Chairman of the Majlis Economic Committee announced on Tuesday that the Economy Ministry plans to establish an anti-sanctions office in a bid to counter the latest U.S. economic sanctions against Iran. Mohammadreza Pourebrahimi said members of the parliamentary committee held a meeting in Tehran earlier in the day, which was attended by Economy Minister Farhad […]

Mohsen Pakaeen, a member of the strategic council of the Islamic World Peace Forum, has said that unity is a source of power in the Islamic world and the key to defeat the enemies of Islam. “Boosting this unity can be effective in countering the West’s soft war against the world of Islam,” he said […]

 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Rome late on Wednesday to attend the annual Mediterranean Dialogues (MED). Zarif, who visited Italy upon an official invitation of the country’s foreign minister, plans to deliver a speech at MED, which is expected to be attended by representatives from 56 countries, the Foreign Ministry said. The foreign minister […]

 The European Union is opposed to the United States’ decision to reimpose oil and financial sanctions against Iran, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday. “The European Union does not approve of it,” Reuters quoted Moscovici as telling franceinfo radio, hours after further US sanctions on Iran came into force. In a Friday joint […]

 Iranian lawmakers on Monday approved the country’s membership to the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC), which was proposed by President Rouhani last May. In today’s open session of the Parliament, lawmakers passed a bill on Iran’s membership to the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC). The bill had been submitted to the Parliament by […]

 In an interview with USA TODAY, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran is willing to hold talks with the US provided that there is a change in the US administration’s approach toward Iran. In a short video uploaded from Zarif’s interview with the visiting USA TODAY correspondent on the American daily website, the Iranian […]

President Hassan Rouhani said that holding of the “National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance” indicates people’s reliance and great willingness towards the Islamic Revolution and its ideals. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Sunday evening, he said that at the time when US hostility towards Iran has intensified and they have illegally withdrawn from […]

 Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Pang Sen on Sunday stressed China’s firm decision to confront new U.S. sanctions against Iran, saying his country will continue cooperation with the Islamic Republic despite U.S. pressure, IRNA reported. “Beijing is opposed to the U.S. unilateral policy and continues cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, considering its responsibility on […]

Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps second-in-command, said on Saturday that the U.S. is on the verge of “political and economic suicide”. “As the Leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] has said, the U.S. power is waning because of its wrong policies and lack of political logic,” Salami said in a televised interview. “The […]

 Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has said reimposing sanctions against Iran by Washington is a “big mistake”, and that the era of U.S. totalitarianism in the world is over. Farrakhan made the remarks in a meeting with Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, in Tehran on Sunday. “Christians say the devil is a […]