Given the widespread welcoming by market participants for launching futures and certificates of deposit for saffron trade at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) and its positive impact on transparency of the price of saffron and the elimination of intermediaries, IME will launch saffron options contracts by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019), […]

Iranian Foreign Minister on Tuesday censured the Israeli regime’s warmongering in the region and its support of terrorism, saying the Zionists are putting all-out efforts to disturb the peace in Syria. Noting that the Israeli regime is backing the terrorist elements in the war-torn Arab country, Zarif said “they are against the peace and tranquility in […]

 Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh said Tuesday the country’s recoverable oil stood at 160 billion barrels. “Although Iran’s crude oil production has dropped from 5 mb/d [in 1979] to about 4 mb/d today, the significant point is that the country’s recoverable liquid hydrocarbon reserves have increased from 88 billion to 160 billion barrels now,” […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry, in response to European Union’s statement on new financial channel to support trade between Iran and Europe, emphasized the constructive interaction based on mutual interests and respect. The experience of the talks and cooperation between Iran and the European Union over the years, especially over the past three years, has shown that […]

Foreign minister Zarif says that Iran will not wait for the implementation of EU’s non-dollar channel as it has continued its trade relations so far. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks after attending a meeting of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission along […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi expressed deep regret over a terrorist attack on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Iraqi city of Balad, which killed and wounded a number of them. In a Monday statement, Ghasemi strongly condemned the brutal and inhumane attack, saying that the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the country’s embassy […]

The Iranian Parliament approved Saeed Namaki as the new Health Minister of the country in today’s vote of confidence session. The session was held with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in attendance who defended the proposed minister and also talked about Iran’s achievements in the health sector. At the end of the session, lawmakers approved Saeed […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that one of the achievements of the Islamic Revolution is that it has reduced the country’s health sector dependence on foreigners. He made the remarks Monday at a public session of the Iranian parliament to defend Saeed Namaki for the position of Minister of Health and Medical Education. Hassan Ghazizadeh […]

 Thirty Iranian thinkers held in-depth discussions about a new Islamic civilization with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, Mehr reported on Saturday. During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to Islam’s political potential for creating a civilization in the Islamic world, underlining the necessity of sustained efforts to create a new Islamic […]

 Deputy speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Motahari said Sunday the launch of the INSTEX mechanism represents the will and determination of Europe to keep up with the nuclear deal, but the final judgment will make sense after it is implemented. Motaharri pointed to a European foreign minister’s comment that the implementation of this mechanism is tied […]