IRNA - The Iranian workers judo squad ranked first on Thursday in the 5th World Sports Games in Riga, Latvia held by the International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation (CSIT). The Iranian sportsmen managed to snatch eight medals including six gold, one silver and one bronze medals in the competitions. The competition opened in Riga ...

Riga, June 2, IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and conferred Thursday with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis in the latter's residence Jurmala, 25 km of capital of Latvia. Zarif arrived here as the last destination of his four-nation European tour that started on May 29. President Vejonis, in the meeting, hoped Riga and ...

Riga, June 2, IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in this Latvian capital on Thursday. Latvia is the fourth and last leg of Zarif's four-nation European tour that started on May 29. In Riga, Zarif will meet with his Latvian counterpart and some other top officials here. Zarif first arrived in Poland, then travelled to ...

The Latvian Defense Ministry is considering a possibility of sending its soldiers to Iraq to help fight against the Islamic State militant group, the ministry's spokesman said on Monday. RIGA (Sputnik) Last week, another Baltic state, Estonia, announced plans tojoin the fight againstthe Islamic State militants in2016. Prior tothat, the countrys ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, in a message on Monday, extended his felicitations to Laimdota Straujuma over her reelection as the country's prime minister. The Iranian official, in his message, expressed the hope that bilateral cooperation between Iran and Latvia would further promote during the tenure of Straujuma. Jahangiri ...