The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari promised to pound a heavy blow to terrorists to retaliate for the July 20 attack on a base in Marivan. The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that the IRGC will […]

TEHRAN – Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i said on Monday that so far 45 people have been arrested as part of a probe into the high volatility in the foreign currency market. “So far, 45 individuals have been arrested over their role in the foreign currency market,” Mohseni-Eje’i said, ISNA reported. He added that a number […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has dispatched 19 groups of volunteer health care providers to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on August 5, head of the Red Crescent volunteer organization has said. The groups are dispatched to different cities of Sistan-Baluchestan province hitting by drought, including Chabahar, Hirmand, Zahak, Nikshahr, Sib-o-Suran, Hamoun, […]

TEHRAN – The permanent under-secretary at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office believes that the Iran nuclear deal is still “robust”, notwithstanding U.S. efforts to scrap it. Sir Simon McDonald told the Iran Daily in an interview published on Sunday that together “we will be able to preserve” the JCPOA, the official name for the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he has no precondition for talks with the U.S., except that Washington “compensate” the past damage that it has done to Iran. “America owes Iran both apologies and reparations for the meddling and damages he has been doing to Iran since 1953,” Rouhani told a televised program on […]

 An Iranian Member of Parliament recounted that the parliament is going to ratify a new bill to set up a new establishment against economic corruption and crimes. “A new establishment will be soon set up to counter economic corruption under the supervision of the Judiciary Branch,” said Iranian MP Yahya Kamalipour, from the Constituency of […]

Enhancing the bilateral ties between Iran and China can neutralize US unilateral sanctions, said Chinese ambassador to Iran Pang Sen. He made the remarks on Sunday in Tehran while meeting Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iran-China parliamentary friendship group. The Chinese envoy highlighted the importance of preserving parliamentary ties between Iran and China, adding that […]

Addressing National Reporter’s Day on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said presidents of US, Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia are epitomes of suppression, violence and distrust. “Those who violate international accords, easily infringe on the rights of the Palestinian people, and take the prime minister of a country hostage are epitomes of suppression, violence […]

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 […]