Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization, has said “cryptocurrencies are untraceable in the financial and monetary system of each country, but internationally they can provide us with great opportunities.” He told the state Channel 2 News on Monday that passive defense is “deceptively simple”, since we are always faced with threats in […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, heading a high-ranking delegation, has landed in Turkish city Istanbul to take part at the 6th ministerial meetings of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran. Foreign Minister Zarif is in Istanbul on a working visit to take part at the 6th trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the […]

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized the US ‘blind support’ for Saudi Arabia and Israeli regime which has led to disaster in the Middle East region. “The United States is continuously and persistently on the wrong side,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said earlier today in interview with CBS TV network in Tehran. When […]

 Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, chief of the Iranian Joint Staff of Armed Forces, is scheduled to visit Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. Heading a delegation on his two-day visit, General Baqeri is going to hold meetings on border cooperation, countering terrorism, and regional developments, IRNA reported. The visit comes […]

The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said a bilateral monetary agreement has been struck between Iran and Europe, through which exporters can receive their revenues from exports to other countries. Abdolnaser Hemmati said the details of the monetary mechanism with Europe had been discussed with the Europeans in Brussels last week, […]

Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hossein-Ali Amiri said on Sunday that a Saturday parliamentary session to cast vote of confidence for four proposed ministers showed the country’s “political maturity”. The parliamentary session was an example of “unity between the government and parliament” and was a “show of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s political maturity”, he […]

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 […]