Chairman of Parliament’s Economic Committee said Tue. that EU’s recently created trade mechanism for Iran (INSTEX) has excluded the transfer of Iran’s oil revenues, adding the mechanism has no timetable or contract bond. Mohammadreza Pourebrahimi, Chairman of Parliament’s Economic Committee, told Mehr News correspondent on Tuesday that certain reports on the EU’s recently trade mechanism […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that the victory of Islamic Revolution in 1979 carried an important message to all dictators of the region. “The Iranian nation gained a historic victory on February 11, 1979, against the [Pahlavi] Dictatorial regime and, with the guidance of Imam Khomeini, replaced it with religious democracy; this major movement […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry, in response to European Union’s statement on new financial channel to support trade between Iran and Europe, emphasized the constructive interaction based on mutual interests and respect. The experience of the talks and cooperation between Iran and the European Union over the years, especially over the past three years, has shown that […]

 Afghanistan’s politicians are on the warpath with government over peace talks with the Taliban, a situation that threatens to disrupt the fragile political environment in the run up to general elections in July. After refusing to hold talks with Afghan officials for very long, the insurgent group has finally agreed to talk to Afghan politicians, […]

Foreign minister Zarif says that Iran will not wait for the implementation of EU’s non-dollar channel as it has continued its trade relations so far. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks after attending a meeting of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission along […]

The spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces said that Iran seeks nobody’s permission to boost its defense capability. “The Islamic Republic of Iran manufactures any required equipment to defend the country and will not ask for anybody’s permission in this regard,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi told IRNA on Sunday. He went on to say that […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi expressed deep regret over a terrorist attack on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Iraqi city of Balad, which killed and wounded a number of them. In a Monday statement, Ghasemi strongly condemned the brutal and inhumane attack, saying that the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the country’s embassy […]

 The Iranian Judiciary Chief Amoli Larijani said 50,000 convicts will receive pardons from Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani, the Iranian Judiciary Chief, was quoted by Fars as saying at a meeting with the country’s senior judicial authorities on Monday that 50,000 convicts will […]

“Europe has no right to set conditions for implementing the new financial channel,” Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday. Commenting on INSTEX a payment channel launched by the three EU signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (France, Germany and Britain) last week to help continue […]

The Iranian Parliament approved Saeed Namaki as the new Health Minister of the country in today’s vote of confidence session. The session was held with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in attendance who defended the proposed minister and also talked about Iran’s achievements in the health sector. At the end of the session, lawmakers approved Saeed […]