According to spokesperson for the Parliament’s national security committee, the majority of lawmakers have signed a letter in support of Zarif, asking him to continue his tenure as Iran’s foreign minister. Ali Najafi Khoshroudi, spokesperson for the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, told reporters on the sidelines of today’s open session that a […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received a host of panegyrists on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.). In a Tuesday meeting, the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei addressed a group of Iranian panegyrists in Tehran. Further details of this meeting will be announced later.

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country’s foreign ministry, oil ministry, and the Central Bank are standing at the front line of the fight against Washington. He made the remarks Tuesday in a meeting with officials of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in Tehran. “Today, Foreign Ministry, CBI and Oil Ministry are at the […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reaffirmed the country’s commitment to supporting the Syrian government and nation in the fight against terrorism. In a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on Monday, Rouhani referred to Iran’s seriousness for cooperating with and helping the Syrian government in the process of reconstruction of Syria and consolidating security and […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received the visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on Monday morning. During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the Syrian people and government’s resistance against the terrorist and their supporters in the region, saying the resistance by Syrian president and nation was the key to defeating the […]

More than 150 Iranian lawmakers asked President Hassan Rouhani to turn down Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation, while the president’s chief of staff has rejected reports that the president has accepted the top diplomat’s resignation. In comments on Tuesday morning, rapporteur of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said a group of […]

Deputy Commander of Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that leadership of individuals such as Donald Trump will lead to the decline of western civilization. Brigadier General Hossein Salami made the remarks Monday in a local ceremony. “Today individuals such as Trump are leading the western civilization toward a decline since when there is no […]

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Monday the county is planning to purchase a satellite to place it into the geostationary orbit. Jahromi added that the private sector is serious in gaining the necessary permits for buying the satellite with “international cooperation” and sending it into the geo orbit […]

President Hassan Rouhani on Monday called on domestic companies and entrepreneurs to turn to non-oil exports to tackle hurdles created by sanctions. Addressing a meeting of senior officials at the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare on Monday morning, Rouhani said, “although we are under sanctions, helping resolve people’s problems, especially employees, is our […]

 Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Sanaei, said Iran and Russia’s economic relations have hit $500 million worth of trade, saying the level could be raised even higher given the two countries’ vast potentials. Sanaei made the remark in a national conference on multilateralism in Iran’s foreign policy on Sunday. “Unfortunately, the previous round of sanctions […]