China, Japan and South Korea have denounced North Korea’s latest missile test, calling on Pyongyang to refrain from “provocative” actions that could deteriorate the situation on the already-tense Korean Peninsula.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran says the country greatly values its relationship with Latin American nations, including Nicaragua, where he visited on the second leg of a tour of the central and southern Americas.
North Korea has fired a submarine–launched ballistic missile, just two days after threatening a nuclear attack in retaliation to large-scale US and South Korean joint military exercises.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has hit central Italy, causing extensive damage to the affected areas and leaving three people dead, national media say.
Ayatollah Arafi has received a renowned French mathematician, Dr. Pierre-Louis Lions, at the headquarters of al-Mustafa International University in Qom.
Iran has condemned the recent Israeli regime’s attacks on the defenseless Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and acts of aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque as well as Tel Aviv’s plan to Judaize the Palestinian city of Jerusalem al-Quds.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the country’s economic progress during his term, saying Iran’s economy is on the right track despite a whole host of problems that have gripped oil-exporting countries.
A senior Iranian official says the US delaying tactic in Syria has failed to achieve any success due to close cooperation among Iran, Russia and Syria in the campaign against terrorists.