TEHRAN (Tasnim) Spokeswoman for Irans Foreign Ministry Marziyeh Afkham announced on Wednesday that the main frameworks of a long-awaited nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers have been drawn, but at the same time noted that further negotiations are still needed. Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) ...

The appeal request of Iranian blogger Dr. Majid Bazrafkan who had been sentenced to 91 days in prison on charge of insulting Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeqi Amoli Larijani has been denied. Bazrafkan had in his blog criticized Judiciarys approach towards advocates of the Islamic Establishment, accusing the Judiciary of being lax with elements ...

[caption id="attachment_138654" align="alignright" width="225"] Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate as they arrive in Sinjar, west of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, on December 20, 2014.[/caption] Iran has commended the recent victories by the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces against ISIL Takfiri terrorists. Irans Foreign Ministry ...