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. […]

Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has said “US President Trump’s whole effort is to bring Iran back from its current situation, while the position of the Islamic Republic will never change with US rhetoric.” Speaking on the sidelines of an opening ceremony for some projects in Alborz province, Shamkhani said Iran will […]

AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said Sun. that Austrian banks have allocated €200 million worth of finance to fund equipping Iran’s first nuclear hospital. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Kamalvandi noted the time-consuming process of drawing up and signing financial contracts with Austrian companies due to the fact that the major part of investment and finance […]

A man wearing a white shroud and carrying a melee weapon, who was trying to break into the Presidential Administration in Tehran, was shot by the security guards, deputy governor-general for security said Monday. Mohsen Nasaj Hamedani, Tehran province Deputy Governor-General for Security and Police Affairs, told Fars News Agency on Monday that at 11:00 AM local time, a man about 35 […]

TEHRAN – The underground missile facilities of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are immune to all sorts of hostile attacks, says Hossein Salami, the IRGC’s second-in-command. In comments at a television talk show on Saturday, General Salami said that not all projectiles are stockpiled inside the missile facilities, Tasnim reported. Salami said there are […]

TEHRAN- During two separate events, Iran and Armenia signed a gas for power transfer deal and inaugurated a radiotherapy center in an Armenian hospital, IRNA reported on Sunday. The third phase of transmitting electricity from Armenia to Iran and transferring gas from Iran to that country was signed between the two sides in Armenia, IRNA […]

Jose de Venecia, the Special Envoy of the Philippine president, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif on Sunday in Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with the founding Chairman of the ICAPP Jose de Venecia, on Sunday in Tehran, at the Headquarters of the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs. Former House Speaker Jose […]

TEHRAN– Ali Motahhari, Iranian Member of Parliament, said on Sunday that all US efforts against Iran to modify JCPOA in favor of containing missile limits are doomed to failure. “The JCPOA is completely irrelevant to boosting Iranian defense system and the European should be vigilant and not get deceived by US,” said Ali Motahhari, Iranian […]