TEHRAN – Iranian President Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi will pay a visit to China amid intensive preparations to finalize a 25-year strategic partnership plan between Tehran and Beijing. 

This is the first state visit by an Iranian president to China in two decades, which indicates the importance China attaches to Raisi’s visit. As a result, Raisi will b

TEHRAN - Mohammad Jamshidi, the deputy presidential chief of staff for political affairs, told state TV on Sunday night that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will finalize mechanisms for implementing the 25-year Iran-China comprehensive agreement during his trip to China.

“In this trip, the mechanisms for operationalizing the comprehensive agreement

TEHRAN- Before making an official visit to China, President Ebrahim Raisi had a meeting on Monday with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Raisi briefed the Leader on his work plan and upcoming meetings in Beijing.

In addition to wishing the president luck, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed delight with the preparations that

TEHRAN - Tehran has been signaling that it is ready to exchange detainees with the U.S. on an “unconditional” basis and without tying the exchange to other matters, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.

Despite Iran’s goodwill, Washington has not taken an optimistic step in this respect, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser