Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed the the NAM Ministerial Committee on Palestine on Thursday and condemned states supporting “savage moves of the Israeli regime”. “The new round of repression and massacre of unarmed Palestinian peaceful protesters in Gaza, including women and children, is the latest in an old pattern followed by the Israeli […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said he has a “positive” view of the tripartite summit on the Syria conflict hosted by Ankara, IRNA reported. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said the Ankara summit attended by the presidents of Iran, Russia […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has talked with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Muhammad Asif the situation in the Indian-administered Kashmir, IRNA reported, citing Pakistani media. According to reports, Asif also contacted Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the phone to discuss the Kashmir dispute. Meanwhile, Pakistan and India have hinted at lowering […]

TEHRAN – Tehran’s city council has launched #Tehran_without_plastic campaign in a bid to fight detrimental effects of plastics on the environment, ISNA reported on Wednesday. Inviting all citizens to join the campaign, the city council’s head of health commission Nahid Khodakarami emphasized that the challenge of plastics can be solved through public awareness and participation. […]

TEHRAN – Wildfire swept through some 150 hectares of forests across northern Iran during Noruz holidays (March 21 – April 2), said an official with Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization, noting that the extent of fire was unprecedented for the last decade. Nearly 10 percent of the area have been severely burnt, ILNA quoted […]

Iran’s representative to the UN chemical watchdog, Alireza Jahangiri, called on Russia and UK to settle disputes over the Salisbury nerve agent attack through cooperation and constructive talks. Iranian Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alireza Jahangiri read out a joint statement during an extraordinary meeting of the OPCW Executive Council, on […]

 Minister of Defense Amir Hatami said Thu. that the US under flimsy pretexts is trying to deprive Iran of benefits and opportunities presented by the nuclear deal. Iranian Minister of Defense Brig. Gen. Amir Hatami made the remark in a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vulin on Thursday, on the sidelines of the 7th […]

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi during his Nowruz meeting with AEOI staff on Thursday warned all signatories of JCPOA that the Islamic Republic of Iran will resort to other options if other parties withdraw from JCPOA. “We are not after such a situation at any time. We are seriously […]

At a bilateral meeting with Russian President Putin in Ankara on, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his Russian counterpart that all efforts should be focused to stop Saudi war against Yemeni people. “We have to make our efforts to immediately stop bombardments of murders of the people in Yemen and provide the medical and food […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the Astana Peace Process and the efforts of the three countries have led to great achievements in war on terror. “The Astana Peace Process and the efforts of the three countries have resulted the best successes in the war on terrorists,” said Iranian […]