Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received more than a thousand young elites and top scientific talents on Wednesday. Some of Iranian leading elites, including heads of knowledge-based companies, highly educated Iranians who have returned to the country, top performers of Olympiads, scientific festivals and examinations, best university researchers, brilliant talents, and top scoring students in […]

 President Hassan Rouhani on Monday hosted a meeting with 26 economic experts and economics professors to discuss the economic problems and ways to resolve them. The meeting lasted 3 hours. Rouhani said practical solutions should be proposed to resolve the problems, the Iran newspaper reported. It was decided that a number of committees consisting of […]

Chairman of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said the opening of a European Union office in Tehran is dependent on the European countries’ economic package and its practical effect on protecting Iran’s benefits from the 2015 nuclear pact, which the U.S. ditched on May 8. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh further voiced hopes […]

Ambassadors from seven countries separately handed over their credentials to President Hassan Rouhani and held talks with him. During his meeting with Japanese Ambassador Mitsugu Saito, Rouhani said that investment by the two countries’ private sector is essential to strengthen economic ties. Rouhani noted that Iran and Japan share common views on many issues. For […]

 Iran’s UN envoy Es’hagh Al Habib said Mon. that the core problem of nuclear disarmament is unilateralism, in particular the unilateral nuclear actions and policies of the United States. At the Monday debate session of UN General Assembly’s First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), delegates voiced concerns at the possible breakdown of the Iran nuclear deal […]

 Forces from the Intelligence Ministry have managed to disband several groups involved in smuggling various kinds of fuels, the ministry announced on Monday. In a statement, the Ministry stated its forces in the southern province of Fars have identified several fuel-smuggling groups and arrested six members of them. The smugglers usually hid fuels through increasing […]

 Iran’s Deputy Police Chief Momeni said Mon. that Iran has carried out over 1,000 counter-narcotics operations in the past 9 months, confiscating 500 tons of various kinds of narcotics and busting 1,241 smuggling rings. Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni made the remarks at a conference addressing the various aspects of drug precursor production and diversion, held on Monday […]

The Iranian Embassy in Ankara has been evacuated after Turkish security forces received a tip about a possible suicide bombing plot, according to local media reports. Istanbul-based Daily Sabah has quoted Turkish daily Sözcü on Monday as reporting that the Iranian Embassy in Ankara has been evacuated after Turkish security forces received a tip about […]

 Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said that if the world does not adopt measures against international law violations, new Hitlers will emerge. The United States is imposing sanctions against Iran because Iranians have chosen to be an independent nation, he highlighted, adding that the US is using economic terrorism against the Iranian nation and even […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the intensification of false accusations and daydreaming of the American authorities against the Islamic Republic is due to their successive failures against the will of Iranian government and nation. In response to anti-Iran accusations included in US Counterterrorism Strategy Document, as well as recent comments by US President Donald […]