Domestic economic growth and developing exports are the best response to US threats, Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian said during a local gatherin in this southwestern capital city. Certain groups are creating disappointment in the society, Nahavandian said Sunday addressing a meeting between government and private sector in Khuzestan province adding that the […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry in a message on Monday sympathized with Indonesian government and people over the strong earthquakes that left scores of people dead. Expressing sadness over the strong earthquakes in eastern Indonesia, Bahram Qasemi, spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry sympathized with the families of the victims. The magnitude 6.9 quake hit Lombok Island Sunday […]

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi said that media plays an important role in ethnic convergence and consolidation of national unity. He termed key role of media in ethnic convergence and national unity among various ethnic groups in particular as ‘essential’. In the current situation where enemies of the country are trying […]

According to latest Webometrics Ranking report, University of Tehran has been cited among top 400 universities of the world, said Mohammad Javad Dehghani, President of Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC). University of Tehran has attained the rank of 388 in the latest report published in late July, he added. Also, as far as the […]

Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Army Maj. Gen. Mousavi said Iran’s effective presence in the region to fight against terrorism has enraged the enemies. Speaking during a meeting on Sunday with the family of shrine-defender Martyr Morteza Zarharn, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Army, said the enemies of Islamic Revolution and Establishment, at the head of […]

A Russian political scientist believes that strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia and the joint need for expansion of ties will rule out any chance Russia accept US bargain on Iran. “Iran is Russia’s strategic partner in the region and the two countries are having cooperation in diverse areas,” said well-known Russian political scientist Sergey […]

Iranian President Rouhani sent a letter to Parliament Speaker Larijani saying that the call for questioning him is not in keeping with the Constitution of Iran, but he will go before the parliament to answer the questions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cabled a letter to Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani saying that the MPs call […]

Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi categorically rejected the claim that 2500 Iranian officials had received US citizenship right during the course of nuclear negotiations.  “Granting 2500 Green Cards to the officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran or their children during the course of nuclear negotiations is a blatant lie,” Ali Najafi Khoshroudi quoted Iranian […]

 the Spokesperson of the Judiciary Branch Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said that Seyyed Ahmad Araghchi, the recently sacked CBI’s Deputy-Governor for Currency, has been arrested. “Continuing the follow-up for the dossier of the disruptors of the currency market and the country’s monetary system, three files were completed and sent to the court and the trial sessions […]

Experts and technical staff at Shahid Nasser Habibi air base in Northeastern Iran managed to overhaul a French-made Mirage and an F-5 fighter jet. The overhauling operations of the French-made Mirage fighter jet took 25,000 man/hours of work, while the two-seat American-made F-5 fighter jet took 12,500 man/hours of work. The two aircraft joined the Iranian Air Force […]