TEHRAN – A C-130 transportation plane has been overhauled by Iranian technicians at Shiraz Shahid Doran airbase, the commander of the airbase said on Sunday. “The plane which had been out of service for years was overhauled by the skilled experts of Shahid Doran airbase,” Fars quoted Brigadier General Mansour Mohammadi as saying. Mohammadi added […]

TEHRAN – Police have reportedly arrested Tehran’s former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, who was earlier convicted to two years imprisonment for the post-2009 election deaths in prison. According to IRNA, Mortazavi was arrested in northern Mazandaran Province on Sunday and was taken to the Evin detention center in Tehran. In March 2018, Mortazavi’s sentence was referred […]

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, the head of Azad University’s board of founders, said on Sunday that Iran is ready to share its experiences in higher education with Afghanistan. Velayati made the remarks after a meeting with Afghan Minister of Higher Education Najibullah Khwaja Omari in Tehran, Mehr reported. He said his talks with the […]

In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan aired on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said American “demands” to release of U.S. citizens held in Tehran without changing attitude are hampering “genuine dialogue.” “The United States needs to approach this from a position of dealing with another sovereign government,” said […]

Meeting with commander-in-chief of army and a host of senior commanders of the ground force of the army on Sun. Ayatollah seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran hailed the pro-unity remarks of army commanders. “Major General Mousavi made good remarks on the necessity of keeping unity and solidarity between the […]

 Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, categorically condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul which killed 31 and wounded 54 Afghans. In a statement on Sunday, Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, categorically condemned the terrorist attack of Sunday in Afghanistan’s capital […]

Iran’s security chief Ali Shamkhani will take part and address the 9th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues hosted by Russia in Sochi, the head of Security Council’s PR office said Sunday. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani will make a visit to Russia’s Sochi to participate and deliver a speech at the […]

Secretary of Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said on Saturday in Tehran that all helps provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran to Syria were based on friendly ties between the two countries. “All the helps that the Islamic Republic of Iran offered to Syria were because of friendly ties between the two countries and it […]

Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistical Support reassured that bilateral ties between Iran and Iraq will not get affected by the wicked acts of interventionists. “Iran-Iraq relations are cemented and bolstered and will not get affected by interventionist wickedness,” said Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iranian Minister of Defense and […]

TEHRAN – Majid Takht-Ravanchi, deputy director of the presidential chief of staff for political affairs, has warned against the consequences of U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, saying Trump will have to “pay the price” if he exits the deal. If one party withdraws from the pact, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]