Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that Washington’s traditional allies are siding with Tehran over the nuclear deal. Rouhani made the remarks on Tuesday referring to Trump’s recent razzmatazz concerning the domestic certification of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). US President Donald Trump on October 13 refused to formally certify that Iran was […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has forwarded a message of felicitation to the newly-elected President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, calling for further expansion of ties. In his message forwarded on Tuesday, President Rouhani stressed that Tehran considers no limitation to developing inclusive ties with Bishkek. “I am confident that in your Excellency’s term of […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Uzbek counterpart, Abdulaziz Kamilov, held talks on a range of issues, incusing ways to promote cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas industry. In the meeting held in Tehran on Tuesday, Zarif hailed bilateral relations between the Islamic Republic and Uzbekistan […]

TEHRAN  – A number of Iranian websites came under a cyber-attack on Monday night, Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi confirmed. A group of hackers tried to target a number of Iranian sites last night in a defacement attack, Azari Jahromi said on Tuesday. He added that the attacks were […]

TEHRAN – Vice President Mohammad Nahavandian says that while Iran is committed to the deal for now, the new US policy could cause Tehran to ‘re-think’ its position. “I think Mr. Trump, as a new president, lost the opportunity to start a new constructive initiative towards Iran,” the Iranian official to a CNN live program […]

TEHRAN – Senior MP Boroujerdi called for Iran and Turkey’s swift response in addressing the need for preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity following Kurdistan region’s insistence on separation. Head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi held talks on bilateral and regional issues with Turkish Parliamentary National Defense Committee head Yusuf Beyazıt in […]

TEHRAN– A member of Iran’s Expediency Council said the Kurdish Peshmerga forces’ withdrawal from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk put an end to a dangerous plot hatched against regional security. With the Kurdish forces’ retreat from Kirkuk today, the back of a Barzani’s scheme against the region’s security was broken, Ali Akbar Velayati said […]

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri plans to pay an official visit to neighboring Turkey to meet with senior officials of the country and participate in a conference of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Jahangiri is slated to leave Tehran for Ankara on Thursday to participate in the 9th […]

In the second telephone conversation of Iranian FM Zarif and UK Foreign Secretary Johnson in the past days, the British diplomat reaffirmed Britain’s support for the nuclear accord. British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, reaffirmed UK’s support for the JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action also known as Iran nuclear deal signed between Iran and […]

AEOI’s spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi left Tehran for Moscow on Sunday. Spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi left Tehran on Sunday for Moscow to attend at the seminar under the title of “Review of Iran-Russia 25 years of nuclear cooperation and the horizon ahead.” The Iranian official is also slated to meet […]