Negotiators at an international UN climate change conference in the southern Polish city of Katowice have adopted a final declaration after two weeks of debate. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Twitter: “We have managed to reach an agreement during the COP24 Climate Conference. The ‘Katowice Package’ was… adopted by all UN member states.” […]

Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Sunday that Iran cannot abandon boosting its military capabilities “even for a second” in view of threats against the country. The remarks by the defense minister comes as the United States has created a commotion over a test of mid-range ballistic missile by Iran, claiming that the test contravenes […]

 Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s guidance neutralized US plots which were after destabilizing the region. Brigadier General Hatami made the remarks Sunday in the 4th symposium on Imam Khamenei defensive thought held at Defense Ministry’s Marine Industries Organization headquarters in Tehran. He went on to […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will submit the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year in 1398 (to start March 21, 2019) to the Parliament in coming week. A MP Mehrdad Baouj Lahouti made the above remark and revealed the presence of Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht in the meeting. He further […]

 The European Union is working on organizing a conference that could help solve the crisis among member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC), Romanian foreign minister Teodor-Viorel Meleşcanu said on Saturday. Addressing the annual Doha Forum, Meleşcanu said Romania will take rotating presidency of the Council of the EU from January for the […]

 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Iran’s missiles are for defensive purposes, reiterating that the country’s missile program is “not negotiable”, IRNA reported, citing Al Jazeera. On U.S. claims about Iran’s missile tests, Zarif said, “First, Iran’s missiles are defensive. We need them for deterrence. We use far less for military than anybody else […]

Kazem Jalali, chairman of the Parliament Research Center, said on Saturday that Europe has lost the Iranian nation’s trust owing to the prolonged delay in establishing the special purpose vehicle (SPV), which is aimed to keep trade flowing with Iran. Jalali said, “Unfortunately, we have not heard any particular news regarding the operation and implementation […]

 Russian President Putin’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev traveled to Tehran on Saturday and sat down for talks with Iran’s Syria negotiator, Hossein Jaberi Ansari. These two diplomats preside over Iran and Russia’s delegations in the Astana talks on Syria. The United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with […]

The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that the council will certainly decide on the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) based on national and revolution’s interests. In a Saturday press conference, Rezaei said that the bill has not yet been received by the Expediency Council […]

A host of Basiji students from Iranian universities and seminaries warned the Expediency Council about the dangers and threats of Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). In a letter to the head and members of Expediency Council on Saturday, the students highlighted that joining Palermo and CFT bills is against […]