November 12, The Iran Project Pakistani Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa trip to Iran and meeting with senior officials; holding UN Day ceremony in Tehran; Arbaeen pilgrims walking from Najaf to Karbala; Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visit to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and participating in Intl security conference in Uzbekistan; People mourning Arbaeen of Imam Hossein (PBUH) in Iran and Joint meeting of the three branches of government dominated the countrys media outlets in the past week (Nov 06Nov 12).
Some two million Iranian pilgrims have crossed into Iraq so far to perform Arbaeen rituals slated for November 9, Irans ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi said on Sunday.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Tehran welcomes expansion of defensive and military cooperation with Islamabad hoping that such cooperation will lead to bolstering of political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
The road leading to Islamic civilization is fraught with difficulties, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said, adding, however, that the Islamic Revolutions growth in Iran heralds a promising and prosperous ending for that goal.
The European Union will make sure that the Iran nuclear deal will continue to be fully implemented by all, in all its parts, the European Unions foreign policy chief said on Friday.
An international conference on security and sustainable development opened in Uzbekistan on Friday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in attendance.
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks on a range of issues, including latest efforts to deepen bilateral relations between the two countries in various areas.
A Sukhoi-22 fighter jet belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has crashed in southern Iran near the city of Sarvestan, Fars Province.
Irans President Hassan Rouhani expressed pleasure with the regional nations victories over the terrorist groups and plots to disintegrate their countries, and said that the US and Israel are angry with these successes.
Iraqs top Shia cleric says more than 13 million have gathered in the holy city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the annual commemoration marking the end of the mourning period for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammads grandson and a central figure in Shia Islam.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun says Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, has been kidnapped and must have immunity.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the military campaign against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has cost the conflict-stricken Arab country $100 billion worth of damage as government forces, backed by fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, are driving the extremists out of their last redoubt in the country.
Chairman of Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) Mansour Moazami and Vice-Chairman of Russian Gazprom Company Vitaly Markelov singed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on oil, gas and energy fields on Sunday.
Ministry of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare announced on Monday that authorization for the occupation of experts and directors of Total-Iran BV Oil Company have been issued.
Iran has taken delivery of the second F-class gas turbine from German engineering group Siemens for use at a 600-megawatt power station being built in Bandar Abbas.
A former American congresswoman, known for her anti-war stances, is in Iraq to attend the Arbaeen walk, where she has to travel from Najaf to Karbala on foot.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif here on Tuesday evening expressed hope that kindness and peace could be established across the world, it was reported Wednesday morning.
The team sport of polo, which is played on horseback, together with the Iranianbowed string instrument of Kamanchehare set to be added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists by the end of the current year.
A movie about a young girl whose fantasy world helps her escape the hard realities of growing up in the countryside near Tehran in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution is Irans first-ever submission for the Academy Awards foreign film directed by a woman.