Tehran, Jan 20, IRNA - Director of the Center for Strategic Studies and International Relations said here on Monday that inviting Iran to attend the Geneva II conference on Syria is one of the achievements of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif?s recent visits to regional countries and Russia. Talking to IRNA, Amir Mousaviunderlined that Zarif ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. (E) = Article in English Excerpts of these translations may only be used with the expressed consent of the authors. Politics Attending various events throughout the day, President ...

In what has become a tour for Syria, Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met President Assad in Damascus on Wednesday. No significant news came out of the meeting, with Syrian media focusing on Assads denunciation of terrorism and its backers like Saudi Arabia andIrans outletsheralding Zarifs support for a political solution. Instead, it ...

Despite international efforts pushing for peace talks between Syria's opposition and President Bashar Al-Assad's regime, it is still undetermined whether Iran, a stanch ally of Assad, will be invited to the talks. The talks, which are slated for 22 January and dubbed Geneva II, aim to end the conflict in Syria that has left 130,000 dead in nearly ...

Moscow, Jan 16, IRNA Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov here Thursday underlined the importance of further cooperation between Moscow and Tehran to solve regional problems. Lavrov made the remarks in a meeting with his visiting Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif who arrived in Moscow late on Wednesday. Lavrov said his talks with Zarif ...

Damascus, Jan 15, IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who is visiting Syria on the last leg of his regional tour, held a meeting with a number of Palestinian leaders living in Syria on Wednesday. The foreign minister is to leave Damascus to Moscow tonight to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir ...

Damascus, Jan 15, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus on Wednesday discussed regional and global developments with Syrian counterpart Walidal-Moallem. Zarif was in Damascus as part of his regional tour which earlier took him to Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan. In addition to bilateral ties, the two foreign ministers reviewed the political,...

Irans foreign minister has arrived in Moscow to hold talks with Russian officials about the nuclear deal between Iran and the six powers as well as the conflict in Syria. Upon arriving at Moscows Vnukovo International Airport on Wednesday night, Mohammad Javad Zarif said he will pursue earlier talks between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his ...

Syrian Prime minister Wael al-Halqi says Irans involvement in the upcoming peace conference aimed at ending the crisis in Syria will be in the interest of the entire Middle East. In a Wednesday meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus, the Syrian premier pointed to the Islamic Republics important role in the Middle East,...

Damascus, Jan 15, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials late Wednesday. The visit takes place on his regional tour which earlier took him to Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Syria. During his stay in Damascus, Zarif conferred with President Bashar Assad, Prime Minister Vael Halqi and Foreign Minister ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned during a meeting in Damascus on Wednesday with Iran's foreign minister that Saudi Arabia's political and religious ideology is "a threat to the world," state television reported. He was referring to Wahhabism, an ultra-conservativeSunniMuslim tradition which is predominant in Saudi Arabia, a key backer of Syria's ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) A Middle East political analyst has said Iran has waged a diplomatic attempt to curb the extension of terrorism in the region. Seyed Musa Alizadeh Tabatabaei told Mehr News that the visit by Zarif to Jordan would be a turning point in Irans relations with Jordan. Given the agreement by Jordan with Iran sending ambassador ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, once again renewed Irans support for a political solution to the ongoing crisis in the Muslim country. We should move towards a solution for the Syrian crisis through political dialogue and on a realistic basis,...

Damascus, Jan 15, IRNA Iran?s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here on Wednesday that he is to hold meetings with a number of Russian officials during his Moscow visit to take place on Thursday. Talking to reports upon arrival in Damascus airport, he said that Iran on threshold of the Geneva II meeting is lobbying with Syrian officials ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. (E) = Article in English Excerpts of these translations may only be used with the expressed consent of the authors. Politics President Hassan Rouhanitravelled to Khuzestan as his ...

Damascus, Jan 15, IRNA Visiting Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif here on Wednesday discussed issues of mutual interest in a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi. Zarif arrived in Damascus from Amman on the last leg of his four-nation regional tour which previously took him to Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan respectively....

President Rouhanihas begun his first provincial tourwith a three-day visit to Khuzestan in southern Iran. Speaking to enthusiastic crowds, hetalked in Arabicabout economic conditions: We need migration from bad living conditions to desired conditions; migration from inflation, stagnation, high prices and unemployment to occupation; migration from ...

Damascus, Jan 15, IRNA Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad here on Wednesday reviewed issues of mutual interest. Zarif arrived in Damascus this morning to hold talks with Syrian officials on regional issues, the crisis in that country in particular. Zarif arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, on ...

Tehran, Jan 15, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Jordan, conferred with Jordan Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour in Amman. According to the report of Foreign Ministry website on Wednesday, in the meeting, Zarif called situation in the region sensitive, adding that with cooperation of different countries ways should be found to ...

Amman, Jan 15, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, in a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh, by referring to an appropriate ground for bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Amman, called for expansion of relations. The two sides discussed expansion of parliamentary cooperation, development of economic cooperation through ...