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Lake Urmia likely to revive in 10 years; building our hopes up? 19 Jul 2018

Lake Urmia likely to revive in 10 years; building our hopes up?

TEHRAN — Chief of West Azarbaijan province’s Department of Environment, Parviz Arasteh, has said that Lake Urmia will be revived within the next 10 years, but is he building our hopes up? Lake Urmia, was once gloriously shining like a turquoise in northwest Iran, but within 20 years the lake went down the pan as […]

Netanyahu acts like a beggar: Iran’s Velayati 19 Jul 2018

Netanyahu acts like a beggar: Iran’s Velayati

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acts like a beggar by making travels to other countries to beg for others’ help. According to ISNA, Velayati said in an interview with Russia Today that Iran’s presence in Syria would […]

Iran’s Defense Minister Says Crushing Response Awaits Any Aggressor 18 Jul 2018

Iran’s Defense Minister Says Crushing Response Awaits Any Aggressor

 Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami cautioned the enemies of the dire consequences of aggression against the Islamic Republic, recommending that they treat Iran with respect. In comments made during a visit to a military industrial complex on Wednesday, General Hatami said the Iranian nation has proved that it is not aggressive, but would […]

Iran builds new factory to develop centrifuge rotors: nuclear chief 18 Jul 2018

Iran builds new factory to develop centrifuge rotors: nuclear chief

Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Tue. that Iran has built a new rotor factory that can produce about 60 centrifuges a day to increase the uranium enrichment capacity to 190000 SWU upon the directive of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi made the […]

IAEA’s inspection of Iranian university approved by SNSC 18 Jul 2018

IAEA’s inspection of Iranian university approved by SNSC

Iranian Minister of Science said Wed. that the inspection of one of Iran’s universities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was carried out upon the decision of the Supreme National Security Council. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Mansour Gholami, implicitly confirmed the IAEA’s inspection […]

Trump made 8 requests for meeting Rouhani in NY 18 Jul 2018

Trump made 8 requests for meeting Rouhani in NY

US President Donald Trump had requested a meeting with President Rouhani ‘eight times’ on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in Sep., according to Rouhani’s chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi. “During Rouhani’s last visit to New York for the UN General Assembly session, Trump asked the Iranian delegation eight times to have a meeting […]

EU needs to back up words with actions: Zarif 18 Jul 2018

EU needs to back up words with actions: Zarif

In an interview with Euronews, Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran needs Europeans to put their political commitment to JCPOA into action, adding that EU is “underestimating” its power in regional peace and security. “What we need from the Europeans is both the political commitment, which they have made, now we need to […]

Drug money circulate in Western banks: Iranian interior minister 18 Jul 2018

Drug money circulate in Western banks: Iranian interior minister

TEHRAN – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Tuesday criticized Western countries for exercising double standards in fighting narcotics, saying the drug money circulate in Western banks. Speaking at a congress on social ills, Rahmani Fazli said Western countries are only after their own benefits and do not take serious measures to fight illicit drugs […]

Iran welcomes Muslim figures’ call for ending war in Yemen 18 Jul 2018

Iran welcomes Muslim figures’ call for ending war in Yemen

FM spokesman Bahram Ghasemi voiced Iran’s support for a statement by a number of political figures in Muslim countries calling for a three-month cessation of war in Yemen. In a statement on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi highlighted Iran’s unchanging stance on cessation of the destructive war in Yemen as soon as possible, […]

ICJ confirms Iran’s lawsuit against US over sanctions 18 Jul 2018

ICJ confirms Iran’s lawsuit against US over sanctions

Iran has filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Washington accountable for its decision to re-impose sanctions after pulling out from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran on July 16 filed a lawsuit against the US before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with regard to […]