Mashhad, Sept 16, IRNA Turkey opened a consulate general in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi. Head of Foreign Ministry Representative Office in North and East of Iran Gholam-Abbas Arbab-Khales told IRNA. The official referred to other Turkey's consulate generals in Tabriz and Orumieh and welcomed opening of the new ...

[caption id="attachment_91427" align="alignright" width="179"] Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham[/caption] Iran has condemned recent acts of terrorism in Iraq, including the seizure of the Turkish Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, by militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Irans Foreign ...