Iran’s Foreign Ministry Rejects Saudi Envoy’s ‘Ridiculous’ Claims
Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed recent claims by Saudi ambassador to the US against Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as “empty and ridiculous”. The Foreign Ministry, in a statement released on Thursday, rejected Saudi Ambassador to the US Khalid bin Salman’s claims against the Iranian top diplomat and said the remarks are “so ridiculous that they […]
Iran’s Assembly of Experts Urges Officials Not to Pin Hopes on Europe’s Pledges
The Assembly of Experts, a top body electing leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, urged the country’s officials not to pin their hopes on the promises given by the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal after the US withdrawal from the “The sturdy tree of the Islamic Revolution is passing its 40th year at […]
JCPOA, a legal success for Iran: Iranian MP
Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, said that Iran has been legally successful in confronting US. The President of International Court of Justice sent a letter to the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on last Tuesday informing the US government about the schedule of […]
Iran voices readiness to impart legal expertise to Indonesia
Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi in a meeting with an Indonesian delegation from the country’s Audit Board voiced readiness to impart legal and judicial experiences with the Southeast Asian nation. The meeting took place on Thursday in Tehran, during which the Iranian vice-president called for further cooperation in the economic, political and cultural […]
We are closer to you than you think: Gen. Soleimani to Trump
The IRGC’s Quds Force Commander Ghasem Soleimani in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s recent tweet against Iran said “we are closer to you than you think”, rebuking Trump for threatening Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani made the remarks on Thursday in the city of Hamedan. His remarks […]
China keeps buying Iranian oil, and the trade war adds a reason to defy U.S. sanctions
China, the world’s top crude-oil buyer, imported around 718,000 barrels a day on average from Iran between January and May of this year, according to official Chinese customs data — equivalent to more than a quarter of Iran’s oil exports. China’s increased its imports of Iranian oil by 9.3 percent during the same time period […]
Iran can’t count on talks with Europe over JCPOA
Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani said Wed. that Iran cannot count on the positive resolution to the ongoing talks with the European sides to the JCPOA to save the agreement after US pullout. “The Islamic Republic of Iran did not decline Europeans’ request [for negotiations], because we did not want to make the atmosphere even more […]
Is the government really taking steps toward transparency?
In a brave move on June 25 Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi revealed the names of 40 companies which had received foreign currency to import cellphones but sold them based on the price of foreign currency in the black market, which is nearly twice the official rate. The minister also said of the 220 […]
Iran achieves secure quantum communications technology
The new technology of Iran in the field of secure quantum communications was unveiled on Wednesday in Iranian National Laser Center (INLC). The unveiling ceremony of the first laboratory for quantum entanglement was held on Wednesday in the Karaj-based INCL with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Aliakbar Salehi, Minister of Science Manour […]
Oil threats can be easily responded
Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) condemned US for threats to cut Iran’s oil export to zero saying that these threats can be easily responded. Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that if US’ adventurous president hears about IRGC’s capabilities, he will realize that oil threats can be easily responded by Iran. Major […]