The Iranian parliament on Sunday voted in favor of CFT, a legislation to combat financing of terrorism. The debate on the CFT kicked off on Sunday morning with 268 lawmakers present in the parliament. A total of 143 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill while 120 voted against it. Five MPs also abstained. The […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has warned the Zionist regime of Israel against anti-Iran “thoughtless” and “rude” statements. “We warn these narcissistic racists who has no wisdom and politeness about the consequences of the thoughtless things they say about the Iranian nation,” Qassemi told Al-Alam News Network. During a meeting with German Chancellor Angela […]

Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Hossein Zolfaghari, held talks with Afghanistan’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriations Hussain Alami Balkhi on the sidelines of the 69th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme. During the meeting, Zolfaghari stressed that the Iranian government would spare no effort in facilitating the return of Afghan refugees to their homeland. […]

Tehran has dismissed allegations raised by the NATO Secretary General against Iran’s missile program and regional policies, saying that Jens Stoltenberg had better be concerned about the unilateral and dangerous policies of the U.S. Speaking ahead of the Tuesday meeting by NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Stoltenberg voiced concerns about what he described as Iran’s […]

 In an interview with Al Jazeera published on Friday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, “We’re not actually eager to meet with [U.S. President Donald Trump] because the United States is not a reliable negotiating partner.” Asked about the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Zarif said, “The nuclear deal is […]

 Iran’s ambassador to Britain on Thursday scoffed at Washington’s “rash withdrawal” from a 63-year-old friendship treaty with Iran following a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in favor of Tehran, saying the move proved the arrogant nature of the U.S. “The arrogant nature of the U.S. could not tolerate that Iran, too, can […]

 Alireza Jahangiri, the Iranian ambassador to The Hague, has said the ruling by the International Court of Justice to ease sanctions on Tehran was a “victory for Iran”. On Wednesday, the Hague-based UN’s top court ordered the United States to ease some sanctions against Iran, including those related to the supply of humanitarian goods and […]

 Addressing Basij volunteer forces on Thu., Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei asserted that US sanctions are “more fragile than” Iran’s economy, emphasizing that the Iranian nation will “slap the US in the face” by defeating those bans​​​​. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks during a speech to a large gathering of Iran’s Basij volunteer […]

International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim order to the United States on Wednesday to lift its sanctions against Iran linked to civil aviation, humanitarian goods, and medicines. Judges at the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, have handed victory to Tehran over a case against US which states […]

 Behrouz Nemati, spokesman for the parliament presiding board, said on Tuesday that a number of individuals have been arrested and handed to the courts over the deadly terrorist attack on a military parade southwestern city of Ahvaz. Nemati said some reports were presented to the parliament by some security officials at the closed session of […]