Iran has vehemently condemned hostage taking at a caf in the Australias most populous city of Sydney. Resorting to inhumane methods and creating terror and panic in the name of the divine religion of Islam is not justifiable under any circumstances, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Monday. She noted that the Australian police ...

Tehran, July 27, IRNA - Foreign ministers of the Palestine Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement will hold an emergency meeting on Gaza in Tehran next week, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Sunday. Afkham told IRNA that UN envoys of member states of the NAM Palestine Committee already held emergency meeting on Gaza fighting at UN ...

Tehran, May 20, IRNA Foreign Minister spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham dismissed any halt in Irans nuclear talks with the G5+1 and said negotiations between the two sides are going on. She made the remarks here Tuesday morning during her weekly press briefing with local and foreign journalists. She further noted that no political and factional views ...

Tehran, May 14, IRNA - [caption id="attachment_91427" align="alignright" width="202"] Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham[/caption] Marziyeh Afkham on Wednesday offered Iran?s sincere condolences to Turkish nation and government over an explosion at a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa. She also called for patience ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Vice-President for Women and Families Affairs Shahindokht Mollaverdi deplored the recent abduction of more than two hundred Nigerian school girls by Boko Haram, a Wahhabi Al-Qaeda affiliate in Nigeria, and described it as a move in violation of Islamic rules and teachings. The Iranian official expressed concern about the abduction ...

TEHRAN, April 12 (MNA) Irans FM spokeswoman has said Iran and Russia are sovereign countries and they have relations in different fields; others sensitivity over it is not logical. Marzieh Afkham told Presidents official website that there are high capabilities for Iran and Russia to promote economic cooperation. US sensitivity over the recent oil ...