Imam Khomeini strongly denounced US downing of passenger plane

Iranian nation wants to live in peace and friendship with world

The Iranian president made the remarks in a televised speech following his landslide election victory.

Iran commemorates Army Day

The Islamic Republic says its military power poses no threat to other countries and is merely based on the doctrine of deterrence.

Iran, Luxemburg stress observance of JCPOA

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Luxembourg’s visiting Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn have laid emphasis on the need for all the parties to a multilateral nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries to comply with their contractual obligations.

Leader hosts memorial service for Ayatollah Rafsanjani

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hosted the mourning ceremony which was attended by Iranian and foreign officials.

Ayatollah Rafsanjani laid to rest at Imam’s mausoleum

Former president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s body is laid to rest at holy mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic.

Iranians bid farewell to Ayatollah Rafsanjani

Huge crowds of mourners have held funeral for revered late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who is viewed as a pillar of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

People, authorities pay tribute to the late iconic cleric

Large number of Iranian people and authorities gathered at Jamaran prayer hall in northern Tehran, where the body of Ayatollah Rafsanjani was transferred, to mourn his tragic passing away.