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 […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian lawmaker stressed the need for practical ways to force the government of Myanmar to stop oppressing the Muslim minorities, proposing that the Middle East nations should halt exporting energy to Myanmar as a punishment. In an interview with Tasnim on Monday, member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, […]

TEHRAN  – Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement’s second-in-command, Sheikh Naim Qassem, praised recent advances achieved by the Syrian army and resistance forces against Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists in Deir ez-Zor and said the liberation of the city amounts to the collapse of Daesh. “The preparations for the political settlement of the Syrian crisis have begun […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani underlined the need for unity and cooperation among Muslim countries as the key to rid the world of violence and reach permanent peace. Rouhani made the remarks in an address to the first Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on science and technology in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on Sunday. […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is scheduled to pay an official visit to the Iranian capital Monday. Heading a politico-economic delegation, Asif will arrive in Tehran on Monday to discuss bilateral ties and regional and international developments, Qassemi said in a statement on Sunday. He […]