TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday reiterated his administration’s policy to help boost the country’s economy and said the private sector is capable to offset “the weapon of sanctions”. “If we side with one another, we will turn any sanction into an opportunity,” Rouhani said in a meeting with a group of university professors […]

TEHRAN – Iranian lawmakers are preparing a bill based on the Leader’s demands on the nuclear deal, chairman of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Monday. “The period of making statements and announcements about BARJAM is over,” Alaeddin Boroujerdi said, using the Persian acronym for the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy parliament speaker says the main problem is not the U.S. sanctions but internal frictions which have made the country vulnerable. “If we want to stand up to America, the only thing that has made us vulnerable is domestic frictions not America’s sanctions,” Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview with Farhikhtegan newspaper […]

India only abides by sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country, such as ones announced by the United States against Iran, India’s foreign minister said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump this month withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal and ordered the reimposition of U.S. […]

TEHRAN – Turkey national football team defeated Iran 2-1 in a friendly match thanks to Cenk Tosun brace Monday night. Just six minutes into the match, the Everton forward dribbled past Team Melli defender Rouzbeh Cheshmi and found the back of the net with a powerful shot from inside the area at the Basaksehir Fatih […]

TEHRAN – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has expressed regret over the U.S. pullout from the Iran nuclear deal, saying that “in the upcoming weeks, we, Europeans, will do anything in our power to save the nuclear deal as long as Iran is in compliance with it.” “U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement is very regrettable,” […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that talks with officials of various countries on the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, will be continued. “A number of such talks have been held and more of them will be held in future,” he said upon arrival […]

 In a message forwarded on Monday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felicitated the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Azeri nation on the advent of Azerbaijan’s Republic Day on May 28. President Rouhani sent a message to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to congratulate him and the nation of Azerbaijan on the advent of […]

 Authorities uncovered various types of arms and ammunition of terrorists’ remnants in al-Ghanto village in Homs northern countryside. SANA’s reporter said that during the combing operation inside al-Ghanto village in the northern countryside of Homs province, the authorities in cooperation with locals discovered machineguns, mines, rocket shells, rocket launching pads and mortar rounds left behind […]

 Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi told Cuban ambassador to Tehran that the two country can share their experiences gained under US sanctions. “Iran and Cuba have both suffered from US sanctions and sharing sanctions-era experiences will be beneficial for the two countries,” said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the Chairman of […]