TEHRAN — Search and rescue teams finally managed to find the wreckage of a plane that crashed into the Dena mountain range, southwestern Iran, on Sunday, recovering bodies of some of the victims, ISNA news agency reported. The ATR aircraft with 66 passengers and crew on board went missing and due to bad weather conditions […]

TEHRAN – Interior Ministry spokesman Salman Samani has said that those provincial governors who live outside their precinct will be dismissed, Mehr reported on Tuesday. Samani said according to an order of Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the governors must reside where they work, otherwise they will be fired. The Interior Ministry’s supervisory bodies are […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani telephoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday saying that Tehran-Ankara-Moscow cooperation and consultation on Syria have proven “positive” and “influential” and called closer interaction between the three countries to bring an end to the conflict in the Syria. “Today, disintegration-seeking plots are being hatched and efforts are […]

Visiting Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hatami told his Azerbaijani counterpart Hasanov, in Baku on Wednesday, that Iran is after setting up security in the region in the framework of law. “Iran’s policy is securing peace in the region within the framework of the international law,” said visiting Iranian Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Minister […]

During a bilateral meeting in Moscow, Iranian Foreign minister Zarif and Russian top diplomat Lavrov exchanged views on many regional issues of mutual concern. “Today’s meeting of the Valdai Club showed that the positions of Iran and Russia on many regional issues are very close,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Monday. The […]

TEHRAN– Thirty-six hours after the passenger plane of Aseman Airline which had 66 on board was lost on radar tracks, still no part of the missed ATR-72 plane has been found. A number of 26 rescue teams along with 106 climbers have been dispatched to the estimated area of the accident, while the bad weather […]

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said the Israeli regime would receive a crushing reaction in case of making any wrong move against Iran. Addressing a meeting of IRGC personnel in Tehran on Monday, Rezaei said Tel Aviv would be razed to the ground if the Israeli regime took any military action against the […]

TEHRAN – Iraqi President Fuad Masum has said that Iran’s role in Iraq is reassuring and in line with stability in his country, IRNA reported. After a meeting on Sunday with Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy advisor to the Leader, President Masum said Iraq will never forget Iran’s valuable military support as well […]

TEHRAN – Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Sunday that the enemies are using different methods including political and economic sanctions to create division in the Iranian society and turn the people against the government. Hatami said the enemies are trying to direct people’s anger toward the Islamic establishment by putting political and […]

The search for the plane crashed Sunday in a mountainous region of southern Iran enters second day. A number of 26 rescue teams along with 106 climbers are still searching for the debris of the plane, while the bad weather is hampering the search efforts in the mountainous region. The Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop […]