Iran’s Basij Commander Brigadier General Gholam-Hossein Gheibparvar, described Mirjaveh terrorist incident an indication of terrorists’ humiliation in confronting the facts of front of right. “What happened in Mirjaveh was not the victory of the terrorists, but their humiliation in the face of truths on the front of right,” he noted in a post on Saturday. […]

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday that the EU’s Asian partners seek to keep the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “I have to say that our partners from Asia have always shown a lot of interest in working to keep the full implementation of the […]

 Saudi Arabia admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul, saying he died in brawl but made no mention of where his body is. Kingdom sacked intelligence official and arrested 18 Saudis saying missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a ‘fist fight’. “Discussions that took place between him and […]

Nikki Haley has resigned as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and will leave her post in January. Since Trump’s first weeks in office, the White House has been plagued with high-profile departures of people who are fired or resign, often after being stung by scandal or caught up in some controversy: National Security […]

 Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami has criticized the notion of joining the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), comparing it with going to the gallows. “The FATF’s executive secretary has said there’s no guarantee Iran would be removed from its blacklist,” Khatami told worshippers in Tehran on Friday, asking, “Now that there’s no guarantee, […]

 Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad, in a tweet on Wed., reacted to the distortion of his speech by the BBC, saying Iran never entered a proxy war with Saudi Arabia. “There is nothing more despicable than what BBC Persian language news channel that claims to be professional, did distorting the words of Iranian ambassador […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received more than a thousand young elites and top scientific talents on Wednesday. Some of Iranian leading elites, including heads of knowledge-based companies, highly educated Iranians who have returned to the country, top performers of Olympiads, scientific festivals and examinations, best university researchers, brilliant talents, and top scoring students in […]

 President Hassan Rouhani on Monday hosted a meeting with 26 economic experts and economics professors to discuss the economic problems and ways to resolve them. The meeting lasted 3 hours. Rouhani said practical solutions should be proposed to resolve the problems, the Iran newspaper reported. It was decided that a number of committees consisting of […]

Chairman of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said the opening of a European Union office in Tehran is dependent on the European countries’ economic package and its practical effect on protecting Iran’s benefits from the 2015 nuclear pact, which the U.S. ditched on May 8. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh further voiced hopes […]

 Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, said on Tuesday that the look on U.S. President Trump’s face will be “priceless” after the new and “hopeless” U.S. sanctions on Iran go into effect on November 4. The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its path of progress, improving people’s livelihood, […]