Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called upon all parties concerned in the rebuilding of Syria to act in the interests of the Syrian people and out of total respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. Lavrov made his remarks during a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization […]

TEHRAN– Deputy Director General for European affairs of German Foreign federal Office ambassador Peter Ptassek said Germany is very much interested in keeping Nuclear Deal with Iran alive. Receiving a group of international think tankers, researchers and journalist participating in “the Future of the EU” event in German Federal Foreign Office, deputy director general for […]

Europe is set to launch a satellite on Wednesday to keep a close eye on Earth’s oceans, under siege from pollution and damage caused by humans. Dubbed Sentinel-3B, the orbiter will become the seventh to join the multi-billion-euro Copernicus Earth monitoring satellite constellation since April 2014. With its twin Sentinel-3A launched in February 2016, the […]

 The prevailing fear amongst some of the most important EU leaders, mainly from France, Germany and UK, about the day that JCPOA would be rejected by the Trump administration, is driving them to take hysteric reactions; they feel that they have to do something to keep the JCPOA alive, even at the risk of having […]

The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers have held a joint press conference after talks in Beijing, which were dedicated to the situation on the Korean peninsula in the wake of North Korea’s decision to halt nuclear and missile tests, as well as the situation in Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lashed out at the […]

The legendary Italian actor Franco Nero says the golden age of the Italian cinema “will never return” and blames it on television and the damage it has done to people’s film-watching habits. For many Iranians, he is better known as the title character in Django (1966), an Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci, in which […]

 The first batch of terrorists left Eastern Qalamoun on Friday area on 35 buses as per the agreement reached on Friday for having terrorists and their families leave al-Rheibeh, Jairoud, and al-Nasseriyeh and head north. SANA’s correspondent said that 35 buses carrying hundreds of terrorists and their families from al-Rheibeh, Jairoud, and al-Nasseriyeh towns have […]

Head of the Investment and Consultancy Services at Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIM) says Iran can become an ‘investment hub’ for EU countries given its geographical position and large educated work force. According to a report by Monetary and Banking Research Institute in Tehran, Ferial Mostafi, the head of the TCCIM […]

TEHRAN – Havana’s ambassador to Tehran says the Castros are an “indispensable” part of the Cuban history. “I have no doubt about the continuity of the revolutionary project and the defense of our principles of sovereignty, independence and social justice,” said Alexis Bandrich Vega, in an interview with ISNA published on Saturday. Pointing to President […]

TEHRAN – UN Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs Staffan de Mistura made a visit to Tehran on Saturday afternoon for talks with a number of Iranian officials on the Syrian crisis. De Mistura, who traveled to Tehran after his tour of Turkey and Russia, met with Hossein Jaberi-Ansari, Iran’s point man for Arab affairs, discussing […]