TEHRAN, May 1 - Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan urged supporters to take to the streets on Tuesday to pressure parliament to choose him as prime minister, and warned of a political "tsunami" if the ruling elite clings to power.
TEHRAN, May 1 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday pardoned or commuted prison terms of 715 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts.
TEHRAN, April 30 - Armenian anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan has been formally nominated for the post of prime minister by his supporters, after two weeks of mass rallies in the South Caucus nation and a day before parliament votes on a new head of government.
TEHRAN, April 30 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the US is instigating Saudi Arabia and certain other regional countries to start a confrontation with Iran.
TEHRAN, April 27 -Former president of the Russian internal republic of Kalmykia and the current head of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, says he has proved in court that a Reuters report about alleged deals with ISIS was fake and aimed to slander him.
TEHRAN, April 24 - US President Donald Trump has called North Korea Kim Jung-un's leader a "very honorable" person, expressing hope their meeting will occur "as soon as possible."
TEHRAN, April 18 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei stopped using the Telegram messaging application in a show of support for domestic versions and in line with the country’s national interests.
TEHRAN, April 18 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said enemies have waged a large-scale intelligence war against Iran, but their spy agencies have so far failed to do any harm to the country.
TEHRAN, April 14 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei deplored overnight missile attacks on Syria by Washington and its allies as “a crime”, calling the presidents of the US and France as well as the British prime minister “criminals”.
TEHRAN, April 12 - A senior aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has visited Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
TEHRAN, April 06 - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has paid bail and may immediately leave the prison in the German town of Neumuenster where he has been held since last month, the state prosecutor in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein said.
TEHRAN, March 26 - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday, five months after entering self-imposed exile from Spain, where he faces up to 25 years in prison for organizing an illegal secession referendum last year.
TEHRAN, March 21 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei offered congratulations to Iranians on New Year, calling on the entire nation to dedicate their efforts to promoting domestic production in line with Resistant Economy.
TEHRAN, March 16 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei dismissed the notion that Iran has started the ongoing feud with adversaries, saying the enemies have launched an onslaught to counter the Islamic Republic’s existence and goals.
TEHRAN, March 10 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has blasted certain countries for applying a double-standard approach to the use of chemical weapons.
TEHRAN, March 10 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei authorized Iran’s Judiciary to pardon or commute the sentences of Iranian convicts under new conditions.
TEHRAN, March 9 - The US has announced it will pay a $5 million reward to anyone who assists in the finding of the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban, and has offered $3 million for two other militants from other terrorist groups.
TEHRAN, March 8 - Several hundred opposition supporters staged a protest in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday demanding the release of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in a corruption case.