MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has congratulated the Ukrainian nation and president-elect, Volodymyr Zelensky, on holding their presidential elections successfully. "The huge number of votes Mr Zelensky won in the recent presidential elections shows the trust Ukrainian people have in him, and the great social capital ...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who won a second term in Fridays election recommended the Saudi kingdom to think of boosting its national power by holding democratic elections instead of spending billions of dollars on arms purchases. Speaking at the first press conference after his reelection, President Rouhani reminded the Riyadh ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Supreme Leader urges massive participation of people in upcoming elections Tehran, Jan 9, IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday advised people from all walks of live to take part in the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts ...

Tehran, Jan 9, IRNA - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday advised people from all walks of live to take part in the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections to safeguard the country's integrity. The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting with thousands of people from Qom ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Wednesday that the procedures of screening of candidates was sound and the prospect of election in Iran is very promising. Iranian people are to make another epic in the history through mass participation in the upcoming elections of Majlis and Assembly of Experts ...

Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that election is a blessing guaranteeing the people's rights. The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting with Friday prayers leaders. The Supreme Leader said that no vote-rigging took place in Iran in the former elections, adding that ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) Following the Sunday visit of diplomats with Irans Leader, Irans ambassador to Syria clarified Irans proposition for ending the crisis in Syria. "We intend to facilitate the presence of Syrian nation in a national election in Syria to let them decide for their own country," Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheybani, Irans Ambassador ...

(Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists has been detained for nearly two months and is in solitary confinement at Evin Prison, a facility rights advocates have criticized for prisoner abuse, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Bagher Asadi, who was previously a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York and was most ...