TEHRAN, June 19 (MNA) -- Iran Paralympic football team will play Republic of Ireland in the CPISRA 7-a-Side World Championships in the Netherlands on Sunday.

TEHRAN, June 19 (MNA) -- Former Iranian boxer Abdollah Ghasemi passed away at age 66 on Thursday from a heart attack.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – More than 60 Iranian nationals are being held in U.S. prisons, 11 of them on political grounds, a Foreign Ministry official has said.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) -- Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has said that Iran’s nuclear facilities are safe and the Fukushima accident has not convinced the country to aba

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) -- Iranian MP Mohammad-Reza Bahonar has said that if the United States withdraws its troops from Afghanistan, peace and security will be promoted in the region.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) -- Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has opposed the merger of Communication and Information Technology Ministry with other ministries for security reasons, MP Hossein Sobhaninia t

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – Approximately 700 tons of heroin are produced in Afghanistan annually, Anti-Drug Police Chief Hamid Reza Hosseinabadi said on Saturday.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – Iranian Navy commandoes rescued a foreign ship with 24 people onboard on Saturday.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said the presence of extra-regional powers in Afghanistan is the reason behind friction, insecurity and dissipation of resources in

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – The Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) officials have said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be connected to the national grid in early August, accor