A gathering of parliament speakers of Islamic countries will be held here in the Iranian capital next month, a special aide to Iran’s parliament speaker said. It is slated for January 13-17, Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Monday on the sidelines of an extraordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUOICM) on Palestine. […]

The mayor of Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city, has been abducted and killed shortly after returning from a foreign trip. Mohamad Eshtewi’s body was found dumped in the street, security sources said on Monday. He had been kidnapped by unknown assailants upon leaving the airport in the western coastal city late Sunday. The mayor was returning […]

US President Donald Trump says he will not fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, although some in his team are “very upset” about the counsel’s decision to obtain thousands of their emails as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged collusion with Russia. It was reported on Saturday that Mueller obtained “many tens of thousands” […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Islamic Republic has turned into a “key player” both in the region and around the world thanks to the Iranian nation’s continued support for the establishment. The Iranian people’s resistance against enemies and their support for the Islamic Establishment in the past four decades have turned the […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Defense Minister Hatami said Mon. that the ministry’s technical department plans to file a complaint with UN over Haley’s missile-related claim and ask for a part of the missile for further inspection. Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Amir Hatami said on Monday that the ministry is probing into the claim made by US […]

TEHRAN – A senior official at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, while referring to Canada’s desire to resume diplomatic relations with Iran, said remaining technical issues need to be resolved by the Canadian side. Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh, the General Director of American Affairs Department in Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made the remarks while speaking to reporters […]

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned recent Saudi airstrikes on residential areas across Yemen that killed dozens of civilians on Sunday. In a statement on Sunday, Bahram Qassemi denounced the Saudi strikes against a wedding ceremony in the central province of Ma’arib as well as residential areas and shopping malls in different cities in Yemen. Expressing […]

The United States is set to spend about $214 million on upgrading military air bases in Eastern Europe, Norway and Iceland. The US is planning to spend approximately $214 million on upgrading and building military structures and installations on its air bases in Eastern Europe, Norway and Iceland as part of a deterrence initiative against […]

Metropolises in Iran are grappling with air pollution. Sometimes air pollution in Tehran with about 10 million population reaches a dangerous toxic level.   There are many reasons for air pollution. Petrol-powered cars, especially those produced by local companies, are the main culprit. Motorcycles also act like an open wound in this flawed chain of pollution […]

Iranian Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli told the media that after the stabilization of situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran will open the border gates to the region in the next couple of days. “Today we had a good meeting with the members of the Iran’s Chamber of Commerce and we discussed economic, financial, and banking issues,” […]