Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei led mass prayers for the body of the deceased Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, in Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, on Wednesday morning. The funeral procession of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi started at 8 am (Local Time) in Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on Tuesday. The procession was attended by huge crowd […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey’s leader.  Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Ibrahim Kalin said Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date has not […]

President Hassan Rouhani presented the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398, which starts on March 21, 2019, to the Majlis on Tuesday, ISNA reported. The proposed bill amounts to 17.03 quadrillion rials (about $405 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials). Supplying basic goods, treatment and […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that increasing bilateral cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan in different fields is of special importance for Tehran. He made the remarks in a Tuesday meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic Ogtay Asadov in Tehran. Rouhani referred to the friendly, brotherly relations between the Islamic Republic […]

 Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army said that US naval fleets in the Persian Gulf are under constant watch. Iran monitors every ship that enters the region from the Indian Ocean and keeps watch on all their movements, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told IRNA on Tuesday. “We will not let any movement [of enemies] in […]

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Romanian Ambassador to Iran Adrian Kozjacski conferred on the latest developments regarding the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) During the meeting, Araghchi welcomed Europe’s stance toward JCPOA, however saying that merely, adopting a political stance to support […]

 A delegation from the Russian Defense Ministry has arrived in Iran for a session of the bilateral group for military cooperation, the Russian ministry press service said on Monday. “On December 24, a delegation of the Russian Defense Ministry led by the deputy chief of the Russian Army General Staff, Vice-Admiral Igor Osipov, arrived in […]

Foreign Ministry Spokesman has stressed that FM Zarif’s response to a French magazine about Israel’s annihilation is exactly in line with Iran’s policies set according to the Leader’s and Imam Khomeini’s stance. Bahram Ghasemi on Monday censured some media outlets for twisting the foreign minister’s remarks about Israel, stressing that Zarif’s response to a “trick […]

 Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the government prioritizes planning to restore economic stability. “Under the current situation, the government prioritizes planning to reduce pressure that comes from sanctions and restore economic stability to the country,” he said during a meeting of the Supreme Council of Employment. He added, “After re-imposition of sanctions […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Budget Bill for the next Iranian calendar year in 1398 (to start March 21, 2019) is drafted considering the unjust sanctions of the United States against the Iranian nation. He made the remarks Monday at the open session of the Iranian Parliament while submitting the next year’s budget […]