TEHRAN (Iran News) – Border guards in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan have managed to smash a major drug ring, capturing 500 kilograms of opium, the commander of the province’s border police announced on Sunday. Following intelligence activities, the forces of the Mirjaveh Border Regiment were informed of the intention of a major […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior energy official announced that Iran’s gasoline export, for now, includes some 25 million to 30 million liters per day as a result of the implementation of the gasoline rationing scheme that recently came back into force. Spokesman of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union Hamid Hosseini […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Candidates have finished the registration for the 11th Iranian parliament elections. Over 13000 people have registered for Parliamentary elections nationwide among them almost 16-hundred women. The parliamentary candidates will be screened for their qualifications by Iran’s vetting body, the Guardian Council, after filing their certificates of candidacy. The 11th round of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Soleimani arrived at Tehran Mehrabad airport on Saturday evening after he was released by the US in a prisoner swap, he was welcomed by his family members and Iranian officials upon his arrival. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accompanied the released scientist from Zurich where the swap took place. The Iranian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country’s next budget bill for the coming fiscal year has been designed to counter US sanctions and that it is not much reliant on oil revenues. “Our budget for the next year, like the current year, will be based on resistance against sanctions; the budget’s […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) plans to unveil 50 new technological achievements in building new generations of centrifuges and producing heavy water in the early days of the next Iranian year, which starts on March 20, 2020. The announcement was made by Ali Asqar Zare’an, the assistant head of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The ‘Admiral Bayandor’ destroyer has joined the Iranian Navy’s Nabovat Third Zone in Konarak County near the country’s southern waters. The ‘Bayandor’ destroyer joined the Iranian Navy’s fleet in southern waters this morning, during a ceremony attended by Deputy Chief of Iran’s Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari. The destroyer joined […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Navy Army of  The Islamic Republic unveiled a new homegrown naval combat drone on Saturday. The unmanned aerial vehicle, a new naval drone, dubbed Simorgh, was unveiled at a ceremony in the southeastern coastal city of Konarak, attended by Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi. With a flight endurance of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian province of Semnan exports, including 182,241 tons of commodities worth $170 million during the eight months to November 21, a senior official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration said. “The figures indicate a 19% fall in terms of volume but a considerable increase of 62% in terms of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian First Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri said on Friday that the people are entitled to stage peaceful protests to seek their rights, urging the three branches of the government to create a mechanism for that purpose. “All officials in the three branches of the government, as well as the country’s officials […]