TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo slammed the US government’s withdrawal from multilateral and international agreements and its move to penalize the UN members abiding by a Security Council resolution that endorses the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Addressing a meeting of the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the 73th Session […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of Iran’s Basij Force Brigadier General Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar denounced the Zionist regime of Israel and the Al Saudi regime as two stooges of the US in carrying out hostile plots against Iran. Addressing a cultural event on Tuesday, General Gheibparvar said the Islamic Republic is fighting a full-fledged war against […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blamed the US for obstructing the sale of Iranian gas to Pakistan and stifling a long-awaited pipeline project between the two neighbors. In a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Saleem Mandviwalla in Turkey’s Antalya on Tuesday, Larijani said certain parties are opposed to […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Police commander said the Law Enforcement would utilize a series of new pilotless aircraft to patrol the borders and ensure the security of pilgrims visiting neighboring Iraq for Arbaeen. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said the 12 drones that the Police have recently received from the Defense […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called on the parliaments of the Eurasian countries to join hands against unilateralism and enhance political and trade ties. The Iranian parliament speaker on Tuesday delivered a speech to the 3rd Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments in the Turkish city of Antalya, held with the […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Tehran would continue efforts to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the multilateral nuclear deal from which the US withdrew in May. In a meeting with Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin in Turkey on Monday, Larijani said Iran will keep trying […]

 Iran will preside the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties of World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2020. The eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) was held on October 1-6 in Switzerland’s Geneva where member parties appointed Iran as the head of COP9, which is […]

In directives to Interior and Health ministries, President Hassan Rouhani called for providing immediate relief and assistance to victims of floods which hit northern provinces of the country in the past two days. Rouhani ordered the two ministers to mobilize all facilities of the neighboring cities for providing immediate relief to people in flood-hit areas […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said he could not give any guarantee that approving the FATF-related bills would solve Iran’s problems, but rejecting the bills would allow US to take more measures against the country. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks at today’s open session of Parliament dedicated to reviewing Iran’s accession to the […]

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 […]