Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on people to assess their capabilities before running for a post, as the registration of candidates for the Iranian parliamentary elections started Sunday.

The hydrocarbon exploration activities in Iran are expected to result in the discovery of a new major oil reserve within the next few months, an official said.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian highlighted the importance of the country’s closer cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and said the union provides a big opportunity to boost the Islamic Republic’s foreign trade.

The Iranian capital on Sunday hosted an international conference on the country’s trade and cooperation with the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Southeastern province of Kerman non-oil exports worth $458 million in the past 8 months (March 21- November 22), which indicates a 48% jump in comparison with figures from the corresponding period in the last year. Some 257,000 tons of non-oil commodities worth $458 million were exported from the Iranian province […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu has called on European countries to expedite the INSTEX trade mechanism implementation for Iran while urging the US to return to the nuclear deal and lift sanctions against Iran. He made the remarks on urging parties to expedite INSTEX implementation in a joint press conference […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and China took part at a consultation meeting on the latest developments over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the JCPOA. The meeting took place in the Chinese capital Beijing on Sunday, with Iranian deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and his Chinese counterpart in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – International organizations need to speak out and break the silence about US economic sanctions that target Iran’s food and medicine on top of the economy, an Iranian minister has said, warning of the adverse consequences of the embargoes. “The brave Iranian people are being victimized by plots and economic sanctions that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that he hopes the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) would become operational as six more European countries join the financial mechanism. His comments came as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden issued a joint statement […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran on Saturday, including Tehran, which was cloaked by a cloud of toxic smog. The decision to shut schools and universities in the capital was announced Friday by Deputy Governor Mohammad Taqizadeh, after a meeting of an emergency committee […]