Rescue of kidnapped border guards first test for Imran Khan: Iran
Foreign Minister spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said a rescue of the abducted Iranian border guards could be the first test for Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding Tehran-Islamabad ties. In an interview with ILNA published on Tuesday, Qassemi said Tehran expects the new Pakistani government to successfully deal with the incident and take positive […]
Larijani says ‘practical actions’ needed to save nuclear deal
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the European Union has been backing the nuclear deal politically but what is of utmost importance is “practical actions” by the bloc to keep the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Larijani made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with […]
South-South coop. ‘a means of reaching developmental goals’
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Gholamreza Ansari said Tue. that South-South cooperation is great means for the developing countries to reach their goals. Referring to the importance of “identifying modern and innovative approaches in economic diplomacy along with traditional methods”, Ansari stressed that South-South cooperation is a good way through which countries can […]
Iran, UN officials confer on latest developments of Syria, Yemen
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Special Assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Political Affairs, and Susanne Rose, the Director of the Middle East and West Asia Division at United Nations met in Tehran, discussing the developments in Syria and Yemen. During the Sunday meeting, Iran’s senior negotiator at the Syria peace talks and the UN official […]
AEOI head visits latest developments of Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company
Head of AEOI Ali Akbar Salehi visited the latest developments of the Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company (SUREH) in Isfahan to closely follow up the ongoing projects. Ali Akbar Salehi, a vice-president and head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization paid a visit to Isfahan province on Monday and visited ongoing projects and the latest developments at the Nuclear […]
Zarif attends Parl. session on FATF, EU talks
Iranian FM Zarif and his deputy Araghchi attended a closed session of Parliament Tue. morning to brief the lawmakers on issues related to Iran’s status in the Financial Action Task Force, as well as the country’s ongoing talks with EU on the JCPOA. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi attended a closed […]
Iran, Russia, India agree to boost trilateral cooperation
Iran, Russia and India held a trilateral meeting in Moscow on Sunday discussing the threats facing the modern world and obstacles on the path to develop cooperation between the neighboring and regional states. The two-day trilateral event, held on Saturday and Sunday, was organized by the Russkiy Mir Foundation in Moscow, where the participants discussed […]
Crew members’ bodies sent home: embassy
The bodies of three crew members, who died as a result of mass poisoning at the Iranian Nazmehr dry cargo ship, were sent home on Sunday night, the Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan said on Monday. The embassy also said that eight crew members are still in Azerbaijan, and the dry cargo ship is also in […]
‘U.S. feels defeated after leaving nuclear deal’
Iranian MP Ali Najafi Khoshroodi said on Monday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the U.S. feels “defeated” after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal. Zarif attended a meeting of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the nuclear agreement in May and […]
Iranian, Russian universities to launch project on herbal medicine
Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Iran and Volgograd State Agricultural University of Russia will produce herbal medicine through a joint project . The Iranian university chancellor, Asadollah Teymouri explained that the joint cooperation is based on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the governors of the cities of Sari and Volgograd […]