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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

 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 […]

Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Tuesday that it is useless to keep cooperating with Europeans if they are not going to preserve their own and Iran’s interests in the face of Trump’s approaches. “If the Europeans are unwilling or unable to defend the interests of […]

Iran’s Permanent Envoy to the United Nations Gholam-Ali Khoshroo condemned in a statement all the attacks that have taken place against civilians, including medical and humanitarian staff throughout the world, especially in Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria. “It is most unfortunate that civilians still account for the vast majority of casualties in armed conflicts, as […]

TEHRAN – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) is ready to accelerate its uranium enrichment work, but hoping that such decision would not be necessary, AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday. “We have the capacity to restore [enrichment program] but hope we’ll never reach that point, because the country’s nuclear industry is […]