Iran popular football team Persepolis advanced to the AFC Champions League final for the first time ever with a 1-1 draw with Al Sadd of Qatar on Tuesday, winning 2-1 on aggregate. Persepolis had previously defeated Al Sadd twice and lost once to the Qataris in the current season. In the match held in Tehran’s […]

 Iran, India and Afghanistan inked an agreement on transit of goods via Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar in Tehran on Tuesday, IRIB reported. The agreement was signed by Mohammad Rastad, the head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), T.S. Tirumurti, the secretary of economic relations in India’s Ministry of External Affairs, and Imammohammad Warymoch, Afghanistan’s […]

 Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the European Union has been backing the nuclear deal politically but what is of utmost importance is “practical actions” by the bloc to keep the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Larijani made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with […]

 India’s Secretary of Economic Relations in the Ministry of External Affairs T. S. Tirumurti expressed New Delhi’s keenness on launching Chabahar-Zahedan, Khaf-Herat railroads as golden opportunities for trade between India, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asian countries. During a trilateral meeting between senior officials from Iran, India and Afghanistan, which was held in Tehran on Tuesday, […]

 Visiting Oman’s undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry met with Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on Tuesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Oman’s Acting Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Diplomatic Affairs Mohammed bin Awad Al Hassan on Tuesday. At the meeting, the two sides underlined the need for the development of political, economic and cultural cooperation between the […]

Head of AEOI Ali Akbar Salehi visited the latest developments of the Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company (SUREH) in Isfahan to closely follow up the ongoing projects. Ali Akbar Salehi, a vice-president and head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization paid a visit to Isfahan province on Monday and visited ongoing projects and the latest developments at the Nuclear […]

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. will pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia. He cited Russia’s alleged treaty violations, while at the same time vowing to “develop the weapons.” “We are going to terminate the agreement and then we are going to develop the weapons” unless Russia […]

 Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday that the oil market doesn’t have the spare capacity to replace Iranian oil in case of U.S. re-imposition of sanctions on the country. “As I have repeatedly said there is no replacement for Iranian oil in the market. Saudi Arabia and Russia’s output is near their […]

 Iranian MP Ali Najafi Khoshroodi said on Monday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the U.S. feels “defeated” after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal. Zarif attended a meeting of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the nuclear agreement in May and […]

A senior Saudi Arabian government official has laid out a new version of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, that in key respects contradicts previous explanations. The latest account, provided by a Saudi official who requested anonymity, includes details on how the team of 15 Saudi nationals sent to […]