A senior Parliament Member said Sun. that the Expediency Council will give the final say on the two FATF-related bills on combating money laundering and Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said returning the amendment bill on […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi denied any knowledge of conditions set by Europe for launching a special mechanism to allow Iran to trade with European countries, despite US sanctions. In an interview on Sunday, Bahram Ghasemi expressed regret that Europe’s proposed Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has not become operational due to “limitless American” pressure […]

 Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets on Sunday to mark the anniversary of mass rallies staged on December 30, 2009, to guard the principles of the Islamic Revolution and reinforce their solidarity with the system. On that day in 2009, known as the “Dey 9” in the Persian calendar, people took to […]

 Besides the security developments in Syria that have always made headlines and the Zionist’s attacks on Syria, these days Damascus has become a hangout place for states that have not achieved much in the past few years of war against Syria. As President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from Syria and Turkey affirmed a […]

 In a decree issues on Sunday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani as chairman of the Expediency Council and a member of the Guardian Council’s jurists. Larijani replaces Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi who passed away at the age of 70 on December 24. Ayatollah Amoli Larijani […]

 Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud said all doors of Syria’s economic sections are open to Iranian firms. He made the remarks at a meeting of Iranian business people with Syrian officials, including Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammad Samer al-Khalil, which was held at Iran’s Chamber of Commerce on Sunday. Syrian President Bashar […]

Russia’s Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia highlighted that no one has presented any fact about Iran’s ‘so-called’ violation of UN Security Council 2231. “On my part, I would like to stress that so far no one has presented to the Security Council any significant facts of the so-called Iranian violations. Therefore, we see no […]

 An American author and former diplomat has highlighted reasons behind President Donald Trump’s recent decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, saying Trump “could see no way of overcoming Iranian and Russian aid” to the Damascus government. “Naturally, President Trump could see no way of overcoming Iranian and Russian aid; that help obviously proved […]

As we get ready to bid adieu to 2018, an eventful year marked by trials, tribulations and triumphs, it is time to look back at some of the major developments that shaped the year. As yet another year goes by, it is time to reflect and see whether the world is getting better or worse. […]

Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps second-in-command, said on Saturday that the U.S. policies and strategies in the Middle East region have ended in failure. “The U.S. spent a lot and at the end left Syria. The U.S. signed the JCPOA [the 2015 nuclear deal] and then pulled out of it. The […]