Tehran’s prosecutor said 54 indictments have been issued against those arrested in the capital for rioting and destroying public property during the recent unrest. Addressing a conference in Tehran on Monday about ways to combat social harms and provide public security, Prosecutor General of Tehran Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi pointed to the recent riots in the […]

TEHRAN – The total dryness of Lake Urmia will have a large negative impact on the health and livelihood of local communities and even beyond. One of the largest permanent hypersaline lakes in the world, Lake Urmia is located in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan and was considered the largest lake in the Middle […]

TEHRAN – In the national budget bill proposed for the next Iranian calendar year 1397 (starting on March 21), Majlis (the Iranian parliament) has approved a $200 million budget for renovation of rundown areas. The administration had proposed a budget of $100 million from the National Development Fund for renovating rundown areas, but Majlis has […]

Germany is lobbying among European allies to agree new sanctions against Iran in an attempt to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from terminating an international deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday. The report cited diplomats in Brussels as saying that Germany was pushing for new sanctions together with Britain and […]

TEHRAN – Majid Takht-Ravanchi, deputy director of the presidential chief of staff for political affairs, has said that Iran and Europe have held talks to remove obstacles to banking relations. “So far, the talks have proceeded well and will be continued by the time a good solution is reached,” he told ISNA in an interview […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Education Bagher Larijani met with Hungarian minister of state for healthcare and the two vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of health. Bagher Larijani, Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Education, who is in Hungary on an official visit, met on Friday with Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs, Hungarian Minister […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received a copy of the credentials of the new Cuban ambassador saying that the Islamic Republic of Iran is after expanding ties with the Cuban government. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received a copy of the credentials of the new Cuban ambassador to Tehran Alexis Bandrich Vega on Saturday (January […]

The newly elected Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs arrived in Germany on Thursday for talks on bilateral relations between Iran and Germany and regional developments. Yesterday was the first day of Abbass Araghchi working as Iran’s foreign minister’s political deputy. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a ceremony on Wednesday introduced his […]

Iran is very eager to see a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan, and welcomes any achievement in the path to an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process, Iran’s UN envoy Al-Habib said on Friday. Es’hagh Al-Habib, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, addressed the UN Security Council Ministerial […]

Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and the Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Rastad said the black box of Sanchi oil tanker will be decoded next week. The voyage data recorder of Iranian sunken oil tanker has been sealed by the officials to be decoded in the presence of an expert […]