TEHRAN – Iran’s minister of defense says the United States is trying to save ISIL by transferring its terrorist members from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan to justify its presence in the region. Brigadier General Amir Hatami made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Afghan counterpart Lt Gen Tariq Shah Bahrami on Sunday. […]

TEHRAN– Intelligence ministry declared that its forces successfully hauled a 2869 KG narcotic cargo, while entering the country from abroad. The cargo, carried by 2 Toyota cars is the biggest cargo seized in recent years.

TEHRAN – Iran’s 1st vice president hailed victory against ISIL, saying heroic figures like Major General Ghasem Soleimani are significant opportunities for Iran. Speaking in a ceremony to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the triumph of the Islamic Revolution in Iranian city of Yazd, 1st vice president Eshagh Jahangiri said on Saturday that “the Islamic […]

TEHRAN – Concurrent with the 39th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, President Rouhani is scheduled to attend a press conference with domestic and foreign news media on Tuesday afternoon. Parviz Esmaeili, the presidential office’s director for communications and information, said Sunday that President Rouhani’s press conference will be held on February 6 at 16:00 local […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif said Sat. night that the recently published US Nuclear Posture Review reflects greater reliance on nukes in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “The US Nuclear Posture Review reflects greater reliance on nukes in violation of the NPT, bringing humankind closer to annihilation,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the Syrian National Dialogue Congress outcomes will contribute to settling the crisis in Syria. The Presidents’ remarks came during a phone conversation held on Saturday. The two sides affirmed that the outcomes of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress, which was held in The […]

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani criticized Washington’s “shameless” hypocrisy in talking about world peace all the while threatening other countries with its new nuclear arsenal. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks on Sunday via a video conference broadcasting live at the unveiling ceremony of ten cultural centers and museums dedicated to the Sacred Defense in […]

Vice president, Es’hagh Jahangiri said” the government is seriously pursuing development of nuclear power plants. Today morning, Iranian vice president who was attending the opening of combined cycle power plant in Ashkzar city of Yazd expressed,” the whole consumption of critical power plants is transformed from gasoil and Mazut fuels to gas fuel aiming at […]

TEHRAN – Mansour Moazami, Iran’s former ambassador to Brazil, has said that Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, is a “professional show person”. “Nikki Haley is a professional show person in the strictest sense who tries to perform show through telling lies,” he said in an interview with IRNA published on Saturday. He […]

TEHRAN — The organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school of Tehran, affiliated with Education Ministry, will retrofit and reconstruct 1,400 dilapidated schools in the province over the course of 10 years, ISNA reported on Saturday. Dariush Varnaseri, director general for Tehran province organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school, has explained that […]