TEHRAN – The Iranian Defense Ministry on Monday unveiled a new generation of test kits that can detect the Covid-19 in three hours with 98 percent accuracy, Mehr reported.

The CEO of Drilling International Limited, Dr. Hamid Reza Saghafi, announced the company’s plan to expand its offshore drilling fleet.

Iran's police chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said on Saturday that about two million pilgrims have arrived in Iraq through the four Iranian border points to participate in the ceremony of Arbaeen on October 19.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution said in remarks on Wednesday that although Iran was able to build nuclear weapons it did not do so because according to Islamic sharia it is absolutely banned and there is no reason to waste money for production and stockpile of such weapons.

Commander of Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri said on Wednesday that Iran is very interested in maintaining the security of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and strongly avoids any conflict with any country in any part of the world.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Wednesday slammed NATO secretary general's interventionist remarks, saying that aliens' intervention in regional security will lead to insecurity and mounting tensions.

Iran's minister of energy said on Wednesday that the country has a three-year period to change its temporary membership in Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to a permanent one.

The memorial postage stamp 'The Symbol of Peace' marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Tehran, Iran on October 2.

Iran's leader said on Wednesday that the US so-called "maximum pressure" strategy has already failed and backfired with "more problems" for the country itself.

TEHRAN – In a decree issued on Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declared provisions of legislation-making process.

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, have expressed their commitment to preserving the agreement, stressing, however, that there are increasing difficulties ahead.