TEHRAN – Iran is considering Russian language as an option among other languages to be added to its educational curriculum, aiming to end the monopoly of English as the second language on schools, Tasnim quoted Education Minister Mohammad Bat’haei as saying on Friday. He made the remarks in a meeting with Vyacheslav Nikonov, the chairman […]

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Saturday that the U.S. will be surprised by Iran’s response if it scraps the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “We have said for several times that we hope that it would not be imperative […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani forwarded on Saturday a message of congratulations to his Syrian counterpart, President Bashar al-Assad, to felicitate the Syrian National and Independence Day. In a congratulatory message cabled on Saturday Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felicitated the Syrian President, nation and government on the advent of April 17, the country’s National Day, and […]

 Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that Iranian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) will be held on Monday April 23 in Tehran. Speaking in a press briefing, he said, “this prestigious Symposium will be held in Tehran’s Espinas Hotel on Monday and will run up to April 25.” Indian Ocean Naval Symposium has 23 permanent […]

 In an interview with American CBS TV Network, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country is ready to restart its nuclear program if the Trump administration reinstates sanctions. “We have put a number of options for ourselves, and those options are ready,” Zarif said in an interview with the CBS News on Saturday morning. […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Said on Saturday that Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has been ordered to be prepared for ‘expected as well as unexpected’ moves if US quits the nuclear deal. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with senior directors of government bodies at Islamic Summit Conference Hall in the […]

The Iranian foreign minister and the current president of the UN General Assembly have sat down for talks in New York. In the Friday meeting, FM Mohammad Javad Zarif and Miroslav Lajčák exchanged views on the developments at the UN body, and the upcoming conference on sustaining peace. They also discussed the holding of a high-level meeting in July on dealing with pollution caused by particulate matters, an […]

The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami says if any war happens between Iran and Israel, it will definitely be followed by Israel’s total destruction. Brigadier General Hossein Salami made the remarks before the Tehran Friday Prayers ceremony in reaction to recent Israeli regime’s attacks on bases in Syria as well as […]

 Ali Akbar Velayati, the Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council says that if Muslims keep united they will witness final victory and pray in al-Quds. “We won’t allow the enemies to disintegrate the Islamic countries and divide Islamic Umma,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, the Head of the Strategic Research Center of […]

TEHRAN – The Bushehr nuclear power plant has not been affected by the Thursday quake, a local official at the plant said on Thursday. Mahmoud Jafari said the nuclear plan is operating normally. An earthquake with magnitude 5.9 jolted the southern Iranian province of Bushehr, with no reports of casualties or damage. Jafari added that […]