Commander Mousavi: Time to put foreign forces out of region
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said Thursday it was time to drive foreign troops out of the Middle East region, stressing that foreign powers are not reliable for regional countries. “Developments in recent years have shown that foreign powers cannot be reliable for regional countries,” Commander of Iran’s […]
Intelligence supremacy yields security and peace, IRGC says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the intelligence supremacy of the Islamic Republic acts as a deterrent and provides the Iranian society with a sense of security and tranquility. Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks on intelligence supremacy on Wednesday when he also made a reference to the […]
Tehran air pollution shut schools
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Schools in Tehran were ordered to close on Wednesday after the capital city was cloaked in dangerously high levels of air pollution, authorities said. Governor Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpey said kindergartens, preschools, and primary schools would be shut in the city and the counties of Gharchak, Pishva, and Varamin. “The air quality […]
3rd Platform of South Pars Phases 22 to 24 Installed
TEHRAN (Iran News)- The 3rd gas platform of South Pars phases 22 to 24, was installed in offshore sector after loading and transferring it to the sea. The 2,500-ton platform for the 23rd phase of South Pars field, as the second main platform of phases 22 to 24, was installed by HL-5000 vessel in the […]
Iran nuclear cuts not blameful
TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday said Iran only began scaling back its nuclear commitments a year after the US withdrawal from the 2015 atomic deal to give the other parties time to make up for it. “We waited for a year,” Rouhani told a televised news conference about Iran nuclear cuts. […]
Iran’s Date Exports Rise up to 34% in Southern Province
TEHRAN (Iran News)- The Southern province of Bushehr, 3therd top producer of date in Iran, has exported 17,000 tons of the fruit in the past 8.5 months since March 21, a local official said, adding that it is 34 percent rise in Iran’s Date exports, according to corresponding period in the last year. Some 17,000 […]
Iran daily low-enriched uranium productions soar
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday that Iran daily low-enriched uranium productions are soaring, after restarting an underground lab. Salehi told AP journalists in Tehran that the country is now producing at least 5.5 kilograms daily (12 pounds). That’s compared to what […]
Iran Captured 550 Tons of Illicit Drugs
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Secretary-General of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni said the country has managed to capture 550 tons of illicit drugs during the first seven months of the current Persian calendar year (March 2019 – March 2020). Speaking to reporters in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, Momeni highlighted the […]
Newly-discovered Namavaran Oilfield contains 53bn barrels of oil
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the newly-discovered oilfield in Khuzestan, named Namavaran, has an estimated 53 billion barrels of in-place oil. Addressing reporters on Monday, the minister said the new discovery had added 22 billion barrels of crude oil to previous estimates of newly-discovered Namavaran oilfield, which stood at 31 […]
Rouhani arrives in Rafsanjan for project kick-offs
TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Rouhani arrives in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province, on Monday morning in the course of his provincial tour after his Sunday visit to Yazd. During his two-day visit to Rafsanjan, as many as 20 projects valued at 150,000 billion rials will come on stream. This amount is going to create some […]