Officials attend funeral service for late Ayatollah Shahroudi

A funeral procession for the Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi has seen a massive turnout, with a large number of Iranian people and government officials paying their last respects to the senior cleric.

President Rouhani says sanctions target Iran’s people,

Iran, Turkey pledge to step up economic cooperation

Iran and Turkey have agreed to step up their economic cooperation with the aim of reaching a $30-billion target set for their annual trade, voicing concern over the re-imposition by the US of unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, a move which they say could affect the entire region's economy.

President Rouhani says US can no longer dictate policies to regional countries

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the US has no longer any influence on relations between countries in the region, stressing Washington will no longer be able to dictate its policies to regional states. Rouhani made remarks at Mehrabad International Airport on Wednesday before leaving for Ankara for an official two-day visit at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Iranian government plans exports platform to counter ‘economic war’

The measure comes as Iran is trying to prop up its national currency, the rial, which has sunk to record lows in the face of new US sanctions and panic buying of foreign currencies by some citizens.

Far-right sentiments surging across Britain

Far-right sentiments have surged in the UK over the past years with extremist groups using the immigration of refugees into Europe as an excuse to preach hate. There has also been an increase in hate crime activity across the UK with Muslims being a main target.

Trump repeats false claims about Iran

US President Donald Trump has lied again about Iran in an effort to trick the Democrat-led House of Representatives to agree to pay for the southern border wall.

Imam Khomeini united the world’s fair-minded nations against US: Leader

Addressing the families of Iranian martyrs in a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said by dubbing the US “the Great Satan,” the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, united the world’s monotheists and fair-minded nations against Washington. He also pointed to Washington’s long-running enmity towards the Iranian nation.