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 […]

Rejecting negotiation over Iran’s missile program, Iranian President in his press conference in Tehran also emphasized that the nuclear pact will not be renegotiated or rewritten. The second press conference of the Islamic Republic of Iran has just started and the president is talking about the performance of his government in different fields in the […]

Schools in Tehran will be closed on Tuesday due to severe air pollution. Tehran’s Air Pollution Emergency Committee has announced as Tehran’s air pollution continues, all schools in the capital city except in Firuzkuh, Damavand and Pardis will be closed on Tuesday. Tehran Governor Mohammad Hossein Moghimi chaired the committee’s meeting. The committee comprises three […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the nuclear deal has been written on the basis of distrust, adding we did not expect the US to abide by its commitments under the deal at the time of negotiations. Speaking on the ‘Special News Talk Program’ on Channel 2 of Iranian state TV ‘IRIB TV2’ on […]

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has purchased the necessary equipment to conduct cloud seeding operations as part of a program to fight drought, the IRGC’s representative for parliamentary affairs has said. Mohammad Saleh Jokar said that the IRGC is ready to help cloud seeding in order to resolve the water crisis, ISNA […]

TEHRAN – Tehran’s prosecutor general said on Monday that 14 public and private bodies were found responsible for the collapse of Plasco building more than a year ago. Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said, according to a report by a panel of experts, the organizations were found responsible for the catastrophic incident. On January 19, 2017, Plasco building, […]

TEHRAN – Labor Minister Ali Rabiei has said that any executive who is engaged in nepotism or uses his power for personal interests will be dismissed immediately. In a directive to fight corruption, Rabiei said administrative and financial corruption is a big issue that prevents progress of the society and imposes irreparable damage on the […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Sheikholeslam, a former Iranian ambassador to Syria, has said that the latest meeting on Syria in Russia’s northern city of Sochi was “promising”. “The process of the Sochi meeting was promising. Russia, Iran and Turkey, as countries that guarantee peace in Syria, should make efforts to make this conference more comprehensive and […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Defense Ministry on Monday launched the mass production of a tactical drone, named Mohajer 6, with the capability to carry “smart” bombs with high “precision-striking” capability. Defense Minister Amir Hatami said the drone is able to conduct different reconnaissance, patrolling and combat missions in distant areas and enjoys high flight endurance. […]