More than 200 Filipinos from all over Iran traveled by plane, trains, cars, buses to Iran to celebrate the 113th Philippine Independence Day, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Philippine officials in Iran are honoring this month the earliest Filipino workers who arrived in Iran in the early 1970s.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday belied news reports the Philippine Embassy failed to assist a Filipino sentenced to 15 years in prison in Iran for possession of illegal drugs.

A Filipino worker holding an Iranian tourist visa was stabbed dead July 1 in a reported altercation with foreign nationals on Kish Island, the Philippine Embassy in Iran confirmed.

Filipino seafarers stand to get better work conditions in Iran after the two countries signed a bilateral agreement recognizing Filipino seafarers’ certificates of competencies.

More than a hundred people supported a charity bazaar held in Iran to help Pinoy victims recover from the devastation wrought by several typhoons in the Philippines.

Two Filipinos may face death by hanging after they were caught trying to smuggle drugs into Iran, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has reminded aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that there are no job openings for household service workers in strife-torn Iran.

World oil prices have so far not been pushed up much by post-election violence in key crude producer Iran—but they could spike higher if the situation deteriorates, analysts warn.

Despite the ongoing tension in Iran, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) maintained Tuesday that there is still no need to evacuate Filipinos living there, at least for now.