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, […]

A senior official of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced that the country will not alter its supportive policies towards Iran after implementation of the US sanctions on November 4. “JICA always supports development of mutual cooperation in the private sector and it will use its utmost efforts to return the Japanese companies to the […]

 In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron said: “It is incorrect to state that Saudi Arabia is important economically to France in any area. With Saudi Arabia and the UAE, we have a cooperative relationship based on the whole truth and clarity, but it’s a strategic tie. The fight […]

Ambassadors from seven countries separately handed over their credentials to President Hassan Rouhani and held talks with him. During his meeting with Japanese Ambassador Mitsugu Saito, Rouhani said that investment by the two countries’ private sector is essential to strengthen economic ties. Rouhani noted that Iran and Japan share common views on many issues. For […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh highlighted Iran’s latest achievements in producing long-range missiles, saying that the IRGC forces are equipped with anti-ship ballistic missiles with a range of 700 kilometers. Addressing a meeting with high-ranking political and military officials in Tehran on Tuesday, […]

 Iran’s UN envoy Es’hagh Al Habib said Mon. that the core problem of nuclear disarmament is unilateralism, in particular the unilateral nuclear actions and policies of the United States. At the Monday debate session of UN General Assembly’s First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), delegates voiced concerns at the possible breakdown of the Iran nuclear deal […]

 Former European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has voiced concerns about the U.S. unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA, and its consequences for other diplomatic talks and joint collaborations in the future. Ashton made the remarks in an interview with the Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Karin von Hippel published on Friday. […]

 Forces from the Intelligence Ministry have managed to disband several groups involved in smuggling various kinds of fuels, the ministry announced on Monday. In a statement, the Ministry stated its forces in the southern province of Fars have identified several fuel-smuggling groups and arrested six members of them. The smugglers usually hid fuels through increasing […]