Major changes unfolding in the region: minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s Interior Minister on Tuesday stated that the Hamas October 7 offensive against Israel will give rise to fundamental changes in a wide arc and change all previous predictions.

Illegal Afghan immigrants should immediately leave Iran, interior minister says

TEHRAN- Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Wednesday criticized the Taliban for their lack of concern for the issue that has been brought upon Iran with the flood of refugees, stating that undocumented immigrants from Afghanistan have to be expelled from the country.

Municipalities obliged to establish handicraft markets near cities, interior minister says

TEHRAN - Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said all Iranian municipalities have been required to set up handicraft marketplaces near city entrances, CHTN reported on Monday.

Minister says enemies failed to capitalize on Armita Geravand incident

TEHRAN – Iran’s interior minister on Monday said foreign forces tried to use an unfortunate incident to create chaos in the country, but to no avail. 

Over 30 million pilgrims expected in Karbala: governor

Four million Iranians in Iraq

The number of pilgrims flocking to Karbala to participate in this year’s Arbaeen rituals will exceed 30 million, the governor of the shrine city of Karbala predicts, Press TV reported on Tuesday.

Iranian interior minister arrives in Iraq ahead of Arbaeen

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday morning and met with his Iraqi counterpart Abdul Amir al-Shimmari.

All political groups have pre-registered for parliamentary elections, says interior minister

TEHRAN - Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday that candidates from diverse political factions have pre-registered to run in the parliamentary elections, which will be held in late winter.

Shahcheraghi appointed new deputy interior minister 

TEHRAN - Mohammad Taghi Shahcheraghi has replaced Mohammad Reza Gholamreza as the political assistant to Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi. 

Process of parliamentary elections kicks off

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced the start of the process of the parliamentary elections that will be held next year. 

Strengthening Iran-Turkey relations benefits Muslim world: minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has met with the newly-appointed Turkish ambassador to Iran, Hicabi Kirlangic in a bid to underline the need to boost Tehran-Ankara relations. 

Iran, Iraq agree to establish joint border security points 

TEHRAN – The interior ministers of Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to form new joint border security posts ahead of the Arbaeen pilgrimage. 

Iran, Iraq interior ministers discuss security issues

TEHRAN – Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for security talks with his Iranian counterpart Ahmad Vahidi.

Afghan border guards received a response: minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi late on Sunday reacted to the recent border clashes between Iran and Afghanistan, saying that the clashes came to an end after Iran responded to the Afghan side.

Two separate committees studying 2022 unrest: minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Monday that two discrete committees have been formed and are currently studying the wave of unrest that gripped Iran last year.

General Soleimani is third icon of Islamic Revolution: minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has lauded General Qassem Soleimani as being one of the icons of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. 

Iran, Turkey interior ministers denounce terrorism

TEHRAN- In a phone conversation on Thursday night, the interior ministers of Iran and Turkey lamented terrorist assaults that had occurred in both countries and called for closer bilateral and regional collaboration in fighting terrorism.

8 countries trained riot leaders: Iranian interior minister

TEHRAN- The U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, and several European nations directly incited unrest in Iran, according to Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, who said that "the leaders and organizers of those unrests were carefully trained in 8 countries for these unrests."

Some rioters in Iran were paid by foreigners, says interior minister

TEHRAN — Iran’s minister of interior said on Thursday that some rioters in Iran were trained abroad and were given money.

Komala, KDP, PJAK whip up riots, pursue partition in Iran: interior minister

TEHRAN- Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Tuesday pointed out that the uprising in Iran was being orchestrated by foreign-supported terrorist organizations hiding in northern Iraq.

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Iran thanks Iraq for warmly hosting Arbaeen pilgrims

TEHRAN — Iran and Iraq’s history is filled with many affinities. Even the 1980-1988 war couldn’t cut the cords between the two friendly neighbors. The Iraqis have shown once again that they are true friends of Iran with their exceptional hosting of Arbaeen pilgrims.

Iranian interior minister meets Iraqi PM

TEHRAN — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi hosted Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi and his accompanying delegation on Thursday.

Iran, Uzbekistan ink security MOU

TEHRAN – Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that he signed a security memorandum of understanding (MOU) with his Uzbek counterpart during a recent ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan.

Interior minister calls for resolution of sporadic border clashes in Iran-Afghanistan border

TEHRAN— Iran’s interior minister believes that sporadic border clashes with the Taliban border guards are due to their unawareness of the demarcation of Iran-Afghanistan borders, stressing that the matter should be resolved through dialogue.

Interior minister: Any movement with eye on U.S. doesn’t want Iran’s progress

TEHRAN— Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told a Monday conference on Popular Governance in the Discourse of Justice and Republic that putting all eggs in the basket of Americans is a grave mistake.

Iranian interior minister laments sufferings of Yemeni, Syrian and Afghan children

TEHRAN- Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has branded Western countries' attitudes toward children and teenagers as "deceptive".

Iranian interior minister meets Iraqi counterpart

TEHRAN — Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi discussed facilitation of Arba’een pilgrimage with his Iraqi counterpart Osman al-Ghanemi in Tehran on Tuesday. Referring to the strong cultural and religious affinities of the two countries, Vahidi said that the Arb’aeen ritual is “an inseparable cultural and religious link” between the two nations.

Muslim unity has upset arrogant countries: Iranian interior minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Friday that arrogant countries are deeply dissatisfied with the unity among Muslims.

Incidents in Herat, Kabul intended to undermine Iran-Afghanistan ties: interior minister

TEHRAN- Attacks against Iranian diplomatic missions in Afghanistan were intended to sow strife between the two neighboring countries, Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said late on Tuesday.

Iran will seriously deal with Takfiri terrorism, interior minister says of attack on clergymen

TEHRAN — While condemning the terrorist crime in the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the interior minister stressed that the terrorist and Takfiri movements and the promoters of this ideology will be dealt with severely.

National train project underway

Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi (middle), accompanied by other officials, paid a visit to the national train project site in Tehran on Monday. The project has increased the previously 25 to 30 percent share of domestic companies in designing, manufacturing, and supplying subway train parts to 85 percent.