TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently arrested five illegal excavators in Tabriz, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has announced.

The accused people were traced and finally arrested after police received reports from cultural heritage aficionados and local people about their

TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has undertaken shuttle diplomacy to breathe new life into Iran-Saudi talks. He succeeded in getting Iran to forge ahead with diplomacy with Saudi Arabia but whether the Saudis are ready to reciprocate remains an open question. 

Al-Kadhimi visited the Saudi Kingdom on Saturday for talks on “several r

TEHRAN – A senior advisor to the Iranian negotiating team in the nuclear talks has said that reaching a deal with the United States depends on Washington offering sanctions relief and giving acceptable guarantees.

Mohammad Marandi, who is also a professor of American studies at the University of Tehran, said the resumption of talks does not mean

TEHRAN – An Iraqi news website has quoted an informed source in Qatar’s foreign ministry as confirming that the new round of nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. will be hosted by Qatar. 

The website, Middle East News, said that the next round of talks will be held in Doha, citing the informed source. 

Following the recent visit by the European