ARDABIL, July 26 (MNA – Over the past five years, illicit drug smuggling to Iran has been decreased by 50 percent, National Police Chief Ismail Ahmadi Moqaddam announced on Sunday.

LORESTAN, July 26 (MNA) – A plan to organize foreign nationals has been designed, Interior Minister Mostafa-Mohammad Najjar announced on Saturday.

TEHRAN, July 26 (MNA) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that Iran is always open to dialogue, but the Islamic Republic will regard any country that plays along with the United States’ new

TEHRAN, July 26 (MNA) – In a meeting with Turkmen Foreign Minister here on Saturday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emphasized that Iran-Turkmenistan relations should set an example for the

TEHRAN, July 26 (MNA) – Resumption of talks with the 5+1 group under the previous conditions will yield no result, MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi told the Mehr News Agency on Sunday.

TEHRAN, July 26 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Brazil held a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday to discuss the declaration on a nuclear fuel exchange that the three countries signed

TEHRAN, July 25 (MNA) – Israel’s crimes are a symbol of “modern barbarity” which runs contrary to the “peaceful coexistence” in the world, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani stated on Saturday.

TEHRAN, July 25 (MNA) -- Young Iranian dramatists have been invited to the Interplay Europe -- Festival of Young Playwrights, which will be held in Australia in 2011.

TEHRAN, July 25 (MNA) -- Iran water polo team left Tehran on Friday night to take part in the 14th FINA Water Polo World Cup which will be held In Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1.

TEHRAN, July 25 (MNA) -- An Iranian Foreign Ministry official refuted claims that accounts related to 41 Iranian firms in the United Arab Emirates had been frozen.