TEHRAN – Iran plans to decrease its dependence to Google company products including Android mobile operating system, the Islamic Republic’s ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said. “South Korea has reduced its dependence on Google and Android; this is also on our agenda,” Azari Jahromi told to an Iranian state TV channel. Azari Jahromi’s comments […]

TEHRAN – Iran has called for the establishment of a forum comprising women from Muslim countries who have secured achievements in the field of technology. The head of the Iranian delegation to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit on Science and Technology held in the Kazakh capital, Astana, has proposed that Muslim countries set […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States’ belligerent rhetoric on a multilateral deal with Iran has impacted other countries’ faith in potentially negotiating with Washington. In an interview with the Iranian Borna News, which was published on Sunday, Foreign Minister Zarif referred to the “very dangerous” tensions between the U.S. […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani stressed the need for efforts to promote bilateral relations between Tehran and Islamabad in all areas in line with the interests of the two neighbors. Speaking at a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif in Tehran yesterday, President Rouhani hailed the growing collaborations between Iran and Pakistan and […]

TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Mojtaba Khosrotaj said the Islamic Republic is prepared to establish preferential tariffs and free trade with some regional countries, particularly Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Oman. Speaking at a meeting of a working group on the development of non-oil exports of the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, […]

TEHRAN – Mehdi Chamran, the former chairman of Tehran City Council, has voiced regret over turning down an offer to serve as the country’s vice president during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tenure. In an interview with Etemad newspaper published on Sunday, Chamran said Ahmadinejad had offered him to serve as vice president but he declined. He also […]

TEHRAN – Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan praised the country’s progress in various areas of teh defense industry and said the Armed Forces have “remarkable” capabilities to perform cyber offense and defense. “With the help of the country’s young scientists and knowledge-based companies, we have great capabilities in the […]

TEHRAN – Iran has received nearly two snap nuclear inspections a month and almost double the overall number of visits it had just five years ago. International Atomic Energy Agency monitors conducted 402 site visits and 25 snap inspections in the first 12 months since the deal was enacted in early 2016, according to data […]

TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif as head of a high-ranking delegation has held talks Monday on bilateral and regional issues with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif arrived in Tehran Monday morning for a one-day visit to confer with his counterpart Zarif, President Hassan Rouhani and VP for […]

TEHRAN – Deputy Iranian agriculture minister, at a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, underlined the need to resolve banking issues, expand bilateral trade and boost investment in agriculture sector. Deputy Minister of Agricultural for Commercial and Agricultural Industries Ali Akbar Mehrfard made the remarks at a meeting with a visiting Brazilian delegation headed by, Eumar […]