Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that Islamic Republic of Iran has the most startups in the Middle East (ME) region in the field of biotechnology and stem cells. Speaking in the closing ceremony of Biology Olympiad 2018, he said, “about two years ago, the Ministry of Education held various expert-level sessions in […]

The Expediency Council has approved a reform bill on candidacy of religious minorities for the city and village council elections, thus allowing suspended Zoroastrian city councilor Sepanta Niknam to run for office. According to a member of the Expediency Council, Majid Ansari, the candidacy of religious minorities for the city and village council elections has […]

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council and Mohsen Rezaei referred to new decision of the Expediency Council about minorities and said that there is no deadlock in the Establishment if all keep abiding by the Constitution. He made the remarks in apost on his Twitter account, on Saturday. His post came after the new decision made […]

Head of military office of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei denied rumors that Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari is going to be replaced. Brigadier General Mohammad Shirazi quashed rumors about a plan to replace IRGC Chief Major General Jafari. “Presently, replacement of the […]

The next round of a summit between the presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey is slated to be held in Tehran in late summer, the Russian ambassador to Turkey announced. “As far as I know, agreements have been made on holding the tripartite summit,” Alexei Yerkhov was quoted as saying by Russia’s TASS news agency. […]

A ministerial meeting on the fate of Iran’s nuclear deal is likely to be held in New York in late September, says a senior Russian official. Foreign ministers of the remaining signatories to the agreement may meet on the sidelines of the upcoming UN General Assembly, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in […]

 Iranian representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency rejected any ‘secret agreement’ made with the IAEA for inspection of universities or other sites in Iran, saying all inspections have been carried out under the country’s commitments. Kazem Gharibabadi, the Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Saturday that the basis […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with Iranian ambassadors and heads of Iran’s missions abroad on Saturday. Last week, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi announced that the gathering of Iranian ambassadors and heads of Iran’s missions abroad will be held this week, on Saturday, after the Iranian foreign minister and Foreign Ministry executives […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi condemned a controversial bill that declares the occupying regime “the nation-state of the Jewish people,” saying “Palestinian nation will eventually eradicate the racism in the territories of Palestine.” The illegitimate and racist Zionist regime has been formed on the basis of the occupation of Palestinian territories and the massacre […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) in May would not affect Iran’s scientific progress, vice-dean for research in the Faculty of Medicine at Tehran University of Medical Sciences has said. Shahin Akhondzadeh made the remarks in a correspondence he sent to Nature, international journal […]