Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that Iran relies on its people to for “security” and “progress” and this is a great achievement. “Today, it is a great honor for us that no one can say if we were not supported, you would speak Arabic, Russian or English. Our youths who did not […]

Iraq’s foreign minister said that his country is “not obliged” to abide by sanctions imposed by the US against Iran and would be pursuing options to continue bilateral trade. On December 20, the US granted Baghdad a 90-day extension to a waiver on abiding by the sanctions that were re-imposed on the Islamic Republic in […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accepted resignation of Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi. Ghazizadeh Hashemi handed in his resignation to the president in late December. Rouhani on Thursday accepted it and appointed Saeed Namaki as the caretaker minister. The president also appreciated Ghazizadeh Hashemi’s efforts over the past six years as health […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to visit India and neighboring Iraq in coming days. Heading a large economic delegation, Zarif is slated to travel to India at the official invitation of South Asian country’s officials. The top diplomat said representatives of Iran’s private sector would have an active presence in the trip. After […]

 Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani highlighted the need for supporting the Palestinian resistance as necessary for foiling enemy plots hatched against Palestine. Supporting resistance is the only way to counter enemies, Larijani said in a meeting with the secretary general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement, Ziad al-Nakhala, and his accompanying delegation, in the […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said some 2,000 American citizens traveled to the Islamic Republic in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (which began on March 21, 2018). “In the first nine months of this year (March to December), a total of 1,879 American tourists traveled to Iran, including cultural […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that Islamic Republic of Iran always supports inalienable rights of Palestinian people and resistance movement. He made the above remark in his meeting with the Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Resistance Movement Ziad al-Nakhala in Tehran on Wed. and said, “supporting cause of Palestine will affect the […]

President Hassan Rouhani described economic activities in Iran promising and positive despite the enemies’ pressures, adding, “Americans won’t ever achieve their goal of halting Iran’s oil exports.” Speaking during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning, Rouhani said, “the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue to export oil despite US sanctions.” “In the past 9 months, Iran’s trade balance […]

 President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Armenian-Iranians have practiced altruism and devoted their lives to the country which is really praiseworthy. “Our Armenian fellow countrymen have practiced altruism along with Muslims, and today they are ready for altruism and this is very praiseworthy,” Rouhani said as he visited the family of an Iranian Armenian […]

 Former senior lawmaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar said on Tuesday that a strong coalition is being formed within the principlist camp for the 2020 parliamentary elections. “Although there are disagreements within the principlist camp, a strong coalition must be formed, which is actually happening,” Fars quoted Bahonar as saying. “Anyone who wants to work independently is […]