Iran and Syria are discussing plans to establish a joint bank as part of efforts to increase economic ties between the countries, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash said on Wednesday

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will pay an official visit to Damascus on Sunday to meet with Syria's president and foreign minister, a diplomatic source told Sputnik

The Iranian parliament has voted to approve all proposed members of President Ebrahim Raisi's government, except for the education minister nominee, IRNA reported on Wednesday

Nine of 19 nominees for ministerial roles in Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's new government served under his hardline predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was president from 2005 to 2013, media said Thursday

Seven candidates have been approved for participation in the presidential election in Iran, set for next month, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a spokesman of the Guardian Council, the country's election watchdog, said