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 […]

TEHRAN – Russia’s special envoy on Syria will meet with the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani on Monday. Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs, who is in Iran to meet with Iranian officials to discuss Syrian crises, is scheduled to meet with Ali Shamkhani on Monday evening. The […]

TEHRAN – AEOI’s spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said Sun. that cooperation with the Chinese side on the reconstruction of Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor has been progressing according to schedule. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of visiting Arak nuclear facilities on Sunday, Spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi maintained that the progress […]

TEHRAN – Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes the US ability to project hard and soft power is seriously constrained by its diplomatic illiteracy and lack of political culture, especially under the disastrous Trump presidency. Any period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought […]