TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari as the new head of the Policy-Making Council of Friday Prayers. In a decree on Saturday, the Leader thanked Reza Taqavi for serving as the head of the council for more than two decades, and replaced him […]

Attending the funeral of three security forces who were killed in west Iran last Thursday, Iran’s minister of intelligence vowed revenge against antagonistic groups in neighboring countries. Speaking in Urmia on Saturday, Seyed Mahmoud Alavi, Iran’s Minister of intelligence said Iranian security forces will have a resolute response against the antagonistic armed groups in the […]

TEHRAN – Parliamentarian Fatemeh Saeidi says a committee has been established with the aim of pursing the cases of the students who were arrested during recent protests across the country. Saeidi told ILNA on Saturday that some members of the three major factions of the parliament joined the committee to pave the way for the […]

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Municipality has proposed 20 prioritized projects which are believed to strengthen the metropolis against a possible massive earthquake. The projects are part of plan named ‘Tehran’s comprehensive plan for disaster mitigation and management’, which aim to improve the city’s resistance against natural disasters especially earthquakes. To this end, 50 projects have been […]

TEHRAN– Iranian Assembly of Experts issued a statement on Saturday sympathizing with the bereaved families and condemning the rioters of the recent unrest in some cities of Iran. After a week of riots in some cities of Iran, Iranian Assembly of Experts issued a statement on Saturday offering sympathies to those families who have lost […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami said that Iran will hold a conference on investment opportunities and sustainable development in Makran coast. Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on the sideline of the defense ministry strategic session that a conference on investment opportunities and sustainable development in Makran coast will be held in Tehran on […]

Washington failed to spur the UN Security Council to act against Iran over the recent protests in the country, as most members described it as an internal issue outside the purview of the UNSC and voiced support for the JCPOA, the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran. At an emergency meeting of the UNSC on Friday, […]

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council and Mohsen Rezaei, , said that the recent riots in Iran were the result of a joint operation of Saddam’s loyalists, MKO members, US, Saudi Arabia, and Barzanis. “The scenario designed by MKO members, monarchists, and US put into practice in Iran in recent days was plotted months earlier in […]

The United Nations Security Council’s emergency meeting on the recent protests in Iran at the request of the United States “discredits” the council and demonstrates how Washington “abuses” its powers as a permanent member to forward its own agenda, says Iran’s envoy to the UN. Addressing the largely-divided session on Friday, Iran’s Ambassador to the […]

Iran’s Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi expressed his gratitude to the people of the country, the Basij (mobilization) Force, and the Law Enforcement Force for their efforts to calm the recent unrest and put an end to riots in Iran. In a statement released on Thursday, Major General Mousavi pointed to the recent riots […]