TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have dismantled a drug smuggling band and seized two consignments of illicit drugs in the southern provinces of Iran. Some 2,380 kilograms of different drugs were seized during clashes between the Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces and smugglers attempting to smuggle the drugs into the country through Mirjaveh […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s North Azadegan oil field, which the country shares with Iraq in the West Karoun region, is producing 75,000 barrels per day of oil steadily, Mehr news agency reported on Sunday, quoting the director of the field’s development project. According to Esmail Qolampour Ahangar, five new wells and an assessment well […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian Navy plans to build a new heavy destroyer weighing more than 5,000 tons, Tasnim reported on Sunday, quoting Navy chief Hossein Khanzadi. Construction of the heavy destroyer has been put on the agenda under a project dubbed “Negin” (gemstone), the rear admiral said. The weight of the destroyer is […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The inauguration of a railroad connecting Mianeh to Bostan Abad and presidential trip to Azarbaijan were postponed due to the demise of President Hasssan Rouhani’s sister, Sediqeh Fereydoun, on Sunday, said a deputy roads and urban development minister. Presidential trip to Azarbaijan Province was supposed to start today to inaugurate the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accepted the resignation of Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati, said a lawmaker. Asadollah Abbasi, the spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board, broke the news on Monday. The agriculture minister’s resignation comes as the Iranian Parliament was slated to impeach the minister on Tuesday. Abbasi said that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian security forces have managed to apprehend members of a major criminal network that has been earning huge profits by tax evasion and money laundering, the head of the Judiciary in the northern province of Golestan said. Speaking to reporters in Gorgan, the provincial capital, on Sunday, Hadi Hashemian said the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran said Sunday that Iran’s budget for the next fiscal year still defines the exchange rate for importing basics remains at 4200 tomans to $1. Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said the draft of the country’s budget for the next fiscal year was submitted to the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s production of fisheries will increase up to 15 percent in the year to March 2020, said a deputy head of Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO). Hossein Abdolhay, IFO’s deputy head for aquaculture, added in the year to March 2019, the country produced 1.26 tons of aquatics, IRNA reported. This figure showed […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior Presidential adviser has highlighted the necessity of setting up an independent human rights institution to provide legitimate and reliable reports at national and international levels. Hesamulddin Ashna’s, Presidential adviser, remarks came at the 59th meeting of legal affairs coordination council on Saturday. “An institution independent from the government, the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense made a speech warning the enemies against the humiliation they would have to suffer in case of violation of Iran’s airspace. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a massive air defense drill on Thursday, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard, giving warning against violation […]