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Amir-Abdollahian highlights Iran’s role in fighting terrorism, regional development 12 Jan 2018

Amir-Abdollahian highlights Iran’s role in fighting terrorism, regional development

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with the former UNGA president where he highlighted the palpable role assumed by the Islamic Republic of Iran in fighting terrorism and contributing to regional development. Former President of United Nations General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft met with the Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian where he stressed that the […]

Americans levy sanctions on Zionists’ demand: IRGC cmdr 12 Jan 2018

Americans levy sanctions on Zionists’ demand: IRGC cmdr

The Commander-in-Chief of IRGC, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said that the sanctions levied by US against Iran upon the request of the ‘Zionists’.  “As the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said despite the extensive precreation of enemies, what was proved in recent seditions was the humiliation of enemies,” said Iran’s Commander of Islamic Revolutionary […]

Quakes Rattle Western Iran 11 Jan 2018

Quakes Rattle Western Iran

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, […]

Rescue teams pull back after explosion aboard Iranian tanker 11 Jan 2018

Rescue teams pull back after explosion aboard Iranian tanker

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 […]

FM Zarif arrives in Brussels to meet European counterparts 11 Jan 2018

FM Zarif arrives in Brussels to meet European counterparts

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 […]

Iran likely to unblock Telegram by Thursday 11 Jan 2018

Iran likely to unblock Telegram by Thursday

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 […]

All detained students to be released by Thursday 11 Jan 2018

All detained students to be released by Thursday

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 […]

Iran threatens to greatly speed up uranium enrichment if nuclear deal annulled 11 Jan 2018

Iran threatens to greatly speed up uranium enrichment if nuclear deal annulled

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 might decide to quit nuke deal 11 Jan 2018

Iran might decide to quit nuke deal

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 […]

11 Jan 2018

FM spox says Congress bill blameworthy

 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 […]