Rouhani nominates four new ministers
Finally on Sunday President Hassan Rouhani officially released the names of four nominees to the parliament for the post of Labor, economy, industry, and transport ministers. The names were released to the media after many speculations that who will fill these posts. Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hossein-Ali Amiri said that Rouhani will attend the […]
‘Humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic’
Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, said on Saturday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with Fabrizio Carboni, a top official from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The advisor to the parliament speaker said “The […]
‘$3b needed to complete Tehran urban development projects’
TEHRAN – A total of 120 trillion rials (nearly $3 billion) is needed to complete urban development projects in Tehran, said Mohsen Hashemi, Tehran city council chairman. Various projects are underway in the capital, which requires some 120 trillion rials (nearly $3 trillion) to be completed, besides the subway, he stated, ISNA reported on Saturday. […]
‘Pumping foreign currency into secondary market to be accelerated’
“Within the next few weeks, the procedure of injecting non-oil exports revenues into the foreign exchange secondary market will be lubricated to supply the required forex sources for imports,” the Public Relations Department of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) quoted the bank’s Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati as saying on Saturday. According to Hemmati, €7.3 billion […]
Private sector from Iran, Syria light the flame
Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Saturday addressing issues regarding long-term cooperation. The MOU was signed during an Iran-Syria business forum which was held for the first time after over a decade hiatus due to war in […]
Transport minister Abbas Akhoundi releases resignation letter
Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi on Friday published his resignation letter, which was handed to President Hassan Rouhani on September 1. In the letter, Akhoundi criticized the Rouhani administration’s handling of U.S. sanctions for violating the essential rights of ownership and fair competition. He added that he has resigned on three previous occasions […]
Bilateral trade low despite high political ties
Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Saturday addressing issues regarding long-term cooperation. The MOU was signed during an Iran-Syria business forum which was held for the first time after over a decade hiatus due to war in […]
Iran’s Road Minister Abbas Akhoundi resigns
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi has resigned. In a letter addressed to President Hassan Rouhani, Akhoundi announced his resignation and asked the president to accept his decision. This is while he had resigned on three previous occasions. Akhoundi said disagreements in urban redevelopment were the reason for his resignation. The letter, […]
Zarif, Araghchi to attend Parl. closed session on CFT tomorrow
Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s Presiding Board Behrouz Nemati announced Sat. the holding of a closed session in the Parliament to be attended by senior officials to review the latest talks on Iran’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Nemati reiterated that the closed session will be held on Sunday, with Foreign Minister […]
Mirjaveh incident proves humiliation of terrorists
Iran’s Basij Commander Brigadier General Gholam-Hossein Gheibparvar, described Mirjaveh terrorist incident an indication of terrorists’ humiliation in confronting the facts of front of right. “What happened in Mirjaveh was not the victory of the terrorists, but their humiliation in the face of truths on the front of right,” he noted in a post on Saturday. […]