TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran has adopted special measures to extend support for its saffron farmers, according to Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad Hossein Shirzad said. Shirzad, who is also the head of Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives (CORC), said from the start of saffron harvesting in the current crop year (started in mid-October), the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Over 3.5 million tons of agricultural products shapes Iran’s export to the neighboring states and other countries in the first 7 months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21), a senior official said. Iranian Deputy Agricultural Jihad Minister Abdolmahdi Bakhshandeh announced on Wednesday that $3 billion of agricultural products […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US sanctions have provided Iran with a rare opportunity to revive its textile and clothing industry which is as old as its history. There is a big opportunity for existing textile and apparel plants to expand and for new entrants to set up shop, especially in the wake of a stepped-up […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said the U.S. is exerting pressure on all pharmaceutical companies to stop the sale of medicine to Iran. Namaki made the remarks in an interview with Iran Press on the sidelines of the weekly cabinet session. “They have put pressure on all our financial transactions […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Managing Director of Iranian Electrical Power Equipment Manufacturing and Provision Company says the country is fully able to produce and export all equipment and services needed for the construction of gas power plants. “Our ability for manufacturing and supplying water and electricity equipment has reached a point where we are not […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Police forces managed to identify two narcotics haul with a 510-kilogram consignment of hashish from Iranian Eastern provinces to the Northeastern province of Golestan, and in an operation impounded the vehicles and the cargo of drug in addition to apprehending two traffickers. Police Chief of Golestan Province Brigadier General Rouholamin Qassemi […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed the rumors surrounding his resignation. Speaking to reporters on the sideline of today’s cabinet session and when asked about reports about his resignation, he said: “I wouldn’t have been here now if I had resigned.” Earlier, some local media had reported that the minister […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – As the Islamic Republic of Iran experiences the toughest ever oil sanctions, the export of petrochemical products from South Pars Gas Field indicated a 39 percent growth in the Iranian month of Aban (from Oct. 21 to Nov. 22). In spite of US sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic of Iran, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The commander of Iran’s Army Ground Force announced on Tuesday that his forces are well prepared to counter any possible threats at borders. “The army’s combat might is very well and it can defeat any enemy in the shortest time possible,” Kiomarsh Heidari said while addressing troops in Shiraz. “Well, there […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s first private port facilities on Caspian Sea shores is to open after nearly 15 years of planning and construction, said Allahyar Asadi, who heads Ports and Maritime Organization of Golestan Province. The official said that construction of two main breakwaters at Khajeh Nafas Port was nearing its final stages, allowing […]