Ayatollah Emami Kashani who led this week’s edition of Tehran Friday Prayers said unity of Lebanese tribes in the current circumstances would neutralize Al Saud’s plot to cause turbulences inside the region. Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammed Emami Kashani referred to the earthquake in the western part of Iran saying “regrettably, the bitter […]

TEHRAN – International tourist arrivals in Iran’s southeastern Kerman province rose 30 percent in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2017) from a year earlier. “The half-year foreign visits to the province shows a 30-percent year-on-year growth while the figure indicates a sevenfold increase in comparison to [calendar] year […]

Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo said on Thursday that comments made by Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman are “unveiled threat” against Iran and violation of the UN Charter. Khoshroo’s remarks came in a protest letter to the UN Security Council and to Secretary General António Guterres. Mohammed bin Salman, who is […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in Damascus. Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday. The Iranian diplomat met the Syrian president immediately after arriving in Damascus from Russian capital city […]

Foreign Ministry spokesman says the anti-Iran resolution of UNGA over the situation of human rights lacks credits because of the criminal background of the supportive countries. “The Islamic Republic of Iran denounces the adoption of the resolution on the human rights situation in Iran at the 72nd session of UNGA with the proposition of Canada […]

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 centered in the city of Barda, Azerbaijan Republic, jolted the border areas of Ardabil province. According to the Iranian Seismological Center, the earthquake took place at 23:17, at a depth of 10 km in Azerbaijan. The closest cities in Iran to the center of earthquake are three cities of Ardabil province, […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed foreign powers for upsetting the Middle East’s security by interfering in the region and seeking to maximize the sale of arms. Addressing a cabinet session on Wednesday, President Rouhani criticized certain regional countries for relying on foreign powers, such as the US and Britain, and for their notion […]

GENEVA – More than 157,000 immigrants arrived by sea in Europe from January to the current date and 2,966 died in the attempt, said a report issued today. According to a research carried out by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the total immigrants that arrived in Europe by sea is almost half of that […]

TEHRAN  – Spokesman for the Iranian Administration Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced that the administration has allocated some $267 million to assist thousands of nationals affected by the recent deadly earthquake that hit western Iran. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday, Nobakht said the administration approved to allocate […]

An Iranian deputy foreign minister denounced the Israeli regime as the main obstacle to the establishment of a nuclear weapon free Middle East, saying Tel Aviv, benefiting from US support, ruins efforts to prevent proliferation of atomic weapons. In an address to the conference ‘Regional Security in the West Asia, Emerging Challenges and Trends’, held […]