The Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani in a telephone conversation on Sunday extended his greetings to his Lebanese counterpart felicitating Mr. Nabih Berri on being re-elected as the Speaker of Lebanese Parliament. “We hope to see the day-to-day growing of bilateral relations between the governments and parliaments of Iran and Lebanon in the new […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned on Sunday that Iran would naturally leave nuclear deal negotiations with the Europeans if it deems them “unnecessarily protracted” or a “waste of time”. The remarks by Araqchi came one day before EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels to discuss policy on Iran. Speaking to reporters, […]

TEHRAN — Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated some 40 trillion rials (nearly $950 million) to job creation for 200,000 individuals in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018-March 2019), the foundation’s head has said. Last year, the foundation allocated some 24 trillion rials (nearly $570 million) for job creation for 135,000 people, IRIB quoted […]

TEHRAN – Entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country is in need of new financing methods, Sourena Sattari, vice president for science and technology has said. The way of financing in a knowledge ecosystem is a very important issue, IRNA quoted Sattari as saying on Saturday. Up to now, the finance for startups and knowledge enterprises has […]

Iranian Vice-President Jahangiri has forwarded a message of felicitation to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day on 26 May. In his message, Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri congratulated Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and the people of Georgia as they celebrated the 100th anniversary of their independence from the Soviet […]

Iranian foreign minister, heading a high-ranking political-economic delegation, will leave Tehran for India’s capital New Delhi later today. According to the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasem, Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit India to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations and pave the way for expanding and deepening them. According to Ghasemi, the Iranian delegation […]

 Iran’s First Vice-President Jahangiri on Sun. sent a congratulatory message to Dmitry Medvedev for securing a new mandate as Russian prime minister. In the message, Es’hagh Jahangiri voiced confidence that pragmatic cooperation would continue to grow between Iran and Russia, leading to further development of relations in various political, economic and cultural fields. The Iranian […]

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran (SNSC) said Iran will not agree to negotiate any limitations on its missile development and it does not seek permission from anyone to defend its missile program. “The United States is not trustworthy to negotiate with at […]

TEHRAN – A top official at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has reiterated Tehran’s position that Iran will resume nuclear enrichment activities with a greater speed if the remaining parties fail to save the 2015 nuclear agreement. On May 8, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the internationally binding nuclear agreement and vowed to […]

TEHRAN- Platform SPD-22, which is the first platform of the phases 22, 23, 24 of developing Iran’s South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) was installed on its designated offshore spot at Friday night, Public Relations Department of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of the gas field development, announced. […]