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Jobs to be created for 1.033m people by March 2019 24 May 2018

Jobs to be created for 1.033m people by March 2019

TEHRAN- Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the head of Planning and Budget Organization of Iran, announced that jobs will be created for 1.033 million people in the country by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019), IRNA reported. The official said some 797,000 people were added to the employed population of Iran in the […]

General: U.S. not the only superpower in multipolar world 24 May 2018

General: U.S. not the only superpower in multipolar world

TEHRAN – The United States is not the only superpower in the world anymore as a multipolar world is on the rise and U.S. power is fading, says Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the Leader. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, General Safavi also denounced the anti-Iran remarks by the U.S. secretary of […]

95% of electricity sector’s equipment is domestically manufactured 24 May 2018

95% of electricity sector’s equipment is domestically manufactured

TEHRAN- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said that 95% of the equipment used in the electricity sector is domestically manufactured, IRIB reported on Wednesday. In the water sector, except for some instrumentation related to water treatment machinery, all pieces of equipment are domestically manufactured, the minister said. “In construction of dams as well as irrigation […]

Iran running HIV prevention programs for at-risk women, youth 24 May 2018

Iran running HIV prevention programs for at-risk women, youth

TEHRAN — Iran is conducting HIV prevention programs to protect vulnerable women and at-risk youth from catching the virus, Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh- Hashemi said on Tuesday. He made the remarks during his speech at the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA) side event titled “towards universal coverage with HIV prevention services and commodities – the […]

To remain in JCPOA, Leader announces conditions to be met by Europe 24 May 2018

To remain in JCPOA, Leader announces conditions to be met by Europe

On the seventh day of the auspicious month of Ramadan, the heads of government branches, officials, government authorities, a group of senior managers as well as political, social and cultural activists met with Ayatollah Khamenei this evening May 23, 2018. The Leader of the Revolution, while meeting with government authorities and officials during the eventful […]

Iranian cargo train en route to Turkey derailed in NW Iran 23 May 2018

Iranian cargo train en route to Turkey derailed in NW Iran

An Iranian cargo train, heading to Turkey, ran off the tracks in Khoy, West Azerbaijan Azerbaijan. Khoy governor Seyed Mohammad Abedi told reporters this morning that an Iranian cargo train was derailed on the way to Turkey at 11:30 local time after it ran into a landslide on the track. According to Abedi, the diesel […]

Iran’s president to visit China within weeks 23 May 2018

Iran’s president to visit China within weeks

Chief of Staff of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Vaezi said Wed. that Iranian president will visit China within weeks, adding Rouhani has been invited to attend FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. Mahmoud Vaezi was speaking to reporters on Wednesday after attending a cabinet meeting. Vaezi said that Hassan Rouhani has been invited by the President of FIFA […]

JCPOA will vanish if it is linked to other issues, Iran warns 23 May 2018

JCPOA will vanish if it is linked to other issues, Iran warns

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has warned the European Union that it is not possible to link the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, to other issues, saying in that case the agreement will cease to exist. “If they try to link the JCPOA to other […]

Global consensus now against US, not Iran 23 May 2018

Global consensus now against US, not Iran

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif said Wed. that the global consensus has now shifted from being against Iran to being against US policies. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the US has failed to turn the global consensus against Iran in order to put into effect their so-called paralyzing sanctions. […]

Accord violators to end up like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein 23 May 2018

Accord violators to end up like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein

 Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Bagheri said Wed. that the likes of US which violate international agreements will end up like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, who was executed in 2006 over charges of crimes against humanity. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the remarks at an open […]