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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

TEHRAN – Azerbaijani medical-military delegation visited Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Hospital and Jamaran Heart Hospital on Friday holding talks with Iranian officials. An Azerbaijani medical-military delegation led by Natiq Aliyev, head of the Defense Ministry’s health department, visited various sections of Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Baqiyatallah Hospital and Jamaran Heart Hospital and closely […]

 Iran’s Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani headed to Islamabad today to take part in a three-day conference on challenges of terrorism and inter-regional connectivity. A three-day Speakers’ Conference is being held at Islamabad from 23rd to 25th December, 2017 where Speakers of regional stakeholders including Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russian Federation and Turkey are […]