Bringing domestic affairs of a country to UNSC to face ‘big no’
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, arguing that the recent Security Council meeting could be a lesson to US President Trump, stressed “his attitude and behavior are not much credible.” Speaking during his weekly press conference on Monday, Ghasemi touched upon the way the Islamic Republic of Iran is going to use the recent US defeat in […]
Majlis holds closed-door session on protests
TEHRAN – Mohammad Qasim Osmani, a lawmaker from Bukan, said during the parliament’s special closed-door meeting on Sunday, top security officials assured lawmakers that security and order have been restored after days of protests in some cities and towns. Osmani said the intelligence and interior ministers as well as the deputy commander of the Islamic […]
2nd Tehran Security Conf. kicks off
The 2nd Tehran Security Conference on challenges facing regional security in West Asia has opened in the Iranian capital on Mon. morning with over 200 Iranian and foreign political dignitaries in attendance. The 2nd Tehran Security Conference was inaugurated on Monday morning in the Iranian capital under the motto of “Regional Security in West Asia; Emerging […]
German FM to invite Iran to discuss recent developments
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will be invited to visit EU next week. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said he had agreed with EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini to invite Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to visit the European Union for the discussion of the ongoing protests […]
Rouhani, Hassan Khomeini to pay tribute to Rafsanjani
TEHRAN – Chairman of Tehran City Council Mohsen Hashemi said on Sunday that a seminar will be held on Tuesday to commemorate his father, the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Hashemi said President Hassan Rouhani, Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri and Ayatollah Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Imam Khomeini, will speak at the event, Tasnim reported. He […]
FM Zarif calls for maintaining coop. with UNHCR
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif met with UNHCR representative where he highlighted Iran’s extensive, generous measures in aiding refugees and called for maintaining cooperation with UNHCR. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with the Outgoing Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sivanka Dhanapala where they discussed issues of mutual […]
Cabinet ministers, police chief brief MPs on recent riots in Iran
TEHRAN– Iranian interior minister, intelligence minster, and police chief attended the parliament on Sunday morning to brief the MPs on the recent riots, the roots of unrest, and the foreign hands involved in them. “During the consultative meeting of today [Sunday Jan. 7], interior minister, intelligence minister and the commander of police presented separate accounts […]
Tehran Security Conf. to host 80 foreign guests
TEHRAN,– Eighty foreign guests invited from executive and scientific elites from regional and trans-regional countries will take part in the Tehran Security Conference slated for January 8, according to the event’s director. Jalal Dehghani Firouzabadi, director of Tehran Security Conference, told reporters on Sunday that the three-day event that will kick off on Monday, comprises […]
Iran, Pakistan vow to expand coop. against common US-posed threats
TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s SNSC Shamkhani said Iran would not allow some countries to influence Tehran-Islamabad relations by sending weapons and hiring terrorists to create insecurity in the common borders of Iran and Pakistan. “Iran will not allow some countries to undermine Tehran-Islamabad relations by sending weapons and hiring terrorists to create insecurity in […]
IRGC thanks nation, security forces for defeating enemies
TEHRAN– In a statement on Sunday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps appreciated the people, the police, intelligence forces, and Basij for defeating the long list of the enemies. In its statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) express their appreciation to the people, and tens of thousands of Basij members, ministry of intelligence, and the country’s police […]