TEHRAN— Senior South Korean and Iranian officials spoke by phone on Wednesday to explore methods to restore bilateral relations strained by the problem of Iranian funds frozen in the country, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.

During the phone call, First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and his Iranian counterpart and chief nuclear

TEHRAN – The top security of official of Iran will visit Baku on Friday for talks with high-level Azerbaijani officials. 

During his visit to neighboring Azerbaijan, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, will meet President Ilham Aliyev. 

He will exchange views with Azerbaijani officials over bilateral issues and

TEHRAN – Iran has made it clear that recent Western calls for Tehran to take the draft deal currently on the table will not make it budge and that the conclusion of the nuclear talks depends on the United States moderating its negotiating position. 

Iranian President Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi rarely speaks about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal,

TEHRAN - A selection of ten cultural elements practiced in West Azarbaijan province have been added to the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts on Tuesday announced the inscriptions in separate letters it submitted to the governor-general of the northwestern province, CHTN reported.

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