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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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,– 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

TEHRAN– President Hassan Rouhani called for variety in non-oil exports, and voiced his administration’s support for job-creating plans in order to reduce economic vulnerability. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with major non-oil exporters here in Tehran on Sunday, and went on to deem attempts by the government to create jobs […]

TEHRAN – Presidential Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi has appointed Ali Jannati as his advisor. In a decree on Saturday, Vaezi described Jannati as an experienced, committed person, and wished him success at his new post. Ali Jannati, the son of Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, served as the minister of culture and Islamic guidance from 15 […]