Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi expressed condolences on the demise anniversary of the ancient Iranian Prophet Zoroaster. In a message on Wednesday, Qassemi offered condolences to Zoroastrians. “I send my condolences to the kind Zoroastrians in Iran and the Parsis (members of the Zoroastrian community) in other countries on the death anniversary of Zoroaster,” […]

 Head of Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said next year’s oil revenues (starting Mar. 21) are predicted to drop by 28%, amounting to $21 billion. Head of Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht made the remarks Tuesday after President Rouhani submitted the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year in 1398 (starting on […]

 Iranian Leader’s envoy Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul this morning for a one-day state visit. Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, accompanied by a number of high-ranking security, military and political officials, is in Kabul at the invitation of National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Hamdullah Mohib. […]

President Hassan Rouhani sent a message of condolences over the bush crash in Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch that left a number of students dead and injured, calling on the related authorities to look into the causes of the accident closely to stop such accidents from happening again. “I hereby pray to the […]

 Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei led mass prayers for the body of the deceased Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, in Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, on Wednesday morning. The funeral procession of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi started at 8 am (Local Time) in Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on Tuesday. The procession was attended by huge crowd […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey’s leader.  Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Ibrahim Kalin said Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date has not […]

President Hassan Rouhani presented the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398, which starts on March 21, 2019, to the Majlis on Tuesday, ISNA reported. The proposed bill amounts to 17.03 quadrillion rials (about $405 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials). Supplying basic goods, treatment and […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that increasing bilateral cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan in different fields is of special importance for Tehran. He made the remarks in a Tuesday meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic Ogtay Asadov in Tehran. Rouhani referred to the friendly, brotherly relations between the Islamic Republic […]

 Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army said that US naval fleets in the Persian Gulf are under constant watch. Iran monitors every ship that enters the region from the Indian Ocean and keeps watch on all their movements, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told IRNA on Tuesday. “We will not let any movement [of enemies] in […]

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Romanian Ambassador to Iran Adrian Kozjacski conferred on the latest developments regarding the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) During the meeting, Araghchi welcomed Europe’s stance toward JCPOA, however saying that merely, adopting a political stance to support […]