Five successive earthquakes, all measuring above 5 on the Richter scale, struck Iran’s western provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam on Thursday, nearly two months after a massive temblor killed over 600 people in Kermanshah and displaced thousands of others. Since Thursday morning, nine quakes have shaken Iran’s western regions near the common border with Iraq, […]

Four days after the collision that sparked a huge blaze on board of Iranian-owned oil tanker, a new explosion on Wednesday pushed the rescue crew back. China’s Transport Ministry (MOT) issued a statement on Wednesday recounting that there was an explosion aboard the Iranian oil tanker that collided with a Chinese grain ship after rescue […]

As it draws nearer to the deadline of Trump making decision about the nuclear deal of 2015, the foreign ministers of Iran, UK, France, and Germany will convene in Brussels to make proper decision. Early on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Brussels to meet the EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini and […]

TEHRAN – A member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said that during a meeting of the committee it was decided that Telegram messaging app would probably be unblocked by Thursday. Abolfazl Hassan Beigi said on Wednesday that Telegram team needs to prevent the app from becoming a platform for acts of […]

TEHRAN – Science Minister Mansour Qolami said on Wednesday that 15 to 20 students are still in custody who will be released by Thursday. “Overall, few students were arrested during the riots, and a lot of them were released,” Qolami was quoted by Mehr as saying. He also said 130 students were arrested across the […]

TEHRAN – A top Iranian nuclear official has warned that if the nuclear agreement is ditched Tehran will increase its uranium enrichment activities with a speed far much higher than the conclusion of the nuclear deal. According to the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to put […]

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said if Iran does not enjoy the benefits of the JCPOA, it might leave it, adding the Europeans can compensate for Iran’s losses in case US withdraws. In an interview with an Iranian news outlet IRNA, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the current Iranian President’s Political Deputy, said that Iran is ready for the […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, condemned the recent move of US congress which passed a resolution in support of the rioters and terrorists in Iran. “The interventionist resolution passed in US congress [against the Islamic Republic of Iran and in support of the recent riots] is an unacceptable, blameworthy, and inappropriate issue,” said Iranian […]

Major General Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces condemned US interventionist approach toward Iran’s domestic affairs in an address on Wednesday. “US which is a symbol of injustice with its history of murder and savagery is not fit to level accusations against the nation and the officials of the Islamic Revolution,” said […]

Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said he raised the case of imprisoned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a recent visit to Tehran. Speaking to the Press Association after returning from the visit, Mr Straw said the meetings he had in the Iranian capital were “very cordial”. He added, “We made strong representations about the need for […]