TEHRAN – A senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Sunday that a strong Iran is “unconquerable”, IRNA reported. Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, who was IRGC chief from 1997 to 2007, said Iran has defeated the U.S. on several occasions and the Americans cannot challenge the great Iranian nation. He further […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to Germany has said that Berlin prefers that the United States stay in the nuclear deal. Elaborating on the official position of Berlin on the 2015 nuclear agreement, Ali Majedi told Shargh daily in an interview published on Sunday that in his many meetings with German officials in recent weeks, […]

TEHRAN – Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Sunday that 16 female members of Daesh who had been operating in Syria have been sentenced on various charges. They were arrested immediately after arriving in Iran, Jafari Dolatabadi added. The Daesh women have also been sentenced return over 3 billion rials (about $70,000) that […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday in a meeting with a Swedish diplomat in Tehran that what Europeans have done to protect the JCPOA is not enough. “The Europe should do more to preserve the JCPOA and push US to deliver on its commitments,” said Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Minister of Foreign […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who attended Parliament on Sunday to answer the questions posed by Iranian legislators managed to convince the opposing MPs. In response to questions posed by MPs from Sistan and Balouchestan Province who were angry with Afghanistan’s mismanagement of water of a river which feeds a lake in Iran, Iranian […]

 FM Spokesman Ghasemi has condemned a politically-motivated US court default judgement requiring Iran to pay compensations to victims of September 11, 2001 attacks in absence of any evidence of Iranian involvement. In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi forwarded Iran’s strong protests against the issuing of such politically-motivated judgments based on unfounded […]

 Iranian deputy foreign minister and economy minister attended a public session at Iranian parliament to defend government’s bid to fully abide by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) obligations. The law makers in Iranian Parliament are discussing two bills (Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism) drafted by government of Hassan Rouhani in order […]

Iranian president has stressed once again that Iran will never negotiate over its “defensive weapons” with anyone, declaring that it is none of anyone’s business to decide for Iran’s defensive power. Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in Sabzevar in northeastern Razavi Khorasan Province on Sunday. Rouhani said that his government entered serious negotiations on Iran’s […]

TEHRAN – The number of foreign visitors to Iran rose 4.3 percent during the past Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended March 20) compared to the year before, said the deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. Mohammad Moheb-Khodai made the remarks in Zanjan on Thursday during the closing ceremony of the 4th […]

Gholamhossein Dehghani, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, said on Friday that it is vital to have international cooperation in order to eradicate terrorism. “In order to eradicate terrorism, it is necessary and vital to have international cooperation doubled with serious political will and regional agreements and mechanisms,” said Gholamhossein Dehghani, Iranian […]