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 […]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his country is determined to continue and enhance bilateral ties with Islamic Republic of Iran. He made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday. Describing Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a significant achievement in the international arena, Wang […]

Hundreds of Google employees have signed a protest letter over the company’s reported work on a censor-friendly search engine to get back into China, The New York Times said Thursday. The employees are demanding more transparency so they can understand the moral implications of their work, said the Times, which obtained a copy of the […]

China will send a senior negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, its commerce ministry said Thursday, the first public meeting on the dispute in weeks as the trade conflict intensifies. Beijing and Washington have slapped tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of each other’s goods since they […]