Iran’s Ambassador to United Nations Eshagh Al Habib said Iran has participated in every international and regional effort to create peace and stability in Afghanistan. Iran’s Ambassador and DPR of the Permanent Mission of Iran to UN, Eshagh Al Habib, made the remarks at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Afghanistan. The […]

TEHRAN — Miqan wetland fire was successfully extinguished after 16 hours. The wetland which is home to many migratory birds and plant species, was set on fire early on Friday. Located in the central province of Markazi, the wetland burnt in fire to the extent that it has compromised province’s air quality, Department of Environment […]

TEHRAN — The earthquakes across Iran over the past 40 days, particularly the most recent one in the capital Tehran, have fueled widespread, well-founded fear amongst people alike. The magnitude 5.2 earthquake which hit the provinces of Tehran and Alborz on Wednesday night left 2 dead and some 115 injured all due to the fear […]

The American nation has been dishonored by Donald Trump’s words and deeds, a top Iranian cleric said, noting that the US president has brought discredit to his people by justifying his policies. US President Donald Trump has degraded America and has embarrassed his nation to justify his behavior, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said in an […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, on Friday condemned Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their wary on Yemen, saying the two countries have failed to achieve their goals in Yemen despite U.S. support. “Riyadh and Abu Dhabi’s three-year military aggression against Yemen […]

Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, has said that Iran has the right to strike back if the U.S. is not going to suspend the sanctions. In an interview with Xinhua published on Thursday, he said, “We are committed to our obligations and we are going to fulfill all our responsibilities.” […]

TEHRAN – Isa Kalantari, chief of the Department of Environment, said on Wednesday that “tough decisions” should be taken to counter air pollution in the country, especially in big cities. “The reality is that we must adopt tough decisions even though they may cause discontent among people,” he noted. Talking to reporters after a cabinet […]

TEHRAN — After a week of suffering from suffocating air pollution people in the metropolis of Tehran can finally breathe clean air on the first day of winter.  Temporary and ineffective solutions such as shutting down the school didn’t change the pollutant levels for a week in Tehran and the wind and rain eventually came […]

Iran’s foreign minister praised the international community’s rejection of the US president’s decision to recognize al-Quds as the capital of Israel after a resounding majority of UN member states defied threats by the US to declare Trump’s plan “null and void”. In a tweet on Thursday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed the […]

At the 10th UNGA emergency special session on Palestinian issue, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khosroo said the US government always shields the Israeli regime by abusing its veto power in violation of the United Nations Charter. At the UN General Assembly for the vote on resolution denouncing Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem al-Quds as […]