Spokesman for Iranian Parliament National Security Commission Naghavi Hosseini urged Iranian Foreign Ministry to seriously follow up fact-finding committee on Mina tragedy. He pointed to the dispatching of Iranian pilgrims to perform hajj rituals, saying “it is for three years that Mina tragedy has remained intact without any investigation of the case.” Like previous years, suitable […]

The chairman of the Economic Commission in Iran’s Parliament says that MPs will likely question President Rouhani over handling of the economy in the coming weeks. President Rouhani had to change the governor of the Central Bank of Iran on Wednesday in a bid to quell the lawmakers’ opposition to the handling of the economy […]

TEHRAN – Reformist lawmaker Mohammad-Reza Tabesh has reacted to anti-Iran remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying Trump rules his country “as if he is still a hotel owner”. Trump who threatened Iran with a strong military attack on July 23 said a few days later that the U.S. is ready for a “real deal” […]

TEHRAN – A senior political analyst has said U.S. President Donald Trump is in a zero-sum game with Iran, and he is after a victory for the United States through negotiations which are backed by threats. Davoud Hermidas-Bavand, a politics professor, said Trump announces sanctions against Iran and proposes dialogue and at the same time […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has issued a statement congratulating successful parliamentary elections in Pakistan, expressing hope for further strengthening bilateral ties. In the Friday statement, Ghasemi expressed “Iran’s readiness as ever to expand all-out ties between the two Muslim countries in line with the mutual interests of the two great nations of Iran […]

TERHAN – Iran has provided most of technical infrastructures for e-government and is undergoing rapid development in this field, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) minister said on Monday, Mehr reported. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi made the remarks during his meeting with members of Majlis [the Iranian parliament] industry and mine committee. “We have already […]

Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movah’hedi Kermani urged the Iranian government to hire young and united staff for the economy team of the cabinet. Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movah’hedi Kermani led this week’s edition of Tehran Friday Prayers touched upon issues like economic problems, the anniversary of Operation Mersad, and currency issues. “Polyphony is not accepted in economic […]

The drones team of the Air Force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran left Iran for Kazakhstan to attend the International Army Games 2018. The drones team of the Air Force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran will compete with the countries of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China and Pakistan […]

 Iranian VP for Economic Affairs Nahavandian said on Friday that foreign companies will have huge long-run benefits in Iran and they should preserve relations with Iran at the current time. “In the long run, the decisions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in cooperation with foreign giant companies depend on the level of cooperation and […]

Chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says Iran does not take military threats against it seriously, adding “a war on Iran would impose huge costs on enemies.” Iran’s Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari described the military threats against the Islamic […]