The Iranian parliamentarians are preparing a statement to voice protest at Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's shaking hand with US President Barack Obama at the UN headquarters, the first handshake between a high-ranking Iranian official and a US president in over 30 years.

Martin Johnson, the Director General of the British-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, said on Wednesday that a major British trade delegation will arrive in Iran on Friday for a four-day visit.

The Iranian biopic ‘Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God’, the latest work by acclaimed director Majid Majidi, was screened for a number of media representatives and foreign ambassadors in the Iranian capital.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a message extended his congratulations to the country’s women futsal team on their recent title in AFC Women’s Futsal Championship.

Iran has called for the immediate return of the bodies of Iranian pilgrims who were killed in a Hajj crush in Saudi Arabia, a senior Iranian diplomat says.

Pakistan has demanded smooth banking links with Iran to facilitate bilateral trade in light of the prospects for the removal of economic sanctions against Iran.

The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has slammed the way Saudi Arabia has been handling the September 24 tragedy at Mina.

Iran has called for a “collective response” towards extremism, terrorism, and Takfiri ideology, which are all threatening the whole world.