A deal on Irans nuclear program could be concluded this week, if the United States and other Western countries show sufficient political will and agree to remove sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday.
Iraqs biggest operation to recapture Tikrit
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded terrorist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake one of ISILs main strongholds.
IAEA: No diversion in Iran nuclear program
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again verified lack of any diversion toward non-peaceful purposes in Irans nuclear program.
World Federation of Free Zones hails AFTIZ
Production units of Aras Free Trade & Industrial Zone (AFTIZ) possess top technologies of the world, the president of World Federation of Free Zones on Monday.
President to visit Turkmenistan
President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit Turkmenistan on March 10.
FM: West responsible for ISIL crimes
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the West for ISIL crimes in Europe and the Middle East.
Deputy FM: Abducted diplomat in Yemen in good health
An Iranian deputy foreign minister said an embassy staffer, who was abducted in Sanaa, Yemen, back in 2013, is in good health.
Navy chief visiting Kazakhstan
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari is on an official visit to Kazakhstan for talks with the Central Asian countrys military officials.
Zarif slams double-standards toward anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Iranian For- eign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says anti-Semitism and racism are rightly condemned but disrespects to the sanctities of Islam are justi?ed as examples of freedom of expression.
Iraq begins assault on ISIL north of Baghdad
Iraqs armed forces, backed by Shia volunteer, have attacked the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (IISIL) terrorist group strongholds north of Baghdad at the start of a campaign to try to drive them out of the mainly Sunni Muslim province of Salahud- din (Saladin), The Guardian reported on Monday.
Iran-Brazil Joint Chamber of Commerce to open Tehran of?ce
The Iran-Brazil Joint Chamber of Commerce will open an o?ce in Tehran in the ?rst month of the next Iranian calendar year (March 21-April 20.
MP proposes paying subsidies to farmer around Lake Urmia to stop farming
Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonr suggests paying subsidies to farmers around Lake Urmia to encourage them stop planting crops in order to revive the dying lake.
Syrian, Kurdish forces battle ISIL in key border area
Syrian army forces and Kurdish militia fought separate battles with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group on Monday in a strategic area near the Iraqi and Turkish borders, an activist group said.
Smog tests Irans top woman as pollution sparks action
The snowy peaks of the Alborz Mountains visible through Iranian Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekars Tehran o?ce window may be evidence that the city is ?nally serious about tackling its chronic air pollu- tion.
Kerry is pushing for agreement in Iran nuclear talks: NY Times
Secretary of State John Kerry ?ew to Switzerland on Sunday to meet again with Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister who earned a Ph.D in international law and policy from the University of Denver, to try to negotiate the very accord that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel arrived in Washington that same day to denounce, the New York Times said in an article on Monday.