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Iran urges intl. community to prevent horrors of mass killings, genocide be repeated in future 03 Jul 2018

Iran urges intl. community to prevent horrors of mass killings, genocide be repeated in future

Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said on Monday that the international community must be vigilant not to let the horrors of mass killings and genocide of the past be repeated in the future. Addressing the UN General Assembly’s meeting on “responsibility to Protect populations from genocide, […]

Iran’s new envoy to UNOV hands credentials to Director General 03 Jul 2018

Iran’s new envoy to UNOV hands credentials to Director General

The newly arrived ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office at Vienna presented his credentials to the Director General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). Kazem Gharibabadi, the new Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Office at Vienna (UNOV) and other […]

Foreign hands might be behind low precipitation in Iran: official 03 Jul 2018

Foreign hands might be behind low precipitation in Iran: official

TEHRAN – Head of the Civil Defense Organization said on Monday that a drop in rain and snowfall in Iran seem “suspicious”, noting that foreign hands might be behind the phenomenon. “There are scientific centers in the country that conducted a study in this regard and the results confirm this point,” said Brigadier General Gholam […]

A good start for Iranian women’s presence at stadiums 03 Jul 2018

A good start for Iranian women’s presence at stadiums

TEHRAN – The presence of women at Tehran’s Azadi stadium for a screening of Iran’s World Cup match against Spain on June 20 was a good start for other legitimate freedoms, Mohammad Mehdi Tondgooyan, deputy minister of sports and youth affairs, has said. Women’s presence at stadiums would help promoting legitimate freedom in other cultural, […]

IRGC chief: ‘Arab Jahiliyyah coalition’ facing defeat in Yemen 03 Jul 2018

IRGC chief: ‘Arab Jahiliyyah coalition’ facing defeat in Yemen

TEHRAN – Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that the “Arab Jahiliyyah coalition” is facing “defeat” and “disgrace” in Yemen. The defeat of the coalition was achieved in the light of the Islamic resistance which is rooted in the depth of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s thoughts, said Mohammad-Ali Jafari, Tasnim reported. […]

Pres. Rouhani heads delegation to Switzerland 02 Jul 2018

Pres. Rouhani heads delegation to Switzerland

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani atop a high-ranking politico-economic delegation has departed for the Swiss capital Bern to discuss bilateral cooperation and JCPOA with senior Swiss officials. President Rouhani is accompanied by First VP Es’hagh Jahangiri, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Leader’s senior aide for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati, Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Minister […]

Rouhani or Jahangiri may attend Asian Games inauguration in Indonesia 02 Jul 2018

Rouhani or Jahangiri may attend Asian Games inauguration in Indonesia

President Rouhani or First VP Jahangiri may take part in the inauguration of the 2018 Asian Games scheduled for 18 August to 2 September in Indonesia, according to the Iranian minister of sports affairs. Iranian Minister of Sport and Youth, Masoud Soltanifard, said the attendance of President Hassan Rouhani or his First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri […]

Iran slams US 2018 Trafficking in Persons report as ‘biased, politicized’ 02 Jul 2018

Iran slams US 2018 Trafficking in Persons report as ‘biased, politicized’

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has dismissed the US Department of State’s 2018 Trafficking in Persons report, saying it aims to divert world’s attention from ‘US interventionist policies’. “We reject this biased, prejudiced and politicized report that has leveled groundless and unrealistic allegations of human trafficking against countries such as the Islamic Republic of Iran using […]

Iran set to let private sector to export oil to confront U.S. sanctions 02 Jul 2018

Iran set to let private sector to export oil to confront U.S. sanctions

TEHRAN – In a move to beat U.S. sanctions, Iran will let private companies to export crude oil, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri announced on Sunday. Speaking in a ceremony to celebrate the national day of industry and mine, the official said that Iranian crude will be offered on the bourse and the private sector […]

Rouhani orders immediate action against car smugglers 02 Jul 2018

Rouhani orders immediate action against car smugglers

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has set a deadline of 15 days for Industry and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari to provide him with the names of the people who have illegally imported vehicles into the country. The order came after head of the Trade Promotion Organization declared that 6,400 vehicles were imported last year during […]