TEHRAN (Iran News) – Fetching $8 billion, Iran is ranked 6th in terms of Halal travel revenues based on the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2018/19. Saudi Arabia with $21 billion, UAE with $16 billion and Qatar with $13 billion were ranked first to third while Malaysia and Russia, each grossing about $7 […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – “A year ago, Iran launched its first submarine-missile and now we are manufacturing it in large numbers,” Commander of Iranian Army Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said on Sunday. “Today, we have achieved the technology to launch missiles from the depth of sea and the equipment that comes with it, including the missile, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that one of the reasons he has voiced objection to bilateral talks with Washington was blocking the US influence over Iran. “This rational way closes the Americans’ way to infiltrate into Iran again, prevents US influence over Iran, proves Iran’s real […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has received a large number of students this morning on the eve of 1979 US embassy takeover in Tehran. Ayatollah Khamenei addressed thousands of students on Sunday morning, a day before the 40th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian deputy interior minister for security and law enforcement forces on Saturday urged the entire relevant bodies of the Passive Defense Organization to be prepared to counter any possible incident nationwide. Attending the nationwide meeting of the provinces’ alleged committees, Hossein Zolfaqari said, “This issue is neither a theoretical matter […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Thursday that even enemies’ minor aggressive acts against Iran’s territorial integrity will be responded by a severe response. Making the remarks in inauguration ceremony of 1,200 projects in Alborz province, Major General Salami noted that besides the US, Zionist […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- An Iranian hand-launched reconnaissance drone, named Farpad, was delivered to the Iranian Army forces, Army Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said. General Heidari said on Wednesday that the drone, which has been designed and manufactured by the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the Iranian Army, has joined the military […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – “A committee in Supreme National Security Council is mulling over Iran’s 4th step of reducing JCPOA commitments,” Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday. Some decisions are made by this committee and regarding the ongoing circumstances, the fourth step is highly probable to […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Pistachio farmers in a county in Iran’s Southeastern province of Kerman, home to majority of the country’s pistachio gardens, are celebrating pistachio harvest of theirs today after collecting 17,000 tons of the fruit from 20,000 hectares of gardens in the county. Governor of Anar County of Kerman province Ali Zahroudi said on […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali Asqar Mounesan announced on Wednesday that about five million foreign tourists have visited Iran in the first half the current Iranian calendar year (starting March 21, 2019). As he added, the data shows a 27 percent growth compared to the first half of […]