The Head of Iranian Army’s Strategic Studies Center Brigadier General Pourdastan said on Friday the enemies of the Islamic establishment are using the cyberspace in line with their plots for the future. Speaking at a ceremony in commemoration of Holy Shrine Defenders in Qom on Friday evening, Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said “the enemies […]

TEHRAN – Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, has said that a team of Russian specialists will visit the Fordow nuclear facility on Sunday as part of a project on stable isotopes. Tehran and Moscow reached a deal on stable isotopes about a year ago, Kamalvandi said on Thursday, adding that […]

TEHRAN – Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Hossein Baqeri on Thursday condemned any foreign interference in the country’s missile program, stressing the military will keep boosting deterrence power. In a message on the beginning of the ten-day ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, General Baqeri assured the Iranian nation of […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is the lowest among 180 countries, Parliamentarian Mohammad Reza Tabesh said on Friday, noting that “today, the country’s environment is not feeling okay.” Tabesh said although comprehensive plans have been implemented in order to protect the environment, the destruction process has put wetlands in serious danger, IRNA reported. […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the Americans did not intend to abide by the letters of the JCPOA from the very beginning. “The new US government intended from the very first to violate the deal and Trump has recently asked the Europe in non-diplomatic words to join US in […]

Iranian envoy to the United Nations HQ in New York addressed a UN commission on Thu. condemning economic sanctions as an obstacle to realization of stable development.  “Economic sanctions bar the realization of stable development and violate the people’s right to advance and make progress,” said Iran’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent […]

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, while dismissing as sham the US’ ‘compassion’ for the Iranian nation, said Washington needs first to return people’s confiscated properties to prove its sincerity. President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks at a gathering of people of Kerman during his provincial visit to the southeastern province for inaugurating a number of projects […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to make a visit to India in February, The Times of India reported on Wednesday. Rouhani’s visit is scheduled to take place after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from another trip to West Asia, including Palestine, the UAE and Oman. India and Iran have started development of Chahbahar […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Ferasat, the governor of Golpayegan city in central Iran, was sacked on Wednesday after insulting and threatening a journalist. Golpayegan is a city in Isfahan province. “The (local) official was dismissed for his ill behavior towards a journalist in Golpayegan,” said Gholamreza Qa’ediha, an official from Isfahn province. He added that Mohammad […]

The Iranian Leader’s Aide on International Affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, stressed Wed. that “Either US will leave Eastern Euphrates in Syria or we will force them to leave.” Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks in a conference in support of the Palestinian Intifada on Wednesday in Mashhad, adding “the Middle East is the beating heart of […]