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 […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on Thursday that the Palestine will remain the key issue of the Muslim world forever. In a statement on Thursday, Ghasemi lashed out at Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, for calling al-Quds a “side issue”, saying the Bahraini foreign minister makes such remarks to please the […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli made assurances that provinces that were affected by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake last night are enjoying full security and that governmental organizations are on full alert in the provinces. Since the earthquake happened, all officials and the law enforcement forces as well as social services and relief […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy FM Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Syrian envoy to UN, Bashar al-Jaafari held talks on the Syrian settlement in the framework of Astana 8 meeting in Kazakhstan. Syrian Arab Republic delegation, headed by Bashar al-Jaafari, held a meeting in Astana on Thursday with Iranian delegation, headed by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for […]

TEHRAN– Ali Akbar Velayati called the US president’s move in recognizing Jerusalem Al-Quds as Zionist Israel’s capital ‘Balfour 2,’ saying Iran has not given any missiles to Yemen. Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior Adviser to Iran’s Leader in International Affairs and a member of the Expediency Council, told Iran’s Arabic News Channel Al-Alam that US […]

TEHRAN– Head of President’s Office Mahmoud Vaezi said in Baku on Thursday that Trump’s decision to recognize Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli regime’s capital and the US veto in recent UNSC meeting indicate American anti-Islamic, anti-Palestine policies. Mahmoud Vaezi,  Head of President’s Office,  at his speech at the ‘2017-year of Islamic Solidarity Year: Interfaith and Intercultural […]

TEHRAN – The 26th National Conference on Prayer has opened in southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Thu. with a message issued by Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei. The one-day conference is gathering a considerable number of senior officials and Shia and Sunni scholars together in Bandar Abbas, a port city on the […]