The chairman of Bahrain’s Islamic Action Society, a major opposition group, condemned the US move to blacklist Secretary General of Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi and said the movement will remain a thorn in the side of the US.

Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the Assembly of Experts, which elects and oversees the performance of the Leader of Islamic Revolution.

Reports from Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate indicate that scores of civilians have been killed following airstrikes that hit residential areas over the past two days. Medical sources suggest that at least 22 have died, with more than 30 injured during the aerial bombardment.

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says more than 1,100 Syrian children were killed in 2018, making it the deadliest year since 2011, when foreign-sponsored militancy began in the Arab country.

China says Western forces are trying to use Christianity to influence its society and even "subvert" the government, warning Christians there to follow the Chinese model of the religion.

It is unfortunate to hear that European Union ambassadors have decided to leave sanctions imposed on a number of Iranian individuals for alleged human rights abuses in place for another year.

A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday at Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in April, saying that it may not be habitable, creating a potential "new crisis".

New round of talks will be held between Iranian expert delegation and representatives of France, Germany and the UK as well as the EU on the implementation of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX).

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said late on Monday that even the eight-year-old war could not create a gap between the two nations, and the US would not be able to stop Tehran-Baghdad ties.

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday expressed condolences to the Ethiopian nation over the plane crash incident which claimed the lives of all 157 passengers aboard.