Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is not resigning, a spokesman for his ministry said on Tuesday. Kasra Nouri, director of the Oil Ministry’s Public Relations, dismissed the rumors circulating in some media that Zanganeh had submitted his resignation, one day after Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced he was resigning. “Mr. Zanganeh will do whatever is […]

Iranian Quds Force’s Commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani said that there has been no intention behind the absence of Foreign Minister Zarif in meetings of Syrian president in Tehran. In reaction to Zarif’s resignation and rumors going around, Soleimani highlighted that Zarif’s absence in meetings of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Iranian president and Leader […]

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran is now stronger than ever after 40 years of plots against it, which have only turned the enemies weaker. On the birth anniversary of Lady Fatima Zahra—Prophet Muhammad’s daughter (p.b.u.t.)—which marks National Women and Mothers’ Day in Iran, a group of religious eulogists […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country’s foreign ministry, oil ministry, and the Central Bank are standing at the front line of the fight against Washington. He made the remarks Tuesday in a meeting with officials of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in Tehran. “Today, Foreign Ministry, CBI and Oil Ministry are at the […]

More than 150 Iranian lawmakers asked President Hassan Rouhani to turn down Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation, while the president’s chief of staff has rejected reports that the president has accepted the top diplomat’s resignation. In comments on Tuesday morning, rapporteur of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said a group of […]

President Hassan Rouhani on Monday called on domestic companies and entrepreneurs to turn to non-oil exports to tackle hurdles created by sanctions. Addressing a meeting of senior officials at the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare on Monday morning, Rouhani said, “although we are under sanctions, helping resolve people’s problems, especially employees, is our […]

 Massive three-day naval drill, code-named ‘Velayat-97’, in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf, which kicked off on Friday with the participation of home-grown, recently unveiled ‘Fateh’ submarine and ‘Sahand’ destroyer, wrapped up today. According to the Public Relations Department of Iranian Army Navy, the three-day Velayat-97 naval drills ended today, during which different […]

“It was not our fault that the US left JCPOA after it saw it was not benefiting from it,” according to the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi. Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, made the remarks in video posted on his Instagram account while talking to Basiji students […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “significant progress” has been made in Turkey’s ongoing talks with Iran and Russia to secure Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. “Let’s secure the Idlib region completely, we say. We are talking with Russia and Iran to do that and we have made significant progress,” Erdogan said on Saturday, Hurriyet […]

 Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei highlighted that there are many ambiguities in FATF guidelines. “While there exist many questions and ambiguities about FATF guidelines, it is expected from the government to prevent the country from sinking into a new quagmire,” he wrote Saturday on his Instagram account. FATF watchdog extended Iran’s deadline for four months […]