Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held separate meetings with his Turkish and Afghan counterparts in the capital, Tehran, on Friday, discussing a range of regional and international issues, including ways to combat terrorism. Speaking at the meeting with Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim, Larijani said mutual cooperation to boost security in the Middle East has […]

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde called the desire of Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump to engage in talks to resolve a trade dispute between the two countries a “significant progress.” “I am not sure, you know, that the objective is a trade agreement. But at least […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi said Tehran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are planning to make up for the US exit from the accord. Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday night, Araqchi said after the […]

Iranian researchers won prizes at the 10th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2018), which was held from November 28 to 30 in Qingdao, China. Robotics teams from 15 countries including Spain, Qatar, Italy, Japan, Australia, France and South Korea competed in two categories; Innovation in software, applications and interaction modalities and innovation in hardware, […]

China has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a rare trip to the country, where the two regional powers are due to sign a number of deals amid deepening trade dispute with the United States. Abe was received by his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang at Tiananmen Square in the capital on Friday, where they […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as “baseless” Washington’s claim about Tehran’s efforts to undermine US elections, saying that such assertions are rooted in “a kind of unknown delusion.” “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s principled policy is non-interference in the domestic affairs of other countries,” Qassemi said in a statement late […]

 Iran’s value of non-oil exports to China increased 11.62 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22) compared to the same period of time in the previous year, according to the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). IRICA data show that Iran exported 13.703 […]

China has expressed its openness to the changes proposed by the new government in Islamabad and “will definitely follow their agenda” to work out a roadmap for BRI projects based on “mutual consultation”, Chinese envoy to Pakistan Ambassador Yao Jing said on Sunday. “It constitutes a process of discussion with each other about this kind […]

 China’s crude imports from Iran in August have reached 874,000 b/d which is the highest record in oil trading of the two countries. The last record high was in April 2014 when china imported 803,000 b/d from Iran. As reported by S&P Global Platts, the imports in August included barrels directly shipped to China and […]

Chinese buyers of Iranian oil are starting to shift their cargoes to vessels owned by National Iranian Tanker Co. (NITC) for nearly all of their imports to keep supply flowing amid the re-imposition of economic sanctions by the US, Reuters reported Tuesday. The shift demonstrates that China, Iran’s biggest oil customer, wants to keep buying […]