TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that he hopes the International Court of Justice would rule in favor of Iran in its lawsuit against the U.S. sanctions. “We believe that the lawsuit is totally legal and we hope that the court would rule in favor of Iran,” ICANA quoted him as […]

TEHRAN – Iranian knowledge-based companies support industry and environment, vice president for science and technology has said. Sourena Sattari made the remarks during his visit to the western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari on Monday, IRNA reported. It is the time to pay attention to modern industries through knowledge-based companies, he said. Human resource and […]

 Iranian former deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs tweeted on Thursday that US measures against Iran’s regional policies will not succeed and reassured that Iran will keep supporting its regional allies. “We will vehemently keep supporting our regional allies as Trump and Netanyahu are too down to make decisions for Iran’s policies,” underlined […]

Spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Naghavi Hosseini pointed to Iran’s recent achievements in the defense field, saying the country is capable to commercialize its defense industries. “Iran is openly threatened by the United States and the Zionist regime; for this reason, Iran needs to strengthen its defensive capabilities […]

Iran’s legal challenge against US illegal sanctions goes before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday (Aug 27), since US has no right to reinstate such measures. Tehran filed a suit against US President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose economic sanctions at the Hague-based International Court of Justice last month. After unilaterally pulling out of […]

 Iranian ambassador to Ghana delivered President Rouhani’s and Foreign Minister Zarif’s letters of condolences to Ghanaian officials on Thursday. Nosratollah Maleki, Iranian Ambassador to Ghana, delivered the official messages of condolences to Ghanaian officials over the death of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. He handed the two separate letters of condolences, issued by Iranian […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said EU’s link to US can help the bloc offset Donald Trump’s policies to some degrees by introducing the US president to today’s realities of Iran and the Middle East. According to IRIB, Bahram Ghasemi made the remark to a question about EU’s position toward the US, and whether pressure […]

The European Commission today adopted a first package of €18 million for projects in support of sustainable economic and social development in Iran, including €8 million assistance to the private sector. The announcement was made in a press release by European Commission on Thursday. According to the report, today’s projects are the first of a wider package […]

Seven cabinet ministers will appear before Parliament starting Saturday to answer questions on their handling of their respective ministry’s tasks. Ministers of industry, education, culture, petroleum, economy, labor, and interior will appear before relevant Parliament commissions to answer lawmakers’ questions. The sessions will take place as President Hassan Rouhani has also been scheduled to appear […]

An official at Australia’s foreign affairs and trade ministry, while criticizing US for violating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, stressed Melbourne’s resolve to maintain trade transactions with Tehran despite US sanctions. Justin Lee, First Assistant Secretary of Australian Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry’s Multilateral Policy Division, made the remarks in a meeting with head of […]