Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Namibian counterpart Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah have held talks on bilateral and regional issues.  During the Thursday talks, the Iranian foreign minister highlighted the significance of Iran’s cooperation with Namibia in Southern Africa. He then called for further enhancement of the two sides’ relations in all areas, especially in the field of banking, to facilitate the operation of Iranian and Namibian private sectors. Zarif also voiced the Islamic Republic of Iran’s preparedness to develop cooperation with Namibia […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says the current rulers of Saudi Arabia have turned themselves into symbols of aggression and crime in the Middle East. In a Wednesday statement, Ghasemi vehemently slammed therecent anti-Iran remarks made by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeirduring their visit to France. He said the Saudi rulers have put their names and that of their country in […]

Iran’s foreign minister said Wed. that Iran and Uruguay geographical distance cannot put obstacles in the way of expansion of bilateral relations between the two countries. Speaking in Iran-Uruguay joint economic meeting in the Uruguayan capital city of Montevideo on Wednesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif praised the long-standing bilateral relations between the two countries and nations, […]

TEHRAN – When Daesh (ISIL) forces approached Iran’s borders almost four years ago, the Army Aviation took action against them similar to what it had done against to Monafiqeen (Mojahedin-e Khalq operatives in the Mersad operation) in 1988, Iranian Army Aviation chief Yousof Ghorbani has said. In an interview with Saf Monthly, Ghorbani said the […]

TEHRAN — The “turquoise solitaire of Azarbaijan”, Lake Urmia, is meeting its end by turning into a barren field of exposed salt water and there are a few options available to restore the lake, most probably not to its former glory. The lake, located in northwestern Iran, used to be the largest salt-water lake in […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs, said on Tuesday that alleged chemical attack on the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus should be dealt with legally. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev, Jaberi Ansari […]

Iranian oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh landed in Indian capital New Delhi early on Wednesday to participate in 16th International Energy Forum (IEF). During his daylong stay in India, he is going to meet with his Indian counterpart and also delivers speech in the ministerial meeting of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) member states. […]

Seminar on Iran-China Civil Nuclear Cooperation Under the JCPOA, which had already been held in Brussels, Moscow and Isfahan, kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday April 11. Representatives of 5+1 countries (refers to the UN Security Council’s five permanent members, namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany) are participating in the event underway in Beijing. […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with Brazilian President Michel Temer welcomed Brazil’s investment in the country’s oil and gas sector. During the meeting held Tuesday in Brasilia, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif called for expansion of economic ties and reaching a balance in trade transactions between the two countries. He also deemed […]

Iranian First vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri told Uzbekistan’s First Deputy PM Achilbay Rahmatov, in a meeting on Tuesday in Tehran, that Tehran and Tashkent should tap huge potentials to develop bilateral relations. “Tehran and Tashkent are enjoying great potentials for developing cooperation and they should tap these potentials for the interests of the two countries and […]