TEHRAN (Iran News) – The French government said it would see through planned pension reform but said the new system that has sparked nationwide strikes would be introduced gradually and public concerns would be addressed. Transport systems were paralyzed for a fourth day on Sunday as unions at state railway SNCF and Paris public transport […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ecuador Ambassador to Tehran Alejandro Ortega Almeida and Deputy Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Mohammadreza Karbasi met in Tehran on Sunday and discussed expansion of trade ties. According to the ICCIMA portal, the two sides stressed the good political relations between the two countries and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Soleimani arrived at Tehran Mehrabad airport on Saturday evening after he was released by the US in a prisoner swap, he was welcomed by his family members and Iranian officials upon his arrival. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accompanied the released scientist from Zurich where the swap took place. The Iranian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country’s next budget bill for the coming fiscal year has been designed to counter US sanctions and that it is not much reliant on oil revenues. “Our budget for the next year, like the current year, will be based on resistance against sanctions; the budget’s […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the National Student Day is the symbol of the fight against arrogant powers, colonialism, and dictatorship. “This symbol shows the important role of university and students in knowing the needs and fulfilling them,” he said during a speech at a ceremony held […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that Qatar will not forget Iran’s help following a blockade imposed by some Arab countries on the Persian Gulf country. Addressing the Mediterranean Dialogues Forum in Rome on Friday, the Qatari official said that Doha was committed to good-neighborly relations with […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani received Iranian government’s special envoy Ebrahim Taherian in Kabul on Saturday, where the two sides conferred on mutual relations and peace progress in Afghanistan The Iranian diplomat said that Tehran supports the Afghan-led peace process. He noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran honors the Afghanistan Constitution […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the recent turmoil in Iran and the fact that its economy is pressured, is mainly a result of the illegal sanctions the US imposed on the Islamic Republic after unilaterally withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal. “Problems in Iran are very serious, to […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian university professor, Masoud Soleimani, who was jailed by the US authorities, was delivered to Iranian officials in Switzerland in the early hours of Saturday. In a tweet on the same day, Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote, “Glad that Professor Massoud Soleimani and Mr. Xiyue Wang will be joining their […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee and Deputy Head of Russia’s Rosatom Company Nikolai Spassky in a meeting in Vienna reviewed the latest condition of nuclear cooperation in the field of peaceful activities. During the meeting in the Austrian capital on Friday, Spassky stressed Russia’s all-out support for cooperation with Iran […]