TEHRAN (Iran News) – Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said that Shabnam Nematzadeh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for economic corruption. In a Tuesday press conference, the spokesman said that the court has also sentenced Nematzadeh to 74 lashes and fined with some $345,000 on charges of creating ‘major disruption in the distribution of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Public Relations Department of Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters, in a statement on Tuesday, denied the recent news reporting blasts in its HQ. All the sites and bases of Khatam-al Anbiya across the country are safe and in full peace, it said and the report of blasts and explosion are false. […]

The deputy for mineral affairs of Iran Central Iron Ore Company-Bafq said, “In line with the company’s policy and given the fact that the Choghart mines reserves are running out and exploitation from its surface area will end in the next few years, a contract to buy 500,000 tons of rocks has been signed by […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The police operation forces in Kerman Province, south of Iran have captured 2,602 kilograms of illicit drugs on the Kerman-Bagheyn road. The Police Chief of Kerman Province Second Brigadier General Abbas Ali Mohammadian said on Monday that following comprehensive intelligence activities, the police forces of the province confiscated 2.602 tons of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Iran is seeking to stage joint naval drills in the Caspian Sea with regional countries, following the recent successful drill with Russia and China in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman. He made the remark on Iran plans to make up […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The CEO of the National Iranian Copper Industry Company (NICICO) said that for the first time in the country’s history, copper is facing a higher demand than the current supply despite a series of US sanctions that seek to stifle Iran’s lucrative trade of metals. “For the first time in the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A funeral procession was held for Colonel Mohammad Reza Rahmani, the pilot of a crashed fighter jet, in Tabriz on Saturday. Rahmani was killed as his fighter jet, MiG 29, crashed over the Sabalan mountainous region in the northwestern province of Ardabil on Wednesday. Rahmani was one of “the most experienced […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian Army’s Public Relations Department on Friday confirmed the martyrdom of the “experienced” pilot of a fighter jet that crashed in the northwest of the country two days ago. On Wednesday, a MiG-29 fighter jet crashed while flying on a mission over the Sabalan mountainous region, the Public Relations Department […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran officially started the extraction of natural gas extracting gas from an offshore field in the Persian Gulf to add some 14.2 million cubic meters (mcm) a day to its current output of more than 800 mcm. An Oil Ministry contractor said on Thursday that extraction of natural gas had started […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Iran’s vetting body, says the country has always listened “with open ears” to peaceful protesters, but security forces had duty during last month’s violent riots to deal with acts of vandalism and sabotage. In an interview with France 24 released on Wednesday, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei underlined […]