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Iran, Russia, India agree to boost trilateral cooperation 23 Oct 2018

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 23 Oct 2018

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’ 23 Oct 2018

‘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 22 Oct 2018

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 […]

Rouhani nominates four new ministers 22 Oct 2018

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’ 22 Oct 2018

‘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’ 21 Oct 2018

‘$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’ 21 Oct 2018

‘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 21 Oct 2018

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 21 Oct 2018

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 […]