Iran set to mark anniversary of 1981 bombing at then-prime minister’s office

Every year on August 23, Iran marks the Government Week to commemorate the memory of the late President Rajaei and Prime Minister Bahonar.

'US sanctions against Iran’s health sector crime against humanity'

Iran's Minister of Health Saeed Namaki says sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran's health sector amount to crime against humanity.

Leader says Palestinian resistance heralds 'definite' victory

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the Palestinian people’s “stunning resistance”, saying it heralds a “definite” victory against Israel.

Western-backed groups committed act of terrorism in Iran

The Hafte Tir bombing, which killed over seventy senior Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Dr. Mohammad Beheshti, then Iran's second-highest official. Two months later of the same year, former President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and then-Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, also lost their lives in a bombing in the capital, Tehran, 36 years ago.

President Abbas rejects Trump’s Palestine deal as ‘humiliating blackmail’

US poses 'serious threat' to world

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the Trump administration is a serious threat to the stability of the Middle East and the world, urging the international community to stand up to US unilateralism.

President Rouhani says Iran forced US to back down

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the steadfastness of the Iranian nation in its tough battle against the United States over the past year, saying standing against Washington’s pressure caused it to back down from its previous position of seeking to topple the Iranian government.

Muslims, pro-Palestinian activists rally on International Quds Day worldwide

The International Quds Day is a legacy of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, who designated the day in solidarity with the Palestinians. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the International Quds Day has been marked worldwide on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.