TEHRAN – Provincial governors are duty-bound to release reports about appointing women to managerial posts, Masoumeh Ebtekar, the vice president for women and family affairs, has said. Ebtekar said it is the strategy of the government to allocate 30 percent of managerial posts to competent women, Mehr reported last week Fortunately, good achievements have been […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi condemned the meddlesome US’ statement about the execution of a rioter sentenced to death for running over and killing a number of police forces in Tehran during February protests. In a statement, Ghasemi underlined that the rioter enjoyed his legal right to be represented by a lawyer in the […]

Iranian foreign minister has lashed out at Israeli regime for possessing a large number of nuclear weapons, while leveling baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mohammad Javad Zarif posted a message on his Twitter account last night, saying “there are at least 80 nuclear warheads stationed in the Middle East. None are in Iran.” […]

Accepting invitations extended by Swiss and Austrian presidents, Iranian President Rouhani will travel to these two European countries in early July. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will have a two-day visit to Swiss capital city of Berne, accepting the invitation issued by his Swiss counterpart, said Parviz Esmaili, the Communications and Information Chief of Iranian president, […]

Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has traveled to Norway to attend Oslo Forum and discuss world issues including Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA). “We have come here upon the invitation of Norway’s government to take part in Oslo Forum,” said on Monday Salehi after his arrival to […]

Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s Attorney General, announced on Monday that the claim of serial rape in SE Iran was a total lie. Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s Attorney General, dismissed on Monday the claims that a number of women were raped in Iranshahr County in southeastern Province of Sistan and Balouchestan. He recounted that the issue […]

TEHRAN – In telephone conversation on Monday President Hassan Rouhani told Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani that Iran will “stand beside” Doha in difficult days. On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia along with the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt cut ties with Qatar and introduced sanctions on the country for its relations with the […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior aide to Iranian foreign minister and Iran’s representative in Syria talks, left Tehran on Monday to attend a four-sided meeting in Geneva to discuss a future Syrian constitutional committee. High representatives of the countries acting as guarantors of ceasefire in Syria – Russia, Iran and Turkey – met […]

Hossein Mousavian, a Princeton University researcher, has said that the Middle East, and the world at large, are entering a new dangerous era after the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Mousavian made the comment as he spoke to the Windham World Affairs Council last month at Centre Congregational Church, according to […]

Chairman of Iran and Turkey Joint Chamber of Commerce Reza Kami revealed the considerable reduction of trade volume exchanged between Iran and Turkey from $22 billion to $11 billion following Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). He pointed to trade volume between Iran and turkey at $30 billion and said, “various obstacles in the fields of banking, […]