Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi officially inaugurated the “Persian Gulf Air Defense Headquarters” in the southern province of Bushehr in a bid to further tighten the country’s grip on the region. The new air defense HQ is equipped with the latest homegrown surveillance technologies to enable Iranian forces to keep […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said that despite the US government’s severe sanctions against the country, the Islamic Republic’s economy is moving toward a better and more stable situation. “Despite the US’ imposition of tough sanctions, Iran’s economy is moving toward stability and improvement,” Jahangiri said in a speech in Tehran […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Commander of Iran’s Border Police Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei highlighted his forces’ full control over the country’s borders and said there is no threat to the security of Iranian Arbaeen pilgrims visiting neighboring Iraq during the Arbaeen season. Speaking at a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart at the Mehran border crossing […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)– Imam Khomeini International Airport is scheduled to operate 676 extra flights in order to make the best use of air traffic during Arbaeen pilgrimage. In close cooperation with Iran Civil Aviation Organization, the IKIA have received permits for 676 extra flights for Arbaeen, which will be operated from October 9 to November […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Monday that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will start launching the second part of the Arak heavy-water nuclear reactor “within one or two weeks”. Salehi, the vice president and the AEOI chief, broke the story of launching the second part of the Arak reactor […]

Iran-Iraq inseparable Government spokesman Ali Rabiei on Monday expressed deep concern about loss of life in Iraq over the past few days in Iraqi unrest, saying that it is deplorable that at a time when the Iraqis were preparing for Arbaeen congregation, such a tragedy took place in Iraq. The Iraqi government has said that […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country plans to construct an LNG park with an annual capacity to produce three million tons of liquefied natural gas. “We are planning to enter the LNG industry tapping into domestic capabilities and with the help of Iranian companies to build an LNG […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami highlighted Iran’s military and political achievements over the past decades and said the Islamic Revolution is advancing while the enemy is retreating from its position. Addressing a conference on media and the soft war in Tehran on Sunday, Major General Salami […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Europeans are not legally in a position to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “From the legal point of view, they have no right to do so,” he told ICANA in an interview published on […]

Tehren (Iran News) – Governor of Kermanshah Province Hooshang Bazvand said on Sunday that Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) will ensure the security of Arbaeen pilgrims at Khosravi border. “Khosravi is the only Iran-Iraq joint border which leads passengers directly to Baghdad,” Bazvand said, according to Mehr. “This is an advantage … but due […]