The commander of the Passive Defense Organization said on Sunday that no serious military threat against the Islamic Republic exists at the moment, Fars reported. “As the Leader of the [Islamic] Revolution said, ‘the option of war is the final threat which has been thwarted by Iran’s defense power’,” said Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali during […]

Some 280,000 barrels of crude oil were traded on Sunday, the first day of offering crude oil for export on Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX), just few days before new round of U.S. sanctions on petroleum sector take effect, Shana reported. National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) started to sell crude oil at $74.85 per barrel in […]

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran’s Passive Defense Organization should be alert and take accurate and comprehensive measures and confront any intrusion. During a meeting with the head and officials of National Passive Defense Organization, which was held this afternoon (Sunday), Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the increased importance […]

 The 18th Annual Archaeological Seminar of Japanese Researchers on Iranian Archaeology was held Sat. in Tokyo, with 80 Japanese researchers and those interested in Iranian history and culture in attendance. The seminar, held by the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Japan, was attended by some members of the Iran-Japan Cultural Association, the Friendship […]

The attorney for environmentalist Sam Rajabi has said a court’s order has been issued for suspension of the persecution of his client, with regard to his charges of spying and participation in espionage. Mohammad-Hossein Aqasi said his client was still charged with rallying and collusion to commit crimes against national security, Tehran 24 reported on […]

All four ministers proposed by President Hassan Rouhani received votes of confidence from lawmakers in a Saturday session of the Majlis. Rouhani had attempted a cabinet reshuffle by proposing Farhad Dejpasand as the minister of economy, Mohammad Eslami as minister of transport and urban development, Mohammad Shariatmadari as minister of cooperative, labor, and social welfare, […]

Production of gas was started in platform 14C of South Pars gas field (Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf), operator of phase 14 of developing the gas field announced on Saturday. Hamidreza Masoudi said platform 14C has the daily capacity of extracting 500 million cubic feet (14.1 million cubic meters) of sour gas, […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has termed as “unique” Iran’s political developments in recent months. “Who would have thought that representatives of the Iranian nation could gain victory at three great arenas in a few months?” he said at a session of parliaments held to give vote of confidence to four proposed ministers. He explained that […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Friday meeting with Israeli regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is far from the wisdom of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos. In a Saturday tweet and in reaction to Netanyahu’s unannounced trip to Oman, Amir-Abdollahian wrote, “the meeting of Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the illegitimate Israeli regime, […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has said that the Israeli regime is striving to create rifts among Muslim countries and cover up its 70-year-long occupation of Palestine and the massacre of Palestinian people. Responding on Friday to a question regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unannounced trip to Oman two days earlier, Ghasemi slammed the trip, […]