"Shiite and Sunni people share so many commonalities, and the followers of the aforesaid sects," said the interim prayer leader of Sanandaj in Kurdistan Province.
Iran has signed a friendship treaty with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in a move which could lead to broader economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the organization’s member states.
Iran has strongly slammed recent airstrikes by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition that killed scores of people in the western Yemeni province of al-Hudaydah.
China has rejected a US demand to cut Iranian oil imports despite Trump's attempts to bring down the Islamic Republic's oil sales to zero, Bloomberg reports.
Nearly 40 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a bombing and shooting attack at a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan's border.
A Palestinian has been shot dead and 120 have been wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on thousands of peaceful demonstrators during a march in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Yemenis have once again taken to the streets of the capital Sana’a in protest against the deadly Saudi campaign against their country, a day after scores of people lost their lives in airstrikes on the western province of Hudaydah.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Tajikistan’s ambassador to protest the allegation of Tehran’s links to a recent attack that killed four Western tourists in the Central Asian country.
"US’ breach of international promises regarding Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has caused us never let negotiations with the current US president and administration," Tehran's interim Friday prayers leader said.
China has announced it will add another $60 billion tariffs on US imports including liquefied gas and aircrafts in reaction to President Trump’s plan to increase duties on Chinese goods.
Yemeni demonstrators have staged rally in the capital Sana’a to condemn the ongoing Saudi aggressions against impoverished Arab nation a day after several people lost their lives in the latest round of airstrikes on Hudaydah residents.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have held talks in Singapore on a range of issues, among them the 2015 nuclear deal, the upcoming Caspian Sea summit and the Syria crisis.
A US defense policy bill for fiscal year 2019 puts emphasis on two Washington’s "potential adversaries," namely Russia and China, and punishes Turkey for planning to buy a Russian missile defense system.