Iran slams US human rights violations 36 years after downing of passenger plane

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the United States' serious and gross violations of human rights on the 36th anniversary of the downing of its passenger aircraft by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser over the Persian Gulf, which killed 290 people on board.

Iran calls on intl. community, Muslim countries to fully support Palestinian people on Quds Day

Iran has called on the international community, particularly Muslim countries, to fully support the oppressed Palestinian people on International Quds Day, urging them to confront the "cancerous tumor" of Israel in the region.

Desecration of Quran, an injustice to freedom, religion, humanity and peace

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic has strongly denounced the recent incident of burning and desecration of Holy Scripture of Muslims in a European country.

OIC plans emergency meeting over Qur'an desecration in Sweden

Iran summons Sweden's chargé d'affaires in protest at Qur'an desecration

Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned Sweden's chargé d'affaires in the capital Tehran in protest at the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in the European country amid the approval of Swedish authorities in the name of "freedom of speech."

Persian Gulf, important part of undeniable identity of Iran, region: Amir-Abdollahian

Iran’s foreign minister says the Persian Gulf is an “important part of the undeniable identity” of the country and the entire region.

Iranians protest Charlie Hebdo's defamatory cartoons

Dozens of Iranian protesters have gathered outside France’s embassy in Tehran to express their anger at a French publication after it called for cartoons attacking the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority.

ran summons French envoy over ‘insulting’ Charlie Hebdo cartoons

Iran’s foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the French ambassador in Tehran to protest the insulting act by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in publishing caricatures of the country’s top religious authority.