Govt. offices banned from using foreign social messaging services
Iranian President’s Office has issued an order banning the government offices from using dominant foreign messengers such as Telegram. According to Reza Javaheri from Iran’s President’s Office, all the government offices and institutions are banned from using social messaging services like Telegram. Earlier this month, Iranian officials had announced that Telegram would be blocked at the end […]
Leader: Foreign spies behind currency hype
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that foreign spies have been working behind the scenes to create a foreign currency crisis in Iran. “The role of foreigners and their intelligence services was obvious in the recent chaos in Iran’s currency market,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with […]
No cancer tsunami in Iran: deputy health minister
TEHRAN — As per the figures and data collected in Iran on cancers, certainly cancer tsunami is not happening in Iran, Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh, a gastroenterologist, has said. The “population-based cancer registry of the Islamic Republic of Iran” which is the first reliable and official data collected on cancer incidence in Iran was […]
Ex-diplomat: Syria attack was retaliation against Russia, Iran
TEHRAN – Ali Khorram, a senior analyst and former Iranian ambassador to UN bodies in Vienna, says the recent U.S.-led attack against Syria was an act of retaliation against Russia and Iran. Speaking with ISNA, Khorram said the U.S., Britain and France could not have launched an extensive war against Syria due to fears of […]
Tehran to resume direct flights to Erbil
TEHRAN – Iran will soon resume direct flights from Tehran to Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, Iranian consul general in Erbil Morteza Ebadi announced on Tuesday. Speaking with ISNA, Ebadi said flights will start again on April 27, almost six month after Iraq’s central government imposed an air ban on the region […]
Environmentalists question protected areas downgrading, downsizing
TEHRAN — A group of environmental activists affiliated with an NGO has made a statement questioning the directive from the Supreme Council of Environment on revision of national protected areas. Under the directive, issued on February 21, during a session headed by President Hassan Rouhani, the protected areas which have caused difficulties for different sectors […]
Iran to continue boosting Army, strategy to remain deterrence
President Rouhani stressed Wed. that the strategy of Iran’s Army will always remain deterrence of aggression and coercion as the country continues to boost military capabilities of its Army and IRGC. President Rouhani made the remarks in his address during a ceremony at the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in capital Tehran, marking Iran’s Army Day on April […]
Intl. Nanotechnology Olympiad, an opportunity for academic synergy
TEHRAN – The first International Nanotechnology Olympiad (INO) 2018, was a great chance for participants to share their information and ideas. The first International Nanotechnology Olympiad was held from April 10 to 15 at Tehran’s Pardis Technology Park and nine teams from four foreign countries competed at the event. Chairman of INO steering committee Ali […]
General Baqeri hails Army
TEHRAN – In a message on Tuesday, General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, hailed the Army, saying it has speeded up its combat readiness and defense power and demonstrated a good spirit of cooperation with other branches of the military. The message by the top general came one day before Iran […]
Iran, Vietnam pledge to boost economic ties
Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam vowed in a meeting in Hanoi to boost economic ties between the two countries. “The level of economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Vietnam should increase along with progress in political ties,” […]