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. […]

 The Commander of Iran’s Basij Resistance Force Gholamhossein Gheybparvar said on Wednesday that Basij is ready to help government in solving economic issues. “While the enemies are waging an economic war on the Islamic Republic of Iran, the government is expected to line up for an economic war,” said the Commander of Iran’s Basij Resistance […]

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire’s interview to a local broadcaster comes as France, along with other European nations, continues to seek exemptions from US secondary sanctions on its firms doing business with Iran. Speaking to the French broadcaster BFMTV, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire voiced hope that the United States would allow the […]

 In a letter to President Rouhani, 193 members of the Parliament demanded introduction of ‘maximum resuffles’ in the administration’s cabinet. Putting forward this demand, parliamentarians also highlighted that these changes will benefit the country. The letter was read in the open session of the Parliament on Wednesday by Mohammad Ali Vakili, a member of Parliament’s […]

Iranian President’s Adviser Hesamodin Ashna addressed US President Donald Trump on Wed., reminding him that ‘no preconditions’ for meeting with President Rouhani means ‘no enforcement of illegal sanctions’ on Iran. Iranian President’s Adviser Hesamodin Ashna reacted to US President Donald Trump’s call for a meeting with President Rouhani without any preconditions, voicing doubt that Trump and his […]

Iranian lawmakers passed a bill Wed. that called for the transformation of the organization of cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism into a ministry. The single article of the bill, whose general outlines had been passed during the previous sessions at the Parliament, was approved at today’s session with 137 votes in favor, 21 against and […]