TEHRAN- Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht on Tuesday said that the government’s main target is increasing the value of national currency, rial, however, the job will not be fulfilled without the support of the Iranian nation. “Domestic economy faces no problem and we plan to strengthen our national currency,” IRIB quoted him as saying in […]

TEHRAN – Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, the Tehran prosecutor general, has said that the “main provocateurs” who planned Monday’s protests in Tehran’s bazaar have been arrested. The rioters threatened shopkeepers to close their stores and tried to create chaos in some parts of the city and attack stores, Jafari-Dolatabadi told reporters on Tuesday. He did not elaborate […]

TEHRAN – The Judiciary chief on Tuesday lashed out at those who are “disrupting the economy” by funneling their huge assets into foreign currency and gold market, threatening that they will face “severe punishment” if their acts is recognized as “corruption on the earth”. Asking police to identify these persons, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the U.S. is seeking to “break” the Iranian people through “psychological and economic warfare”. “The U.S. objective is breaking the people’s trust and their hope on future,” Rouhani said during a speech at a nationwide judiciary congress. Rouhani said the three branches of government – administration, […]

In a Tuesday message to Iran national football team players and staff, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani appreciated their great efforts and performance at 2018 World Cup. Tremendous efforts of Team Melli at World Cup brought pride to the nation and stunned the world, the message reads. Showing high performance in all matches proves that […]

 Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani met with Iraq’s National Security Advisor Falih al Fayyadh on Monday.         SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Russia is in direct talk with Europe in order to keep Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) alive, Parliament Independent Fraction Spokesman Mehrdad Lahouti quoted Zarif as saying. In this get-together meeting, Zarif expounded on the latest situation of nuclear talks with Europe, future of JCPOA and […]

A diplomat at Iranian foreign ministry, Morteza Sarmadi, called on the international community to stand against US unilateral policies, rejecting the possibility of JCPOA coexistence with anti-Iran sanctions. Rouhani’s special envoy and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Morteza Sarmadi, made the remarks in a meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday. […]

In an address to the the UN Security Council Mon., Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo condemned states behind Iranophobia with the aim of selling more arms in the region. The following is the full text of the statement by Gholamali Khoshroo, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, on […]

 President Rouhani said Tue. that Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal was “America’s worst and last option” as the move came with grave consequences for the US. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivered a lengthy speech at a national judiciary congress on Tuesday in Tehran, discussing the US pullout from the Iran nuclear deal […]