MOSCOW – Iran’s ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Team Melli match against Morocco would be Iran’s key matchnin the 21st edition of the 2018 World Cup. Iran national football team, headed by Carlos Queiroz, will meet the Atlas Lions on Friday in St Petersburg. Iran, making their fifth appearance in the World Cup finals, […]

TEHRAN – Iran will begin the enrichment of uranium at its Fordow facility and will install new nuclear equipment at its Natanz plant if the 2015 nuclear agreement is nixed, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has affirmed. The fate of the 2015 nuclear deal is unclear after the United States withdrew from it. […]

 Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Bagheri has congratulated his counterparts and army commanders of Muslim countries on the advent of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.  In his message, Major General Mohammad Bagheri expressed hope that unity in the Islamic Ummah would continue to grow as friendly relations […]

 In reaction to Israeli Netanyahu’s offer to help Iranians overcome water crisis, the Iranian energy minister said Wed. that Iranians have never played Israeli regime’s game. Speaking after attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, energy minister Reza Ardakanian said that Netanyahu was dreaming as usual and the Iranian will let the Israeli regime down as […]

In a message to the new prime minister of Spain, the Iranian president described “constructive interaction and enhanced relations” with Madrid as a priority for Tehran. Hassan Rouhani in a message on Tuesday congratulated Pedro Sanchez on being sworn in as Spain’s new prime minister. “Constructive interaction and development of relations with the friend country […]

Iranian FM Zarif, heading a politico-economic delegation to South African city of Pretoria, held the 1st round of meeting with his S African counterpart Lindiwe Sisuluon on Tuesday. After arriving in South African city of Pretoria on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held the first round of bilateral talks with his South African […]

 Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said Iranian embassy in Paris assisted and cooperated with the French government to resolve the hostage situation that occurred last night.    A 26-year-old man of Moroccan nationality took at least two people hostage in a ground-floor office in central Paris last night. The hostage standoff lasted for four hours before […]

The presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and France had a phone conversation on Tuesday evening exchanging views on bilateral and regional relations as well as the JCPOA. “We should not allow that this big accomplishment of diplomacy get destructed by unilateral measures and non-committal behaviors of others,” said Iranain President Hassan Rouhani during […]

TEHRAN – Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Tuesday that “we don’t know what type of person the North Korean leader is negotiating with”. “This person [U.S. President Donald Trump] is not a ‘wise representative’ of the U.S. We hope that the American nation will think about it,” he said at a press […]

Gholamali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, has said that the failed policies of the U.S. have left the Middle East region in total chaos. “The failed policies, or lack of policies, of the United States, which violate international law, have left the Middle East in total chaos,” Khoshroo said in an interview with Chris […]