On February 12, North Korea announced that it had successfully carried out its third underground nuclear test Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has rejected media claims about the presence of an Iranian expert at the site of North Korea’s recent nuclear test. “The source of the report is not valid,” Mehmanparast said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. On February... 

Mohammad-Mehdi Akhounzadeh, secretary of NAM expert-level meeting, addresses journalists and reporters in Tehran on Monday, Aug 27, 2012. After the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is the most important world body. Hopefully its 16th summit will infuse it with new life. As host, Iran has a historic opportunity. At the same time, it can enhance its own prestige and enlist support against hostile Washington/Israeli... 

Indian security and forensic officials examine a car belonging to the Israel embassy after the explosion in New Delhi, India, on February 13, 2012. The Israel embassies in India and Georgia have been targeted by bomb attacks, with one bomb going off in New Delhi and injuring two people, and the second device in Tbilisi defused. In New Delhi, the wife of an Israeli diplomat was injured when an embassy... 

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari on Thursday announced the upcoming launch of 10-day massive naval exercises in the international waters, the local satellite Press TV reported. Sayyari said at a press conference on Thursday that the naval maneuvers dubbed Velayat 90 will start on Saturday and will cover an area of 2,000 (1,250-mile) km stretching from the east of the Strait of... 

Photo of an Iranian Military Drill from 2008 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that Tehran and Moscow will continue their military cooperation, local Tehran Times daily reported on Wednesday. Mehmanparast made the remarks during a press briefing on Tuesday in reply to a question about reports saying that Russia has agreed to provide Iran with electronic warfare in return for... 

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast. Iran has categorically rejected the US accusations that the Islamic Republic was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, calling it a ‘prefabricated scenario.’ Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, said on Tuesday that such ‘ludicrous’ claims hinged on the hostile joint stances...