TEHRAN – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said on Sunday that Iraq’s successive victories against terrorists have astonished the world. “Iraqi successive victories surprised the world and robbed the opportunity from the enemies of Iraq and its people,” Hashemi Shahroudi said in a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in […]

 Issuing declaration, BRICS leaders supported world powers’ nuclear deal with Iran. While the US administration is looking for an excuse to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), BRICS leaders unveiled the Xiamen Declaration on Monday and supported the nuclear deal (JCPOA). According to Financial Express, the Xiamen Declaration of BRICS stated, “we […]

The construction of the redesigned Arak heavy water reactor will commence in early 2019, announced a member of an expert team working on the project. Under a deal with major powers in 2015, Iran agreed to subject its nuclear program to temporary curbs in return for relief from international sanctions. The deal committed Iran, among […]

TEHRAN  – A senior Iranian lawmaker denounced the US call for inspection of Iran’s military sites, stressing that the Islamic Republic will never allow foreign sides to inspect its military centers. There is no connection between the country’s military centers and its nuclear activities, Spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission […]

TEHRAN  – Top officials from Iran and South Africa called for plans to facilitate banking interaction between the two countries. In a meeting in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and South Africa’s Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete discussed ways to enhance the relations between the two countries. Describing South Africa as a […]

TEHRAN  – Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounced the US aerial siege on several buses carrying women and children in Syria, describing the move as part of attempts to undermine Lebanon’s victories against the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri terrorist group. “The US siege on women and children is an illogical move given a history of cooperation between Washington […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s new Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami emphasized that his ministry will use all its capacities to continue boosting the country’s defensive capabilities and address the Armed Forces’ needs. The defense ministry will make every effort to keep upgrading the defensive capabilities of all units of the Armed Forces, the IRGC in […]

TEHRAN– Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, while warning against a 20-year war in the event of regional disintegration, called on Iraqi Kurdistan leaders to dismiss the referendum plot. Speaking at a press conference with Iraqi media on Sunday evening, Iran’s Rezaei said several countries in the region and the world as well as […]

nst ISIL terrorists. Visiting Ayatollah Hashemi Shahrudi made the remark in a meeting with the Head of the National Iraqi Alliance Ammar Hakim on Sunday, adding, “the fight against ISIL has strengthened religious belief and drawn attention to religious matters in the hearts and minds of people. Iraq is a powerful country; we are grateful of the sacrifices […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari has visited the construction of Iranian designed semi-heavy Fateh submarines in Bandar Abbas naval base on the Persian Gulf. Continuing with his visits of under-the-construction projects of navy factories and achievements in Bandar Abbas naval base on the Persian Gulf, Rear Admiral Sayyari inspected the construction process […]