President Raeisi says Friday demonstrations portray power of Islamic Republic

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says the nationwide demonstrations in support of the Islamic Republic on Friday portray the power of the establishment.

Iran ready to help boost connectivity between South, Central Asia

Iran's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Zahra Ershadi, has expressed the country's readiness to contribute to promoting connectivity between South and Central Asia.

Iran says Israel only apartheid regime in world that follows racist, expansionist practices

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the Israeli regime is currently the only apartheid regime in the world, which continues to commit new acts of genocide and other crimes.

Iran categorically rejects ‘baseless' nuclear allegations by Saudi Arabia, certain European states

In a statement on Thursday, Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN General Assembly First Committee Heidar Ali Balouji said Iran is committed to the full implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement, also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), provided that the other participants live up fully to their commitments and lift all unjust sanctions in a speedy and verifiable manner.

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President Rouhani says Iran, China determined to boost long-term strategic ties, fight terrorism

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and China are firmly determined to improve “strategic and long-term” cooperation in various political and economic fields and fight terrorism and extremism in the region.

FM Zarif says Biden’s US should seize chance to lift bans

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged US President Joe Biden to end his predecessor’s fruitless pressure policy against Iran and begin the process of rejoining the 2015 nuclear agreement by lifting all unilateral sanctions unconditionally, warning that the “window of opportunity will not be open” for the new White House team forever.

Iranian Envoy to UN says US pressure campaign against Iran ‘example of state terrorism

The Iranian envoy to the United Nations (UN) has lambasted the so-called US maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic as an “example of state terrorism” aimed at creating suffering and social unrest in the country.