TEHRAN, April 26 - The leader of the Armenian opposition was holding talks on Thursday with parliamentary factions in order to secure support for his candidacy to be the country's next prime minister as the former Soviet nation remained gripped by its biggest political crisis in years.
TEHRAN, April 25 - Police took up positions in the center of the Armenian capital on Wednesday as tens of thousands of people protested against the ruling elite and the acting prime minister suggested new parliamentary elections to defuse the political crisis.
TEHRAN, April 23 - Armenia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan bowed to widening public protests against his rule and resigned from his post.
TEHRAN, April 20 - Dozens were arrested as hundreds of opposition supporters staged sit-ins and attempted to block road traffic in Armenia's capital Friday to protest ex-president Serzh Sarkisian's election as prime minister.
TEHRAN, April 17 - Tens of thousands rallied in the Armenian capital on Tuesday after ex-president Serzh Sarkisian was elected prime minister by the country's parliament despite several days of protests, an AFP journalist reported from the scene.
TEHRAN, April 17 -Opposition demonstrators blockaded government buildings in Armenia's capital Tuesday as parliament was set to confirm the pro-Moscow former president as the real power in the country.
TEHRAN, April 16 - Thousands of opposition supporters have blocked traffic in the Armenian capital over a recent change of government that the opposition sees as a move by the ex-president to stay in power.
TEHRAN, February 23 - Turkey summoned the Dutch charge d'affaires on Friday to complain about the Netherlands parliament recognizing the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as genocide, the Turkish foreign ministry said.
TEHRAN, January 18 - Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Kazem Sajjadi and Chairman of Armenia-Iran Parliament Friendship Group Vahram Baghdasaryan discussed boosting bilateral parliamentary relations between the two countries.
TEHRAN, January 16 - Iranian engineers are going to take part in a developmental project in Armenia after winning a tender to construct a bridge in the neighboring country.
TEHRAN, November 28 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic's foreign policy attaches importance to enhanced relations with neighboring countries, urging the development of political and economic cooperation with Armenia.
TEHRAN, November 28 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandyan stressed boosting bilateral economic and political ties between the two countries as they met in Yerevan on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, November 28 -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif set off for Armenia Tuesday to attend economic summit and bilateral political talks.
TEHRAN, November 27 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif is going to visit Armenia on Tuesday, said Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Kazem Sajjadi.