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Tehran, Bern to Boost Cooperation in Nuclear Safety 24 Dec 2017

Tehran, Bern to Boost Cooperation in Nuclear Safety

Head of the Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority Hojjatollah Salehi and Swiss Ambassador to Iran Markus Leitner held talks on the expansion of cooperation between the two countries in the field of nuclear safety. During the meeting, held in Tehran, the two sides discussed the process of collaborations between two countries in the failed so far […]

Iranian Commander Pledges Army’s Strong Presence on Borders 24 Dec 2017

Iranian Commander Pledges Army’s Strong Presence on Borders

The new deputy chief of Iran’s Army for coordination highlighted the country’s growing military power and vowed to boost the Army forces’ presence on borders to protect the Islamic Republic from any foreign threats. “According to the missions given to the Army, defending the territorial integrity and protecting the independence of the Islamic Republic’s holy […]

Iran dismisses reports of releasing Zaghari through swap deal 24 Dec 2017

Iran dismisses reports of releasing Zaghari through swap deal

TEHRAN – Gholam Hossein Esmaili, head of Tehran province’s Justice Department, on Friday dismissed reports on releasing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman, in a swap deal. “Besides serving her current sentence, she has also another ongoing case against her in court… We do not know if she would be found guilty or not,” Reuters quoted […]

$7,500 housing handouts for each physically challenged person 24 Dec 2017

$7,500 housing handouts for each physically challenged person

TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization is granting 300-million-rial (nearly $7,500) housing handouts to persons with disabilities, ISNA reported on Saturday. Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey, head of the Welfare Organization, noted that the organization’s priority is to provide treatment services to persons with disabilities at home instead of medical or health-care facilities. Currently some 53,000 houses for families […]

24 Dec 2017

Spokesman Blasts Bahrain FM’s Anti-Iran Remarks

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed the recent “rude and cheap” remarks by the Bahraini foreign minister, saying he is in no position to comment on Iran. “You are too petty and lowly to comment about the proud Iran, which is the symbol of an ancient and glorious civilization,” Qassemi said on Saturday. […]

Muslim world unity foiled plots against al-Quds: envoy 24 Dec 2017

Muslim world unity foiled plots against al-Quds: envoy

TEHRAN – Iran’s Consul General in Heydarabad has hailed Indian Muslims’ repeated protests to Washington’s new policies about al-Quds (Jerusalem), saying the Islamic world’s unity has foiled U.S. plots against the holy city, which belongs to all of the divine religions. Mohammad Haqbin made the remarks on Friday in reference to the United States’ recent […]

Iran chief of staff of Armed Forces felicitates Christians on Christmas 23 Dec 2017

Iran chief of staff of Armed Forces felicitates Christians on Christmas

TEHRAN – In a message on Saturday Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri congratulated the Christmas and the beginning of year 2018 to Christians, calling for peace and brotherhood among nations. In his message addressing world military officials, Bagheri emphasized the humanity’s return to the teachings of the holy prophets and […]

US may recognize Israel as Jewish state 23 Dec 2017

US may recognize Israel as Jewish state

GAZA– Head of Islamic Hamas movement Ismail Haniyeh said Saturday that it is possible that the US administration take more measures against the Palestinians, including recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Haniyeh addressed a local scientific convention early Saturday, where he slammed the recent US moves against Jerusalem and said “we have information that […]

Senior officials to meet on Tehran pollution, earthquake 23 Dec 2017

Senior officials to meet on Tehran pollution, earthquake

TEHRAN – Heads of three branches of government – the judicial, the executive and the legislative, will hold a meeting within a month to review proposals addressing the pollution and earthquake preparedness in the cosmopolitan Tehran. A member of Parliament’s board of directors, Mohammad Ali Vakili, told reporters on Saturday that a joint strategic committee […]

‘ISIL terrorists of migratory nature, able to propagate to other countries’ 23 Dec 2017

‘ISIL terrorists of migratory nature, able to propagate to other countries’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said “despite ISIL defeat, terrorism is not finished in the region, adding it has a migratory nature, propagating to other places.” Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani made the remark at Mehrabad Airport on Saturday. He left Tehran for Islamabad to attend a three-day Speakers’ Conference being held at Islamabad […]