US State Dept Authorizes Sale of $10.5bln Missile Defense System to Poland
TEHRAN – Poland is poised to buy four Patriot air and missile defense systems from the US, worth an estimated $10.5 billion. The NATO ally’s defense minister says the country has been expanding their military to defend against Russia. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the arm of the Pentagon that implements foreign arms sales, announced […]
Velayati warns Macron not to interfere in Iran’s domestic affairs
TEHRAN – Iran’s Leader top Aide Ali Akbar Velayati said in an interview with IRIB, that French president’s interference in Iran’s missile program is not in interest of France and Macron. “It is not in interests of France and the French President Mr. Macron to interfere in issues of sensitivity to Iran, like missiles and […]
Iran, Turkey discuss solutions to Syrian crisis
Iranian Deputy FM Jaberi Ansari held talks Friday with Omid Yalcin, Sedat Önal and other Turkish officials on the crisis in Syria. Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs and senior negotiator on Syria Hossein Jaberi Ansari held talks with his Turkish counterpart Omid Yalcin, the ambassador Sedat Önal and some other Turkish officials on Friday […]

France’s one-sided look at ME puts crisis on hold
Iran FM spokesperson said France takes up a one-sided approach to humanitarian crises and disasters in the Middle East which, willingly or not, will help to actualize potential crises. Bahram Ghasemi, Spokesman of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made the remarks in response to statements made by the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, during […]
Unity of Lebanese tribes thwarts Saudi conspiracies
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 […]
Kerman’s H1 foreign tourist arrivals up 30% y/y
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 calls Saudi prince’s comments ‘unveiled threat’
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 FM meets Syrian President Assad
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 […]

Ghasemi condemns human rights resolution against Iran
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 […]
Magnitude-5.4 earthquake hits Iran’s Ardabil province
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, […]