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 […]

You wake up in the morning and set for another working day. You may take a quick shower, have a breakfast, get dressed and head out. Once you step out of the house you feel a strong urge to fill your lungs with some fresh air… don’t, it will kill you, maybe not right now, […]

TEHRAN — Michael Klor-Berchtold, German ambassador to Tehran, posted a photo on his Twitter account on Thursday depicting him stirring Ab Gusht (Iranian stew made with lamb, chickpeas, white beans, onion, potatoes, and tomatoes, and dried lime) in a big pot. “Ab Gusht cooking lesson for me by real experts! Delicious!” he wrote on his […]

After months of threatening to undo the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Donald Trump once again opted to extend the deal by waiving economic sanctions on Iran. This was the “last chance,” he declared in a Jan. 12 statement, “to either fix the deal’s disastrous flaws, or the […]

TEHRAN – A Tehran Friday prayer leader has called for boosting solidarity in the Muslim world in the face of enemies’ divisive plots. In an address to worshippers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani warned that the enemies have surrounded Iran with the aim of rooting out Islam. “They want the destruction of […]

TEHRAN – Ehsan Qazizadeh Hashemi, a member of the Majlis Cultural Committee, says under the proposed national budget bill, the government has reduced the budget for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) by more than 9 trillion rials (nearly $200 million). Warning of the consequences of the budget cut, Qazizadeh Hashemi said according to […]

Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian addressed Donald Trump in a tweet saying that Iran will not allow the US to target its national security, defensive power or constructive regional influence. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian published a tweet on his Twitter account concerning the recent remarks and measures adopted by the US President Donald […]

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy advisor to the Leader, on Wednesday vehemently rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum on the nuclear deal, saying he is going to “beyond his limits”. “The nuclear deal negotiations will definitely not be repeated and nothing will be added or excluded from it. Therefore, the U.S. […]

TEHRAN – Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the deputy director of the presidential chief of staff for political affairs, says the U.S. “cannot impose conditions or set ultimatum” for the nuclear deal. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix what he called “disastrous flaws” in the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement, also known […]