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Put up with earthquakes and do the spadework 23 Dec 2017

Put up with earthquakes and do the spadework

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 […]

US Embarrassed by Trump: Iranian Cleric 23 Dec 2017

US Embarrassed by Trump: Iranian Cleric

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 […]

KSA, UAE have failed in Yemen: advisor 23 Dec 2017

KSA, UAE have failed in Yemen: advisor

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 […]

Iran says has right to strike back if U.S. fails to lift sanctions 23 Dec 2017

Iran says has right to strike back if U.S. fails to lift sanctions

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.” […]

Environment chief says ‘tough decisions” needed to tackle air pollution 23 Dec 2017

Environment chief says ‘tough decisions” needed to tackle air pollution

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 […]

Wind, rain come to Tehraners’ rescue, but air pollution is in the offing 23 Dec 2017

Wind, rain come to Tehraners’ rescue, but air pollution is in the offing

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 […]

22 Dec 2017

Iran Hails Global “No” to US Intimidation as UNGA Rejects Trump’s Quds Plan

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 […]

US always shielding Israeli regime 22 Dec 2017

US always shielding Israeli regime

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 […]

Palestine to remain top priority for Muslim world 22 Dec 2017

Palestine to remain top priority for Muslim world

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 […]

No Security Issues in Iran’s Quake-Hit Provinces: Interior Minister 21 Dec 2017

No Security Issues in Iran’s Quake-Hit Provinces: Interior Minister

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 […]