Iran

The Lebanese should be the only party who should decide their future government, Iran’s Foreign Minster Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday in Beirut. Speaking after a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, he said Iran and private…

On Monday, the Iranian Health Ministry announced the registration of 2,132 new cases of Coronavirus. The Iranian Ministry of Health said: “2,132 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number…

Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms, the head of Iran’s Central Insurance Organisation said on Monday. “The…

Iran said on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the massive blast in Beirut last week, and that the United States should lift sanctions against Lebanon. “The blast should not be used as an excuse for political aims…

A senior Iranian official said on Friday there was no difference between the outgoing and incoming U.S. special envoys for Iran because American officials “bite off more than they can chew”. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced…

Iran is ready to help Lebanon in any way necessary, tweeted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after a deadly explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the great and resilient people of Lebanon. As…

Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.-based leader of a pro-monarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks, and that he is being held in Iran. An…

Iranian teams have cleaned up an oil slick near field in the northern region of the Gulf that had extended over a six-square-km (2.3 square mile) area, an Iranian maritime official said on Saturday. The cause of the spill, which occurred…

Iran has agreed to pay compensation for its accidental shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane, although details of payment amounts have yet to be determined. Kiev said if it feels Tehran is stalling, it may launch legal action.…

The number of infections from the new coronavirus in Iran has reached 301,530, according to official Health Ministry figures announced on Thursday. There were 226 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours taking the total…