TEHRAN – The restricted access to social networks in Iran amid ongoing protests against the government’s economic and social policies is a temporary measure, Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Monday. On Sunday, media reported that Tehran had temporarily restricted access to social media apps Instagram and Telegram, used by […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Monday gave the go-ahead to provincial judicial authorities to take action against “rioters” and “vandals”, urging the protesters to take a separate path from the violent protesters. “Some individuals are exploiting the situation. This is wrong,” he said, referring to the protest rallies in recent […]

TEHRAN – The defeat of Daesh (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria has made the terrorist group to change the geography of its activities and Central Asian countries must be watchful of this threat, Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Hojjatollah Faghani warned in a meeting with Tajik Parliament speaker Shukurjon Zuhurov in Dushanbe on Sunday. Faghani also […]

TEHRAN – Secretary Gen. of Islamic Coalition party said Mon. that the capacities of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) can be used to help resolve the South China Sea dispute. Mohammad Nabi Habibi, Secretary-General of the Islamic Coalition Party, made the remark in a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Tehran, Nguyen Hung […]

TEHRAN – President Rouhani said that the recent days’ protests in some major cities of Iran have been both because of internal problems and foreign interventions. “The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are angry with the glory, success, and the progress of the Iranian nation and they have vowed to get the regional […]

TEHRAN – Brigadier General Jazayeri, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, condemned the meddlesome statements of some westerners in support of the protests in Iranian cities. “The support for the rioters of Iran, by the highest official of US along with some imperialist media shows that there is a new plot […]

Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi discussed recent incidents and said that enemies of Revolution are using the incidents to provoke the public and organize unrest. Alaeddin Boroujerdi told reporters on Sunday “a major part of recent demonstrations has been organized by foreign, anti-revolutionary elements. They spread propaganda and […]

TEHRAN — Air pollution, the recurring nightmare of Tehraners from which there is no waking, is a complicated saga of the busy capital of Iran. Tehran, a city with some 9 million residents, is experiencing its worst days with the lowest precipitation amounts and subsequently most polluted days with no rain or snow. Schools are […]

Mayor of Tehran expressed regret for disruption to traffic in parts of Tehran in the wake of the recent protest rallies, saying some municipal properties, including a number of bus stations, suffered minor damages after some demonstrators resorted to violence. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a City Council session in Tehran on Sunday, […]

 Iranian Mustafa prize and Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama signed a memorandum of understanding to promote cultural, scientific and technological cooperation with the intention of developing the world of Islam. Chairman of the Executive Committee of Mustafa Prize Seyed Ali Omrani and the Secretary General of Nahdlatul Ulama Iqbal Sulam attended a meeting where they signed a memorandum […]