Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei highlighted that there are many ambiguities in FATF guidelines. “While there exist many questions and ambiguities about FATF guidelines, it is expected from the government to prevent the country from sinking into a new quagmire,” he wrote Saturday on his Instagram account. FATF watchdog extended Iran’s deadline for four months […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that countries which build walls around themselves will be destroyed from inside and will achieve no progress. He made the remarks Saturday in a meeting with heads of knowledge-based companies and startups in Tehran. Pointing to Trump’s administration insistence on building physical walls along its southern borders, Rouhani said, “they […]

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali-Akbar Salehi, said Oxygen-18, a natural isotope of oxygen, which has its uses in the medical industry, will import currency to Iran. Speaking to reporters on Saturday while visiting an exhibition on technology and industry in Tehran, Salehi expressed gratitude towards young Iranian scientists for […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran’s response to blunt the impact of US sanctions will come as a ‘surprise’ to US President Donald Trump. Zarif made the remark in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Basler Zeitungpublished on Thursday, while answering a question on Washington’s efforts to cut down Iran’s oil exports. He said the effort […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to the US nuclear plan in Saudi Arabia, which has raised concerns among security analysts over the transfer of sensitive nuclear power technology to the kingdom. “Day by day it becomes clearer to the world what was always clear to us: neither human rights nor a nuclear […]

President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the operation of three phases within two years is a great achievement and the symbol of Iranian nation’s capabilities and progress. Pointing to the inauguration of third phase of the gas condensate plant, known as the Persian Gulf Star Refinery in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, Rouhani said in […]

 Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi on Tuesday slammed Pakistan Intelligence service’s backing for terrorists, noting that the Pakistani government and intelligence apparatuses should know that Saudis are not reliable. Referring to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent visit to Pakistan, General Safavi said Pakistan is a neighbor […]

 Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri said Iran’s strong regional presence has induced jealousy in some countries which seek to undermine the Islamic Republic’s influence. Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri made the remark in a national conference on the country’s scientific progress on Tuesday. “The status of Iran has induced jealousy in some countries which seek […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani expressed the country’s readiness to further cement and expand ties with China. He made the remarks Tuesday in a meeting with Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee of China. Larijani said that Iran and China have always had friendly relations and have supported each other in […]

 Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said that security forces of the country will respond to terrorists behind Wednesday’s attack as this is what the nation expects. He made the remarks Tuesday on the sidelines of an event in Tehran commemorating the martyrs of last week’s terror attack in Sistan and Baluchistan province. “We will not leave […]