Supporters of an Iraqi cleric have defied a government warning, taking to the streets of Baghdad in thousands to stage a protest rally.

The Republican-dominated US House of Representatives has passed two bills imposing new restrictions on Iran one year after a historic nuclear agreement.

The Kremlin says there has been no discussion between Russia and the United States on the subject of direct military cooperation in Syria, where both powers are conducting airstrikes.

A senior Iranian cleric says the Saudi regime is using Wahhabis to perpetrate atrocities in the Middle East under the pretext of fighting terror.

Iran and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) increase Iranian fruits export to South Korea.

“In Iraq,” Ayatollah Arafi said, “There are promising signs that every day the noose is increasingly being tightened on the Takfiri and obstinate terrorists and we hope that the Islamic Resistance will continue to progress.”

Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine said that the Resistance was sure, during the beginning of July's war in 2006, that it would defeat the Zionist enemy.

The member of Seminary Teachers' Society in Qom said ISIS is the offspring of Wahhabism and referred to it as one of the adversaries' plots against True Islam, he added, "Harsh Wahhabism has denied those Quranic verses promoting social harmony and friendship, moreover they have no respect for the proper methods of inviting people to Islam and are only ...

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari highlighted his forces’ presence in waters around the world and said it is indicative of the country’s power in the international arena.

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Friday reappointed three Guardian Council religious jurists.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hailed the landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries as the “triumph of diplomacy over coercion.”

An official at the Iranian Foreign Ministry says it is not “adequate” for France to merely describe the terrorist anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) as a “violent” group, as recently reported in the media.