Following the US withdrawal from the Iran deal, Swiss Reinsurance Co. has announced will leave Iran. Swiss Re has announced it is “assessing the impact” of the US decision on its business with the Islamic Republic of Iran, following the US withdrawal from the Iran deal on May 8. The Swiss Re Group provides reinsurance, insurance and other forms of […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi has said the administration of President Hassan Rouhani puts an emphasis on transparency, interaction and responsiveness as important elements in relationship with people. He made the remarks in a message published on May 17 to mark World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, ILNA reported on Thursday. […]

If Europeans involved in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) fail to retain the deal after US pullout, Iran has the capability resume its 20 percent enrichment, said the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi on Saturday. He made the remarks on the sideline of his meeting with European […]

Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says European countries are seeking an alternative banking channel for business transactions with Iran. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Iran’s AEOI deputy for International, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Behrouz Kamalvandi said European countries are seeking to find an alternative way for doing business with Iran that would […]

Iranian president has said the United States has failed in isolating Iran from the world despite huge efforts it has made. “We have been successful against enemies in our foreign policy. We overcame the first big conspiracy. The US administration wanted to isolate Iran, but they got the opposite result,” President Rouhani was quoted as […]

 Iran’s minister of industry has signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in Kazakhstan. With regard to the PTA agreement between Iran and the EAEU, according to a report by Iran’s Industry Ministry, Tigran Sargsyan, the Chairman of the Eurasian Commission said that the agreement is temporary, expressing hope that the […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed regret over a passenger plane crash in Cuba, which killed over 100 people. In a Saturday statement, the Iranian spokesman offered sympathy to the Cuban government, nation and families of the victims of the deadly incident. Flight DMJ 0972 was headed to the eastern Cuban city of Holguin when it plummeted into in an agricultural area […]

AEOI head Ali Akbar Salehi quoted EU’s top energy commissioner as saying that the bloc plans to reactivate a 1996 law that would prohibit European companies from abiding by US sanctions on Iran. Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi held a joint press conference with European Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias […]

In a meeting with Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi on Friday in Damascus, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad stressed the need for boosting economic ties between the two countries and considered it as the main way to resist Western plans. Using measures like sanctions as a tool to pressure other countries, Westerns […]

 President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Tehran from Istanbul after attending the extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In his intensive one-day visit to Istanbul aimed at attending OIC extraordinary summit on Palestine, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed Iran’s views on the matter. Rouhani proposed six initiatives and practical suggestions, calling […]