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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saeed Khatibzadeh, on Friday condemned the recent deadly terrorist attacks at the Kabul airport, the ministry’s website reported. He expressed condolences over the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which happened a day ago, Khatibzadeh was quoted as saying. He …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in on Thursday as the new president of Iran, a country now standing at a juncture with critical domestic and global challenges ahead. Talks between Iran and other related parties, which started in April in Vienna to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in on Thursday and pledged his utmost for domestic economic development amid U.S. sanctions, as well as peace and friendship with regional states. “I swear … to be the guardian of the official religion and the Islamic Republic establishment and …

Ebrahim Raisi officially endorsed as Iran’s next president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday endorsed Ebrahim Raisi as the new president of the Islamic republic. Khamenei gave his official approval to Raisi at a …

  Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran will increase its oil production to pre-sanctions level “as soon as possible,” the country’s Minister of Oil Bijan Zanganeh said Friday, official news agency IRNA reported. “Whenever the sanctions are lifted, we will return to the market in the shortest possible time and …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the U.S. government still follows anti-Iran economic pressure policy adopted by former President Donald Trump, official IRNA news agency reported. Iran “has been facing an economic terrorism since three years ago. What Trump did against Iran was more …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua| Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the United States must lift “all unjust sanctions” on Iran and Europe abide by their commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement. “What I am saying to the United States is that according to the nuclear deal, you were obliged …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday downplayed the impact of Iran’s president-elect on Tehran’s decision over the nuclear deal. The Iranian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi won Iran’s presidential race by securing over 60 percent of votes. Raisi, seen …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA |  Ebrahim Raisi, the principlist presidential hopeful, has a big lead in Iran’s presidential election, partial results announced by the Interior Ministry showed on Saturday. Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Orf told a press conference that 28.6 million Iranians out of some 59 million eligible voters …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Department of State said on Thursday that it welcomes the EU-led virtual meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) scheduled on Friday. “We obviously welcome this as a positive step,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters during …