Tehran says Iranian FM Zarif has no plans to meet his US counterparts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international community to pursue the issue of a growing refugee crisis in on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

Qatar recalled its ambassador to Tehran in January last year after Saudi Arabia cut ties with the Islamic Republic, following angry protests held outside its embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashahd.

Iran’s FM says Russia has no permanent military base in the Islamic Republic, but could be allowed to use the facilities on ‘a case by case basis.’

The Iranian foreign minister expressed dismay at the recent “improper” remarks by Turkish officials against the Islamic Republic.

Iran's foreign minister is on a diplomatic and economic mission in Japan, seeking to expand ties between Tehran and Tokyo.

Iran’s foreign minister says Syrian themselves must decide on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Iran calls for ‘non-interference’ of foreign countries in Syria's domestic affairs.

Iran says its decision to apply the NPT's Additional Protocol is a confidence-building gesture.

Iran’s foreign minister says Saudi authorities offered very limited cooperation with Tehran following the deadly stampede near the holy city of Mecca where hundreds of Hajj pilgrims from Iran and several other countries died. Zarif said Iranian officials will seriously follow up legal and political aspects of the Mina tragedy. He also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and the whole Iranian nation. Elsewhere, the Iranian foreign minister denied Western media reports that he discussed the Syrian crisis with his U-S counterpart John Kerry during their meeting in New York on Saturday. The top Iranian diplomat added that Iran’s negotiations with U-S officials have been limited to the nuclear issue as outlined by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.