TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian officials plan to manufacture $11 billion worth of domestic products in the next couple of years to replace some imports. The Iranian companies aims to produce electrical, automobile and telecommunications commodities, and double exports to neighboring countries in order to reach a target value of $48 billion products to replace […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Fight against corruption will continue relentlessly, Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, noting that he will not allow anything to deflect attention from the war against corruption. Speaking at a meeting with 40 principlist legislators, the top judge said, “Fight against corruption and countering the corrupt is a priority that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The fact that from the very first hours demonstrators were not joining riots and thugs in the last week’s protests over increase in gasoline price testifies the people’s vigilance and this is admirable, Brigadier General Ayoub Soleimani, the deputy police chief, said on Tuesday. On Monday, people poured into Tehran’s main […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Ruohani introduced  a new bill on Tuesday about “how to manage conflict of interests” to the parliament. The bill is concerned with “how to manage conflict of interests in fulfilling legal missions and rendering public service”. It was initially ratified in the cabinet of ministers a couple of weeks […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday that after the implementation of gasoline rationing scheme, consumption droped by 19 million liters per day in Iran. In a time span from November 15 to 24, Iranians consumed 79 million liters of gasoline daily, while their consumption stood at 98 million liters per day from […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Vice-President and Head of the Management and Planning Organization (MPO) Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said that Iran’s after accomplishing an objective of increasing non-oil exports to 15 neighboring countries by two-fold to counter the US bans on its oil sale. Nobakht said on Monday that non-oil exports to 15 neighboring and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar’s award-winning drama, ‘When the Moon Was Full,’ was screened in the official competition of Estonia’s 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and received an enthusiastic welcome from Estonian film fans. The first screening of ‘When the Moon Was Full’, also its first international debut, was on November […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of Iran’s Border Police Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei said his forces have managed to capture more than 62 tons of illicit drugs over the past eight months. “In addition to ensuring order and security through carrying out purposeful activities and operations in the fight against trafficking, the zealous border guards […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A member of the Majlis presiding board said on Monday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has thus far been chosen as the most accountable minister in the face of questions by Majlis on regional and national issues. “In the 10th Majlis, a sum of 3,000 questions were planned in the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran said Monday measures were being taken to offset American interference in the recent unrest in the wake of countrywide gas price hikes. The decision was part of Iran’s belt-tightening in the face of US sanctions which have hit ordinary Iranians the hardest. While American officials said they supported the protesters, […]