Iran and the European Union were to meet in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday in a second round of high-level talks set to mainly focus on human rights and banking relations.

A foreign affairs advisor to the parliament speaker reiterated Iran’s firm determination to continue to support Syria’s campaign against terrorism and called on sponsors of terrorist groups…

A Danish deputy foreign minister invited her Iranian counterpart to visit the Scandinavian country for a new round of political negotiations between Tehran and Copenhagen.

A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps dismissed reports of disagreement between Iran and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, saying the Kurdish friends will never allow any…

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari called on the international community to help resolve the Syrian crisis.

"The deterioration of the humanitarian situation has alarmed humanity…

In reaction to the result of US presidential election, the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said Tehran is ready for any development, but will press on with…

President Hassan Rouhani said the election of Republican Donald Trump to replace outgoing US Democratic President Barack Obama will have no implications for the Islamic Republic's policies.

Pakistan on Wednesday deported National Geographic’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” to her native Afghanistan after a regional court had convicted her on charges of carrying a forged Pakistani ID…

A bill preventing supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement from entering Israel was authorized on Monday for its first reading in the Israeli Parliament, according to Israeli…

South Korean opposition parties on Wednesday rejected President Park Geun-Hye’s offer to share power to overcome a crippling crisis, calling in effect for a caretaker government.

In a major…

The Syrian Army said it has taken a strategic district of Aleppo in what would mark the most important advance in the divided city by the government and its allies in weeks.

However, anti-…

Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States…

Gunmen have killed 36 gold miners in northwest Nigeria, police say. The attackers overran a mining camp in the Maru District of Zamfara state, in the latest in a series of similar raids in the…

Representatives from four New Zealand banks have expressed interest in expanding ties with Iran, during a meeting Wednesday with Ebrahim Rahimpour, deputy foreign minister for Asia-Pacific affairs…

Should banks that offer interest rates higher than those officially set by the regulator refrain from heeding warnings by the Central Bank of Iran, they should await serious disciplinary action,…

It is the market rather than the Central Bank of Iran that sets foreign currency rates, says the CBI deputy for economic affairs.

“Stability in the forex exchange market is one of the…

Foreign exchange rates and gold coin prices surged on Wednesday following Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the US presidential election.

US dollar was traded for 36,580 rials in Tehran at…

There are two types of people who have not repaid their debts to banks but only one type must be dealt with firmly to make them pay, says the first vice president.”There are two types of people…

Zinc Industry Development Commercial Company sold over 36,000 tons of zinc ingots during the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20), over 80% of which were exported, according…

Two years ago, the number and value of fixed-income instruments in Iran’s capital market were so low that market makers could easily memorize the names and all they had to do was to manually…

Cement trading is scheduled to resume at Iran Mercantile Exchange’s exports trading board during the fourth quarter of the current Iranian year (Dec. 21-March 20), the head of Cement Employers…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index plunged 1,459.80 points or 1.83% to end Wednesday trade at 78,411.6.

More than 1.2 billion shares valued at $83.1 million changed hands for the day.

The National Bank of Poland left its interest rates unchanged Wednesday, in line with expectations and earlier guidance, Dow Jones reported. Price declines have continued, but the central bank has…

The general manager of Peru’s central bank said the economy needs expansive monetary and fiscal policies through 2017 to bolster growth that he expects to slow to about 3% year-on-year in the…

Russia continued its adjustment to lower oil prices in 2016, in an environment of economic sanctions, infozine.com reported. A sustained fall in real incomes kept domestic demand depressed, and…