TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Hassan Qashqavi on Friday voiced Iran’s readiness for visa-free arrangements with any country “which respects our passport”. Qashqavi said Iran is ready to apply a similar condition for citizens of those countries that set visa-free entry for Iranian citizens, IRNA reported. “Although we are in a tense […]

TEHRAN- Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri inaugurated major industrial projects in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi on Thursday, Shata news agency reported. The senior official opened Sangan Pelletizing Plant in Khaf region, with the capacity of producing five million tons of conglomerates per annum. Some 12 trillion rilas (about $285.5 million) of investments was […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday strongly condemned a suicide attack on a cultural center in Kabul, which left at least 41 people killed. A Shia cultural organization was the target but the Afghan Voice news agency was also hit. So-called Islamic State said it was behind the attack. According to the Interior […]

Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahhedi Kermani, the interim leader of Tehran Friday Prayers condemned US president Trump policies toward the Middle East. “In my opinion, Trump is falling,” said Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahhedi Kermani, the interim leader of Tehran Friday Prayers on the last Friday of 2017. He made the remarks while addressing the preachers at […]

Es’hagh Jahangiri, Iranian First Vice-President, said on Thursday in Mashhad that government supports foreigners who contribute to production in Iran. “The current administration welcomes and supports investors and foreign investing dirsctly contributing to domestic production in Iran,” said Es’hagh Jahangiri, Iranian First Vice-President, on Thursday in Mashhad. The Iranian official made the remarks at the […]

President Hassan Rouhani referred to the speech given by the leader of Islamic revolution on Wednesday and stated that the major revolutionary ideals today are removing gaps, raising hope and assisting material and spiritual development of the country. President Hassan Rouhani called government officials, the elite and the media the real addressees of Ayatollah Khamenei’s […]

Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the Palestinian Ambassador to Tehran Salah Al-Zawawi met on Wednesday in Tehran. Amir-Abdollahian discussed regional transformations in meeting with Salah Al-Zawawi and said “Trump’s tactless remarks drew world attention to Palestine and the holy Al-Quds. Trump must change his stance. Al-Quds is and will forever be […]

Iranian parliament speaker held talks with Iraqi minister of youth and sports where he asserted that Iraq is now past the height of security crises and called for expanding bilateral economic and social relations. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Hussein Abtaan on Thursday. Larijani referred […]

TEHRAN — Tehran was shaken with yet another minor quake at 00:54 a.m. local time on Wednesday stoking up fear once again into the hearts of terrified citizens. The epicenter of the magnitude-4.2 tremor that happened at the depth of 12 kilometers was the city of Malard on the border between Tehran and Alborz provinces. […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the fatal shooting of an Iranian man in Ontario, Canada, by police, saying Tehran is asking for details about the incident and pursuing the case until the facts are brought to light. In a statement on Thursday morning, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi deplored the killing of 43-year-old Babak […]