TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has slammed the U.S. President Donald Trump for his rude comments, saying he should address his own country’s problems instead of interfering in other countries. “Instead of wasting his time sending useless and insulting tweets regarding other countries, he would be better off seeing to the domestic issues […]

TEHRAN – Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Tuesday that it is the right of citizens to hold protests and the government respects it. “From the government’s point of view, the people have the right to protest based on citizenship rights and their voice can reach officials within the framework of law,” Nobakht […]

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, denounced the individuals setting fire to flag of Iran amid recent unrest in some cities as the stooges of the enemies. Addressing an academic event in the city of Rasht on Tuesday, Velayati said it was “sheer lunacy” to set fire to […]

Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif, reacting to the current protests in the country and the US’ reaction to them, said infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage the protests through violence. “Iran’s security and stability depend on its own people, who — unlike the peoples of Trump’s regional “bffs”—have the right to vote and to […]

President Rouhani described bilateral, regional and international cooperation and relations between Iran and France as contributing to development of peace, stability and security in the region and stressed the need to further deepen Tehran-Paris ties. President Hassan Rouhani had a telephone conversation with the President of France Emmanuel Macron and congratulated him and the French […]

TEHRAN- Iran exported $5.098 billion worth of gas condensate during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Decemeber 21, 2017), IRIB news reported on Tuesday. Gas condensate accounts for the lion’s share of Iran’s exports during the nine-month period, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). The value […]

TEHRAN — Majlis (the Iranian parliament) has mandated Tehran municipality to spend traffic fines on implementing measures to abate air pollution in the capital, ISNA reported on Tuesday. MP Ali Asghar Yousefnejad has explained that traffic fines pertaining to cars which have failed to pass vehicle inspection are bound to be spent on carrying out […]

TEHRAN – Annual reports of state-run organizations on measures taken for adoption of citizenship rights will soon be published, IRNA quoted the presidential aide for civil rights affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi as saying on Tuesday. “Lawyers, responsible organizations and government bodies can play a key role in familiarizing the public with their citizenship rights,” she highlighted. […]

TEHRAN – Mohammad Sadeq Jokar, the deputy IRGC chief for parliamentary affairs, said on Tuesday that the unrest in certain cities in Iran would harm the legitimate demands of the people. Protests over rising prices, unemployment and corruption first started in Mashhad and then spread to certain other cities in the country including Tehran. In […]

TEHRAN – The recent riots in Iran were fueled by “proxy war” against Iran by certain countries including Saudi Arabia, secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Monday. Noting that the proxy war started via social media and the internet, Shamkhani told a Lebanese Arabic-language TV channel that the number […]