the past week were ineffective in stemming the rising spread of the coronavirus, head of the city’s Covid-19 operations, Alireza Zali…