TEHRAN – Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director general for safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), tells to Tehran Times that civil nuclear cooperation is an important element of the JCPOA. Heinonen, now a senior advisor on science and non-proliferation at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, also believes that “I can see the […]

TEHRAN — Over the past few weeks there has been a heated debate over claims that Chinese ships are fishing in Iran’s territorial waters. The claims have been categorically denied by Iran’s Fisheries Organization. There are claims about overfishing by Chinese vessels in Iran’s southern waters which are said to have infuriated local fishermen whose […]

 Iranian interior minister has signed the second cooperation document with the UNICEF to demine the border areas between Iran and Iraq. According to the Public Relations Department of Iran’s Interior Ministry, the representative of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Tehran Dr Will Parks signed a document with Iranian Interior Ministry representative Ramezan […]

 The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said on Monday that US anti-Iran sanctions are part of the three wave of anti-Iran measures of US after the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that US is after posing new intimidating policies against the Iranian nation. “The […]

 Iranian Minister of Defense, Brigadier General Amir Hatami stressed that the situation in Syria is much more better than what it used to be over the previous years and that the victory over terrorism in it has further deepened peace and stability in all regional states. In an interview with al-Mayadeen TV Channel on Monday […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said JCPOA was signed to prove that Iran’s nuclear deal, previously assumed to be non-peaceful based on lies and the wrong accusations, is entirely peaceful, and contrary to previous resolutions against Iran, Resolution 2231 was adopted to tell that Iran has the right to have nuclear activities and the world must […]

Former Foreign Minister and current Head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Strategic Council, Kamal Kharrazi, said Europe’s prestige and reputation makes necessary the resistance against US pressures over JCPOA. Speaking to a German delegation from Berghof Foundation late on Monday, Kharrazi touched upon the Syrian issue, saying “Astana Peace Process has been quite efficient and greatly helped to reduce violence […]

TEHRAN – Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has said that replacing the U.S. with Britain in redesigning the Arak heavy water reactor was not decided by Iran. “Previously, China and the U.S. were supposed to deal with the technical issues related to the reactor, but Britain accepted the responsibility […]

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has appointed Seyyed Rahmatollah Akrami as Acting Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance. On Monday afternoon, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani appointed Seyyed Rahmatollah Akrami as Acting Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, according to the official website of Iran’s presidency ‘preisdent.ir’. Akrami’s appointment comes a day after the Iranian parliament sacked Iranian […]

President Hassan Rouhani is attending today’s Parliament session on Tue. to answer MPs’ questions on his government’s handling of the country’s economic situation. The president is accompanied by his first VP Es’hahgh Jahangiri, and a number of his cabinet ministers including FM Zarif, Interior Minister Rahmani-Fazli, ICT Minister Azari-Jahromi, and Minister of Culture Salehi. VP […]