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Zarif hails Lebanon’s victory in 33-Day War 14 Aug 2018

Zarif hails Lebanon’s victory in 33-Day War

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has felicitated Lebanon on the 12th anniversary of its victory in the 2006 war against the Zionist regime of Israel. In separate messages on Tuesday to the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Jibran Bassil and Secretary General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, Zarif offered his congratulations to the Lebanon’s government […]

Assyrian churches in Tehran issue statement, condemning US ‘crocodile tears’ 14 Aug 2018

Assyrian churches in Tehran issue statement, condemning US ‘crocodile tears’

 Assyrian churches in Tehran have issued a statement condemning the US officials’ claims that religious Iranian minorities are discriminated against in Iran. The Statement of Assyrian churches in Tehran begins with reciting a verse from the holy bible calling on the US officials not to judge the situation of the minorities in Iran without knowing. […]

Intelligence ministry seizes over 1.66 tons of drugs in Sistan and Baluchestan 14 Aug 2018

Intelligence ministry seizes over 1.66 tons of drugs in Sistan and Baluchestan

Ministry of Intelligence revealed the discovery of a large consignment of narcotics in the country that had been packed expertly in a container containing 24 tons of rice. In a taskforce measure, 1,660 kg of opium were seized and smugglers and drug traffickers were also arrested. Given the above issue, a large consignment of narcotic […]

IPRC to mull over Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea 14 Aug 2018

IPRC to mull over Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea

 Iranian Parliament Research Center (IPRC) Head Kazem Jalali said that Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea should be submitted to the Parliament in the form of bylaw for final approval, so that the Center is tasked with conducting expert-level studies on this issue. The issue of division of water demarcation is not […]

Judiciary chief vows to punish economy disruptors unceremoniously 14 Aug 2018

Judiciary chief vows to punish economy disruptors unceremoniously

Iranian Judiciary chief said that after obtaining permission from Iranian Leader, the cases of economic corruption and disruption will be handled with less ceremonial. Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said that ceremonious proceedings to prosecute economic disruptors and corrupts have been removed. “Some formal ceremonies in the proceedings to prosecute disruptors of the […]

UN welcomes inking of Caspian Sea convention 14 Aug 2018

UN welcomes inking of Caspian Sea convention

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the signing of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea by the five littoral states, said his spokesperson in a Monday statement. “The Secretary-General welcomes the signing of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. This historic […]

Iran unveils new missile able to penetrate anti-missile defense shields 14 Aug 2018

Iran unveils new missile able to penetrate anti-missile defense shields

TEHRAN – Iran unveiled on Monday a new generation of home-made pin-pointing missile named “Fateh Mobin”. The radar-evading, tactical and pin-pointing missile is equipped with an advanced and smart explorer and is also capable of penetrating anti-missile defense shields. During his speech at the ceremony, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that Iran is […]

Iran not to change regional polices under US sanctions 14 Aug 2018

Iran not to change regional polices under US sanctions

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted by Qatar’s al-Jazeera TV as saying that Iran will not change its policies in the region because of US sanctions and threats. The US request for talks with Iran under the threat of sanctions is merely a publicity stunt, and Washington needs to remove the sanctions first, said […]

EU’s political commitment to JCPOA still strong: Araghchi 14 Aug 2018

EU’s political commitment to JCPOA still strong: Araghchi

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Araghchi said Monday that Europe’s political commitment to preserving the nuclear deal dubbed JCPOA is “still strong”. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met with European countries’ ambassadors to Tehran on Monday and exchanged views on the latest developments in the world after the unilateral withdrawal of […]

Iran condemns terrorist attack in Jordan 14 Aug 2018

Iran condemns terrorist attack in Jordan

Iranian foreign ministry issued a statement on Mon. condemning a terrorist attack on Jordanian police which ended with five security forces killed and a number of others wounded. The Spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Ghasemi condemned the recent terrorist attack in Jordan and extended sympathy to the government and people of Jordan as […]