Iran marks Persian Gulf Day

Iranian people held nationwide ceremonies on Sunday to celebrate the National Persian Gulf Day, to honor the historical and strategic significance of the strategic waterway, which lies to Iran’s south and takes its name from the country.

Imam Khomeini described the usurping regime of Israel as a "cancer"

Iran marks return anniversary of soldiers captive in Saddam’s prisons

The 26th of Mordad in the Iranian calendar, which falls on August 17, marks the return anniversary of Iranian soldiers who were held captive by the regime of Western-backed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980s war on Iran.

Qur'an desecration: Iran will not accept new Swedish ambassador

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Iran will not accept a new Swedish ambassador following the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in the Scandinavian country, the second such incident in less than a month.

Iranian foreign minister says Imam Khomeini’s legacy lives on in movement toward new world order

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the personality of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini is an eternal truth moving towards a modern Islamic civilization.

Veteran Palestinian ambassador in Tehran passed away

The former Palestinian ambassador to Tehran, Salah al-Zawawi,, a seasoned Palestinian diplomat and an intrepid campaigner for Palestine's liberation from the Zionist occupation passed away in Tehran on Monday after a prolonged illness, aged 85.

Congratulatory messages pour in on 44th anniversary of Islamic Revolution

As Iran prepares to hold nationwide rallies on the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, messages have poured in from several world leaders, who felicitated the nation on overthrowing the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

Iranians stage demonstration to condemn Israel’s aggression on Gaza

Thousands of people in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have staged a demonstration to express their support for the Palestinians and denounce the Israeli regime’s latest military onslaught against the Gaza Strip. They chanted slogans against the US, the Israeli regime and Britain and reiterated their support for the Palestinian people, who stood firm against Israel’s latest wave of deadly aerial assaults on the besieged Gaza.