TEHRAN (Iran News) – Laying the concrete foundations of the second unit of Bushehr nuclear power plant kicked off in the presence of the president of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, some Iranian officials and the Russian contractor on Sunday. As reported, the President of ASE Group of Companies of the Russian Federation’s power equipment and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Border Police commander said Tehran and Islamabad have coordinated efforts to enhance Iran-Pakistan border security, unveiling plans for closer interaction with Pakistan’s coast guard. Speaking to reporters during a visit to the border areas of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan province on Saturday, Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei said the Iranian and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will depart for Iran-Kazakhstan bilateral talks on Monday, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi. Mousavi made the announcement during a press conference on Sunday, adding that FM Zarif is due in Kazakhstan for a two-day visit starting Monday, November 11. The Iranian diplomat will […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – European partners to the nuclear deal have shown an inability to guarantee Iran’s interests of JCPOA under the agreement, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said Saturday. Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova made the remarks in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza on Saturday. She maintained that Iran’s exit from the nuclear deal would be an […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had participated at the Economic Cooperation Organization’s foreign ministerial meeting in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Saturday, said in a post on his Twitter page that Iran prioritizes cooperation with neighbors. Zarif hoped that joining ECO will end to an increase in regional […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry slammed the US move to create a coalition in the Persian Gulf as a futile measure that would only aggravate insecurity and instability in the region. In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi reacted to the report of the formation of the US-led Persian Gulf […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US has reacted with fury to Iran barring IAEA inspector who tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitrates. Speaking at a special meeting of the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna on Thursday, Iranian Ambassador Kazem Gharibabadi said a detector for explosive nitrates went off when the inspector […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalavandi announced on Saturday that the Fordow’s enrichment capacity will increase soon. “Fordow’s enrichment capacity will increase gradually in the next few days. After the start of enrichment at the facility, the capacity will reach 9,500 SWU (Separative Work Units) from 8,600 […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Antalya on Saturday, before the 24 edition of Economic Countries Organization (ECO) meeting. As reported, the two FMs discussed mutual ties between Iran and Turkey, regional affairs and Tehran-Ankara cooperation on ECO. The meeting went […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The foreign ministers of Iran, Zarif, and Turkey foreign minister, Cavusoglu, held talks on a range of issues at a meeting in Antalya on Saturday. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu met in Turkey’s coastal city of Antalya on Saturday morning. The other day, Zari […]