Parliament National Security Commission Member Abolfazl Hassan-Beygi said that a package proposed by the Europe to Iran has been returned for doing necessary corrections. The draft of EU’s proposed package is provided available to the senior diplomats at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, he maintained. For this reason, the proposed package was supposed to be returned […]

A group of Lebanese Hezbollah disabled and injured veterans met and held talks with Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei late on Thursday, ahead of the anniversary of 33-day war in Lebanon. The Leader praised victory of Islamic resistance movement in Lebanon over Zionist regime during 33-day war.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has dismissed the anti-Iran allegations raised in a statement issued at a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels. In a Thursday statement, Ghasemi said part of the statement which mentions issues related to Iran is a rehash of old allegations. “Like in the past, we reject and condemn the repeated […]

 Firefighters have managed to contain a massive fire at the oldest mosque in Sari, Mazandaran province. The fire has spread around, burning down about ten adjacent shops. Fortunately, no one had been at the mosque when the fire started. The fire was caused by short circuits, according to Mazandaran governor.

 Iranian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Morteza Sarmadi handed the written message of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. In a Thursday meeting in Uganda, the officials of the two countries discussed issues such as the status of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and bilateral ties. President Museveni said that they […]

Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei hailed the good banking relations between Iran and Russia, saying the necessary conditions have been made for further expansion of ties between the two sides. Sanaei’s comments came following a meeting between an Iranian delegation headed by Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati and a Russian delegation headed by […]

 Oil cooperation between and Russia can be boosted to some $50 billion and Moscow has expressed readiness to make this investment, said Iranian Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati on Thursday. He made the remarks during a live interview with Iran’s state TV on Thursday noon. Referring to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

 Ebtekar, the Special Envoy of Iranian president, met with Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla and handed President Rouhani’s written message to President Joko Widodo to him. The Special Envoy of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Masoumeh Ebtekar, who was tasked to deliver President Rouhani’s message to Indonesian President Joko Widodo,  to Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla. Also Ms. […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected as “baseless” and “ridiculous” the recent anti-Iran allegations by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who has said Tehran is using its embassies to plot terrorist attacks in Europe. “The embassies of the Islamic Republic of Iran work within the framework of international conventions,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi, […]

 Mohammad Reza Aref, chairman of the pro-reform Hope faction in the parliament, said on Wednesday that the parliament is assessing the impeachment of some economic ministers, urging President Rouhani to make changes to his economic team. “The view of the Hope faction is that the president do some actions to promote the competence of the […]