Iran iconic goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand says he has saved Oman’s penalty while he was only thinking about the people of his country. The 26-year-old goalie saved Al Mahaijri’s penalty in the third minutes of the match. Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ashkan Dejagah were on target for Team Melli in the first half to send Iran to […]

Germany, France and the UK are scrambling to win EU backing for a dual-pronged approach on Iran that would seek further sanctions against Tehran while shoring up the landmark nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. The three powers want to agree on a common EU position ahead of a February 13-14 meeting against Iran that […]

A Polish deputy foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Monday after Iran’s strong protest at an anti-Iran conference that Poland is going to co-organize with the US in Warsaw next month. Poland’s Undersecretary of State for Economic Diplomacy, Development Cooperation, Asia, Africa and the Middle East Policy Maciej Lang held a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign […]

Iran national football team booked a place in the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 quarter-finals on Sunday thanks to a 2-0 win over Oman at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s smart finish and an Ashkan Dejagah spot-kick – both in the first half – helped secure Iran’s passage through to […]

Head of Central Insurance of Iran (CII) Gholamreza Soleymani said that foreign companies have expressed their readiness to do reinsurance operations in Iran’s insurance industry. He made the above remark at 5th Insurance and Risk Management Conference this morning Jan. 20 and said, “relationship of insurance companies with the risk management is of the important […]

Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, stressing that the Iranian government will not accept anything that is contrary to the Islamic Republic’s norms and principles, said the Expediency Council will decide on Palermo and CFT conventions within a month. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of Parliament’s open session on […]

 Chief of Iran’s Air Defense on Saturday inaugurated a new radar site in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Tasnim reported. Accompanied by a group of top commanders, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard launched the new radar site, dubbed Vahdat-e-Birak, in the city of Zahedan, the province’s capital. He also unveiled the site’s homegrown radar as […]

Canada lies far north of her intended destination, but Rahaf Muhammad is happy to be enduring its harsh winter. The 18-year-old Saudi hoped to end up in Australia after escaping her allegedly violent family. But she was stopped on the way, in Bangkok. Saudi authorities pressed Thailand to send her back home. Ms Muhammad warned […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres underlined during a press conference in New York on Friday, Iran’s positive and constructive role in the region. During a press conference on Friday, Guterres was asked about Iran’s missile program and the role in the region; “international community has called Iran to stop developing its ballistic missiles and other interference […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should stop threatening Iran. His comments came as Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Iran should leave Syria or Israel will continue hitting Iran’s positions in Syria. Qassemi noted that Iran has advisory presence in Syria upon request by Damascus. “Iran […]