Hossein Amir Abdollahian

Iran is satisfied with the efforts made by the Indian government in dealing with those responsible for comments on Prophet Muhammad, the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said.

Iran will maintain its backing for the Syrian regime, a senior Iranian official said, after the UN Security Council unanimously endorsed a plan to end the war.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said today Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a part of upcoming presidential elections, according to the Fars news agency.

Iran said today it would quit Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing the "negative role" of Saudi Arabia, in the latest twist in a spat between the regional rivals that bodes ill for efforts to ease turmoil across the Middle East.

Iran's deputy foreign minister for Middle East affairs will discuss Yemen's conflict at a meeting of a pan-Islamic body in Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Mehr news agency reported today.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said Tehran will not let regional powers jeopardise its security interests in Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian peninsula.

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed his former prime minister as vice president on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at improving the chances of a peaceful settlement to the civil war that forced Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.

Iran is satisfied with the efforts made by the Indian government in dealing with those responsible for comments on Prophet Muhammad, the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said.

Iran will maintain its backing for the Syrian regime, a senior Iranian official said, after the UN Security Council unanimously endorsed a plan to end the war.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said today Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a part of upcoming presidential elections, according to the Fars news agency.

Iran said today it would quit Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing the "negative role" of Saudi Arabia, in the latest twist in a spat between the regional rivals that bodes ill for efforts to ease turmoil across the Middle East.

Iran's deputy foreign minister for Middle East affairs will discuss Yemen's conflict at a meeting of a pan-Islamic body in Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Mehr news agency reported today.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said Tehran will not let regional powers jeopardise its security interests in Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian peninsula.

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed his former prime minister as vice president on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at improving the chances of a peaceful settlement to the civil war that forced Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.