Crises created to marginalize Palestine issue, MP says

TEHRAN – Amir Khojasteh, head of the Iran-Syria parliamentary friendship group, has underlined the importance of the Palestinian issue for the Muslim world, saying different crises have been created in the region to marginalize the issue.

Cleric: Iran managed to humiliate U.S. in Iraq, Syria

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi, the interim Friday prayer preacher of Tehran, has highlighted U.S. failures in the region, saying the Islamic Republic managed to discredit the U.S. in Iraq and Syria.

Iran to play June friendly against Syria

TEHRAN – Iran national football team will face Syria in a friendly match in June.

By Mehdi Sepahvand

Tehran, Ankara resolved to cement mutual ties: ambassador

TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to Ankara, underlining the importance of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s upcoming visit to neighboring Turkey, has said the two sides are resolved to cement relations in all areas.

Iranian FM says all Astana group members must respect their obligations

Zarif and Assad hold talks on Golan Heights , Syria conflict and Astana dialogue

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Tuesday with Syrian President Bashar al Assad shortly after arriving in Damascus.

Heads of certain Islamic states follow infidels: Ayatollah Khamenei

Leader regrets killing of Muslims by each other

TEHRAN - Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that heads of certain Islamic countries do not follow teachings of Quran and instead follow infidels.

‘U.S. wrong policies have spread terrorism in Mideast’

TEHRAN - Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said on Wednesday that the U.S. “wrong” and “illogical” decisions have led to spread of terrorism and violence in the Middle East region and beyond.

Trade offices to be opened in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

TEHRAN – Iran is going to open business offices in some of the strategic countries in the region including Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Lebanon, IRNA reported on Tuesday quoting the minister of industry, mine and trade.

By Damir Nazarov

Syria's future need to Islamic system

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN - Let me present my personal view of the reorganization of secular Syria to the Islamic course of development and consolidation of state ideology based on Islamic values.

By M.A. Saki

Endorsing the stealing of Golan Heights means pushing the world toward anarchy

Donald Trump signed a proclamation on March 25 recognizing Israel’s stealing of the Golan Heights owned by Syria. Israel seized the land from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war with a support by the U.S. and certain other Western countries.

Falahatpisheh to attend tripartite meeting in Moscow on Syria

TEHRAN – Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh is scheduled to leave Tehran for Moscow on Tuesday to attend the tripartite meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts to discuss the Syrian conflict.

Cuba condemns Israeli Sovereignty Over Golans

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba expresses its strongest of the declared intention of the United States government to recognize the occupied Syrian Golan as the territory of Israel.

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian

How US, Iranian regional security strategies diverge

The top commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, earlier this week declared that Iran has trained 100,000 voluntary forces to share experiences and know-how with the Iraqi and Syrian militaries. In this vein, Jafari also asserted that Iran’s strategy in the region has been far more effective in containing the Islamic State’s (IS') terrorism compared to that of the United States, which has spent a hefty amount for the same purpose.

Trump says it's time for US to recognize 'Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights'

President Donald Trump on Thursday overturned longstanding US policy regarding the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, announcing "it is time" for the US to "fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty" over the region.

War on terror will continue relentlessly: Iranian military chief

TEHRAN - Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chief of the Iranian armed forces, said on Monday that fight against terrorism in the region will continue until the phenomenon is totally eradicated.

Foreign forces should leave Syria, Iranian military chief says

TEHRAN - Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chief of the Iranian armed forces, said on Sunday that foreign forces that are in Syria without a permission by the Damascus government should leave the country.

Rouhani likely to visit Syria soon: envoy

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Syria Javad Torkabadi has said President Hassan Rouhani is likely to make an official visit to Damascus in the near future to hold talks with senior Syrian officials.

By Damir Nazarov 

Zionism is disturbed by the pro-Iranian Iraq

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN - At the beginning of February 2019, military intelligence of the Zionist colony (Aman) stated that allegedly "the Islamic Republic of Iran is creating military bases in Iraq." At the same time, the local newspaper "Jerusalem Post" writes that “the desire to block Iran’s ground route to Syria and Lebanon changes Iraq into the arena of a possible attack on the part of Israel.”

By Heshmatollah Rahnama 

The collapse of American empire is a warning to Europe

TEHRAN - The wars in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and threats and violence against Latin America, and imposition of sanctions on various nations, all can deface the United States and its unpopular policy in the international community, set to protect U.S. financial institutions.

By Mehdi Sepahvand

Tehran after facilitating Syria-Kurds talks: MP

TEHRAN – Iran is trying to facilitate talks between the Syrian government and its Kurdish population, chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said.

Zarif says will visit Syria in near future

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that he will pay a visit to Syria in the near future.

‘Route to rebuilding Baghdad, Damascus passes through Tehran’

TEHRAN – A former Iranian ambassador to Amman has sent messages to Jordanian officials stating that the route toward rebuilding Baghdad and Damascus passes through Tehran.

Assad’s Tehran visit shows Iranian status: envoy

TEHRAN – The Syrian Ambassador to Beirut, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, said on Sunday the recent visit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Tehran sent a message to the world that Iran is a top priority for Syria and will play an important role in the country’s future.

Assad trip communicates Iran’s plan to stay in Syria: cleric

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s recent visit to Iran sent a clear message to the Israeli regime and the U.S. that the Islamic republic would stay in Syria.

Zarif, Walid al-Muallem talk on phone

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Syrian counterpart, Walid al-Muallem, held talks on a range of issues, including the latest efforts to boost strategic relations between Tehran and Damascus.

Bodies of 5 IRGC members discovered in Syria

TEHRAN – Public Relations of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that it had discovered the bodies of five missing members of the IRGC in Syria, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

Rouhani meets Assad, says Iran ready to help rebuild Syria

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic has always stood by the Syrian nation and government in the fight against terrorism and will spare no efforts to restore peace to the war-torn country.

Leader: Iran proud of support for Syria

Syrian president meets Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran

TEHRAN – In a high-profile meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad in Tehran on Monday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran considers backing for Syria in the face of the grand coalition of the U.S., Europe, and their regional allies as support for the resistance movement and is proud of it.

Iran private sector to construct 200,000 housing units in Syria

TEHRAN- Iranian private sector will construct a 200,000-unit residential complex in Syria, the deputy head of Mass Construction Society of Iran announced in a ceremony on Sunday.