TEHRAN – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Sunday that it is necessary that Iran play a role in “any political initiative” in his country as he lauded Tehran’s constructive role in fighting terrorism in Syria and helping settle the crisis in the Arab country.

Mekdad made the comments in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Hossein

TEHRAN – According to initial court verdicts concerning a terrorist attack in the central city of Isfahan, three persons were sentenced to capital punishment, Tasnim reported on Monday.

Accordingly, Amir Nasr Azadani, a footballer who was also an accomplice in the terrorist act, got a 16-year jail term.

The terrorist attack took place in the Mahaleh

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Monday that based on a credible American institute 10 months after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Jimmy Carter ordered CIA director Stansfield Turner to topple the Islamic Republic system.

The Leader said the report is based on declassified documents which are released after

TEHRAN – In preparation for Noruz holiday, which will start on March 21, maritime passenger terminals in the north and south of the country will be equipped, an official with the Ports and Maritime Organization has said.

“Noruz holiday will see the necessary preparations for sea travel so that passenger terminals will be updated and equipped for t