Hashd al-Shaabi to ensure security of Khosravi border
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 […]
Hormuz peace initiative, an end to regional conflicts
Tehran (Iran News) – Senior Iranian lawmakers have described President Hassan Rouhani’s Hormuz Peace initiative (HOPE) as a strategic roadmap to ensure regional dialogue and non-military settlement of issues among the Persian Gulf nations. In separate exclusive interviews with Iran Daily, Iranian lawmakers Seyyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, spokesman for the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign […]
Iran Ready to Increase Flights to Iraq for Arbaeen
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran is ready to permit a rise in the number of flights to Iraq for this year’s Arbaeen season at the request of Iranian airlines, an official said. Speaking to Iran reporters on Saturday, head of the public relations office of the Civil Aviation Organization of […]
Iran’s Rial rebounds Despite Tightening Trump Sanctions
Iran’s Rial Rebounds Iran’s currency has appreciated 40% in the past year, the country’s central bank governor said, recovering from historic lows reached after the U.S. abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions. The prices of the US dollar against the Iranian Rial saw a decline of around 10 percent from the closing hours […]
Iran produces over 15mn tons of livestock products annually
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Iran Veterinary Organization Alireza Rafieipoor said that Iran produces over 15mn tons of livestock products annually. He made the remarks on the occasion of National Veterinary Medicine Week and added that his organization has achieved an annual production of over 15 million tons of red and poultry meats, eggs, honey and […]
Khosravi Border Point closed at Iraq’s demand
Tehran (Iran News) – An official of Arbaeen special office said on Thursday that the Khosravi official border point was closed due to a demand from Iraqi Government. Jafar Hemmati said that the Khosravi border Point will be closed until further notice because of security issues, according to IRNA. Hemmati said that the negotiations for […]
Keep Reducing JCPOA Commitments: Ayatollah Khamenei
Reducing JCPOA Commitments TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Iran will continue to reduce its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal until it gets the desirable results, stressing that the US policy of maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic has ended in failure. In comments at a […]
IRGC General talks about Iran Elaborate Underground Arms
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran has created a sophisticated network of underground and arms caches, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said. In a television program on Monday night, General Hajizadeh said Iran had come up with the idea of underground storage of missiles more than […]
PEDEC deal with domestic firms to manufacture electro pumps
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) signed deals with three Iranian companies on Monday to manufacture and maintain electro pumps for an oil pipeline project in southern Iran. Iran News covers the report; As reported by Shana, the contracts were signed between PEDEC and Iran Industrial Pumps Company, Pumpiran and […]
Policy of Maximum Pressure Backfiring: Iran’s Defense Minister
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the strategy of maximum pressure on Iran has proved ineffectual in a way that the enemies have resorted to the policy of “maximum solicitation” in the hope of entering talks with the Islamic Republic. “Thanks to the culture of Sacred Defense and the […]