President Hassan Rouhani described economic activities in Iran promising and positive despite the enemies’ pressures, adding, “Americans won’t ever achieve their goal of halting Iran’s oil exports.” Speaking during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning, Rouhani said, “the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue to export oil despite US sanctions.” “In the past 9 months, Iran’s trade balance […]

 The national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398, which starts on March 21, 2019, has envisaged transferring 50 trillion rials (about $1.19 billion) worth of state-run shares to the private sector, Mohammadreza Pour-Ebrahimi, the chairman of the Parliament Economic Committee, told IRNA on Tuesday. As previously reported, in its planned budget for […]

 Former senior lawmaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar said on Tuesday that a strong coalition is being formed within the principlist camp for the 2020 parliamentary elections. “Although there are disagreements within the principlist camp, a strong coalition must be formed, which is actually happening,” Fars quoted Bahonar as saying. “Anyone who wants to work independently is […]

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said that the EU is working with the rest of the international community to preserve the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “We are working, as a union of 28 member states and with the rest of the international community, to […]

The head of Iran’s Judiciary on Monday cautioned protesting students and workers against serving as “ladders” for enemies of the Islamic Republic. Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani was referring to recent protests in a branch of the Islamic Azad University over a deadly bus accident as well as protests in some places in the country by […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei said Monday that Palestine will remain strong and its ultimate victory will be realized in the “not too distant future.” Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement Ziad al-Nakhala and his accompanying delegation in Tehran. […]

A senior Parliament Member said Sun. that the Expediency Council will give the final say on the two FATF-related bills on combating money laundering and Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said returning the amendment bill on […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi denied any knowledge of conditions set by Europe for launching a special mechanism to allow Iran to trade with European countries, despite US sanctions. In an interview on Sunday, Bahram Ghasemi expressed regret that Europe’s proposed Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has not become operational due to “limitless American” pressure […]

 Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets on Sunday to mark the anniversary of mass rallies staged on December 30, 2009, to guard the principles of the Islamic Revolution and reinforce their solidarity with the system. On that day in 2009, known as the “Dey 9” in the Persian calendar, people took to […]

 In a decree issues on Sunday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani as chairman of the Expediency Council and a member of the Guardian Council’s jurists. Larijani replaces Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi who passed away at the age of 70 on December 24. Ayatollah Amoli Larijani […]