A political analyst has rejected the idea that Iran is an enemy of all Saudis and by extension all Sunnis. “This long held belief that Iran is an enemy of all Saudis and by extension, all Sunnis is a lie,” Catherine Shakdam, researcher at al-Bayan Centre for Planning and Studies, tells the Tehran Times. Shakdam […]

The Supreme Council of Economic Coordination convened on Saturday in a session that was chaired by President Hassan Rouhani and discussed next year’s budget with special attention to people’s needs, especially those of the lower-income classes. According to the official webiste of Iranian Presidency, at the session that was held with heads of the other […]

Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi said that cooperation between Iran’s Army and IRGC foils the plots of enemies and ensures the security of the region. He made the remarks on Saturday in the southern city of Bandar Abbas in a ceremony held for the joining of Sahand Destroyer to Iran’s naval […]

 A new generation of Moudge-class destroyer, ‘Sahand’, with twice the defensive and offensive power of Jamaran destroyer, has joined Iran’s naval fleet in the Persian Gulf on Saturday. At the order of Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, ‘Sahand’ destroyer, a next-gen Moudge-class, has joined Iran’s naval fleet in the Persian Gulf […]

 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it is necessary to do everything possible to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in force. “In order to prevent a new wave of tension around the Iranian nuclear program, everything possible should be done to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in force,” the Russian […]

In her recent remarks, the U.S. defeated candidate in the 2016 presidential elections pointed to the current challenges in Europe and tried to take a stance accordingly! Hillary Clinton, who spoke briefly of her possible presence in the 2020 presidential elections before, warned against the raise of nationalism in Europe, while praising Angela Merkel’s policies […]

 Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Friday that the Asian countries should take step to establish fiscal pacts and expand banking cooperation. “Now that the U.S. is imposing sanctions on various countries, many countries have considered finding other ways and they are studying fiscal pacts among Asian countries to reach a new criteria,” he […]

Co-hosted by the Afghan government and the United Nations, the conference on Afghanistan in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 27-28 was attended by delegations from 61 countries and 35 international organizations and representatives of civil society. The conference was crucial in measuring results against the $15.2 billion committed by the international community for Afghanistan in the […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the international consensus that there is no military solution to the problems Afghanistan is facing, reiterating the need for national reconciliation and political resolution of the conflicts there. The top Iranian diplomat on Wednesday delivered a speech to the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, held in Switzerland and organized […]

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his Belgian counterpart Bruno van der Pluijm held negotiations on Tehran-Brussels bilateral ties and international issues. In the meeting, held in the Belgian capital on Wednesday, van der Pluijm underlined the commitment of his country and other European states to defending the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying the […]