Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with some foreign ministers of the member states of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on the sideline of the summit in Singapore. Zarif had separate meetings with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Philippine’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut […]

Senior Adviser to the Iranian Parliament Speaker for International Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said that waging economic war against Iran is indicator of national sovereignty of the country. Amir-Abdollahian made the remark in his meeting with Iraqi Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi. In the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian congratulated the successful holding of parliamentary […]

Enemy is seeking to create social and inner tension in Iran, interior minister said on Wednesday.Enemy is attempting to make unrests in the country and create social and inner tension as its goals, Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in a meeting with entrepreneurs and economic activists. ‘We will definitely prevent them to reach […]

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland reiterated United Nations Security Council’s verification of JCPOA, saying the Canadian government believes that the deal is essential for regional and global peace and security.She made the remarks in response to a letter by Iranian-Canadians Congress on the country’s policy regarding Iran, adding that Canada will certainly support regulations passed […]

 Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s Attorney General, said on Wednesday that Iranian judiciary system will administer the harshest punishment on economy disruptors. “Iranian judiciary system will administer the harshest punishment on those who have willingly or unwillingly inflicted disruption on economic programs of the country to serve enemies interests,” said Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s Attorney General, […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said that the recent election in Zimbabwe was monitored by an Iranian delegation and to Iran it was fair, peaceful and liberal. “To Iranian monitory delegation, the recent election in Zimbabwe was liberal, peaceful, and fair and at the same time credible,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi. The […]

 Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani told the Chairman of the Russian Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky that Iran-Russia commercial ties should get improved. “The role of Russia in the JCPOA was good and there are good, continuous and beneficial consultations between the two countries in this regard,” said Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian […]

Iranian FM Zarif posted a message on his Twitter account describing his meetings with Sri Lankan officials as excellent, voicing hope for meeting counterparts and officials in Singapore. “Just finished excellent meetings with the President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament & the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka,” reads the opening of the last […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani announced on Wednesday that he has received a request by 80 MPs to ask President Hassan Rouhani questions in five areas. Larijani said that the president has one month to attend the parliament and answer the questions. The five areas are the government’s failure to stop smuggling of […]

TEHRAN – The presiding board of the parliament confirmed on Wednesday that it had received a letter for impeaching Labor Minister Ali Rabiei, MP Ali Asqar Yousef-Nezhad said. The letter for impeachment has been signed by 40 MPs, ISNA reported. Rabiei already appeared before parliament in March, when they voted to keep him in office. […]