TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday lauded Setad as a legacy of Imam Khomeini, who founded the organization to serve the people. Setad’s duty is to serve the deprived and poor people and has served the nation since it was founded, Shamkhani said, ISNA reported. “The vast activities […]

TEHRAN – The motion to ask questions from President Hassan Rouhani was submitted to the Majlis economic committee on Tuesday, Hassan Hosseini Shahroudi, a committee member, told Tasnim news agency on Wednesday. The MP said the questions center around finance and credit institutes, Hosseini Shahroudi said. The move to ask questions from the president would […]

TEHRAN – Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces said on Tuesday that the United States is relocating Daesh militants to Afghanistan now that the group has been defeated in Iraq and Syria. Since Daesh and other terror groups lost their territories in Iraq and Syria, Washington has been relocating the terrorists to Afghanistan by various […]

TEHRAN – Guardian Council secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said on Monday that “subversive threats” to the Islamic Republic should be taken seriously, warning that such plots must be foiled.  However, Jannati said authorities should listen to the voice of the nation and not distance themselves from people, Mehr reported. “When it is hard to make […]

In the recent days the air pollution in some parts of Tehran has reached a dangerous level, ringing the alarm bells that something serious may happen.  Who is most at fault? A clear-cut answer is that successive administrations and parliaments are mostly responsible for the current situation. Even now that the national budget bill is […]

TEHRAN –The special envoy of the Russian State Duma (Legislative assembly) who is visiting Tehran met with the Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Lariajni on Tuesday. The special envoy of the Russian State Duma (Legislative assembly) who is visiting Tehran met with the Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Lariajni on Tuesday. Tehran and Moscow enjoy […]

Iran’s UN envoy Al-Habib called on the Security Council to reject intentions to turn it into a tool to pursue national political interests, saying Trump’s administration regards the Security Council as its “toolbox”. Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Es’hagh Al-Habib, addressed the Security Council Open Debate on “Working Methods […]

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, discussed a host of issues in a telephone conversation on Tuesday. In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, the Russian […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have held a telephone conversation, during which they confirmed commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal, the Kremlin press service said in a statement. “The parties confirmed commitment to the consistent implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran’s nuclear program, which […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that the wall of mistrust between Iran and the U.S. has grown taller in the aftermath of the historic 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran has fully lost trust in Washington after the United States’ violation of the nuclear deal, he told Jam-e Jam Online in interview published […]