TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called on Japanese companies to invest in Iran as he wrapped up his two-day state visit to Japan. Before leaving for Tehran, Rouhani held a meeting at a Tokyo hotel with Japanese business leaders, during which he criticized US sanctions and expressed hope for strengthening long-standing […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi described recent talks between Tehran and Tokyo as “heavy and intensive” and said the consultations will continue.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi described recent talks between Iran and Japan as “heavy and intensive” and said the discussion will continue. In remarks on Saturday, Araqchi said pointed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent trip to Japan and said the two Iran and Japan marked […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has summoned his government ministers to hold a meeting and discuss the security situation in the country following citizenship law protests. Government sources said Modi met his council of ministers in the capital, New Delhi, on Saturday to discuss security measures to end violent and contentious […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Cuba government says it is ready to cut political ties with the US as they want it to be cut with Havana. “There are powerful people today in the US government that want to increasingly apply hostile measures and sever our bilateral relationship,” Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, the Cuban Foreign […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The special court formed to hear a high treason case against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday sentenced him to death for suspending the Constitution on November 03, 2007. Besides Pervez Musharraf, the Islamabad government had sought to include former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, former law minister Zahid Hamid […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A Lebanese TV network has published what is reported to be a draft of US President Donald Trump’s controversial deal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which envisages the establishment of a “New Palestine,” with occupied Jerusalem al-Quds remaining under mostly Israeli control and Saudi Arabia replacing Jordan as custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The United Arab Emirates lobby is pushing the US Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to documents reviewed by Anadolu news agency on Monday. An email from Charles Johnson, a partner with the UAE-hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lobby group, that was sent the week after the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The illegal American sanctions that have adversely affected Iran’s interaction with other countries would not last long, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday before embarking on a tour of East Asia. Speaking to reporters before leaving Tehran for Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, Rouhani said pursuing the policy of “pivot to the East […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesman for the Guardian Council said on Sunday that reviewing and amending the constitution is possible provided that the constitution itself, including its Article 59 of the constitution, could not help the country get rid of a probable problem. Article 59 states: In considering vital economic, political, social, and cultural […]