Religious cleric Ayatollah Qarhi urged Iranian nations to turn out in the coming elections en masse, noting this can help officials to boost the country’s immunity.

Senior Iranian cleric and academician lauded the University of Islamic Denominations as the sole scientific center which is the role model for Islamic proximity.

Iran’s defense minister says Saudi Arabia, which has a history of teaming up with other regimes against Tehran, has now become so miserable as to ally itself with Israel against the Islamic Republic.

Relatives of Palestinian hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails have called upon the International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to address the issues of inmates who have stopped eating and drinking as in protest to administrative detention policy of the Zionist regime.

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has criticized Washington’s proposal to relocate its embassy in Jerusalem al-Quds warning that the move will have serious implications.

Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid al-Muallem, says Damascus has rejected the United Nations or “international forces” to monitor the implementation of safe zone in four regions in the country.

Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, the leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a major Iraqi Shiite resistance movement fighting the ISIL, warned the Bahraini government against showing disrespectful behavior towards distinguished Shiite cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim, who has been stripped of his citizenship by the ruling al-Khalifa dynasty.

Representative of the Supreme Leader in Sunni affairs highlighted the diplomacy of Islamic unity as the solution for formation of a unified Islamic nation.

Iran says the number of tourists that visited the country last year increased by above 30 percent from a year earlier – what could be an indication that one of the world’s top travel destinations is already finding its lost flavor after the removal of sanctions.

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic is countering terrorist organizations and groups in region, stressing that the country’s sacrifices have averted the risk of the disintegration of the Middle East.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his emphatic victory in the French presidential election, expressing hope that the relations between the two countries would further deepen in line with their common interests.