Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have managed to capture 230 kilograms of illicit drugs in a single operation in the central province of Yazd, a provincial police commander announced on Thursday.

About 6.7 million tourists have traveled to Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21- Nov. 21), according to the dead of the Department of Passports and Visas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Iran has adopted special measures to continue support for its saffron farmers, Iranian Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad Hossein Shirzad said.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to E3 accusations, namely made by France, Germany and the United Kingdom against Iran’s missile program. “Latest E3 letter to UNSG on missiles is a desperate falsehood to cover up their miserable incompetence in fulfilling a bare minimum of their own #JCPOA obligations,” […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran called on the International Criminal Court, known as ICC, to continue independence and impartiality and show a reaction to the US threats against the ICC and its judges. Iran’s representative at the 18th ICC Assembly in The Hague Reza Pourmand Tehrani emphasized the need to maintain independence, impartiality, and avoidance […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – While welcoming the six new members, including Sweden, in a non-dollar trade mechanism aimed to circumvent US sanctions against Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized Stockholm for yielding to Washington’s bullying and stopping to sell Tehran EB patients medicine to treat them. Speaking on the sidelines of a cabinet […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – France, Germany and the United Kingdom, known as E3 group, have penned a letter to the United Nations, making a baseless accusation against Iran’s missile program. Ambassadors from the three European nations, the E3, urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in an accusation letter circulated Wednesday against Iran, to inform the council […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani plans to tour visit Malaysia and Japan in December, his chief of staff announced. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday, Mahmoud Vaezi said Rouhani is scheduled to visit Malaysia and Japan later this month. The presidential visit to Kuala Lumpur […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Setting Iran deadlines to reach an explanation about alleged radioactive material found at a site in Iran could be counterproductive, the new UN nuclear watchdog chief said, hoping the fresh dialogue will resolve the issue. “To put deadlines might not be the best idea,” Rafael Grossi told Reuters in an interview […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US sanctions have provided Iran with a rare opportunity to revive its textile and clothing industry which is as old as its history. There is a big opportunity for existing textile and apparel plants to expand and for new entrants to set up shop, especially in the wake of a stepped-up […]