Carlos Queiroz left Tehran for Lisbon Thursday morning after the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) didn’t extend his contract. The 65-year-old coach stepped down as Iran coach after eight years shortly after Team Melli suffered a 3-0 loss to Japan and failed to reach the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on Monday. Queiroz marked […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Syria signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday (Jan 28), including a “long-term strategic economic cooperation” deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one of its key allies in the civil war that has torn the country apart. IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK The agreements covered a range of […]

U.S. Fails to Create Crisis in Iran-IAEA Ties LONDON (Dispatches) – The U.S. has failed to create a crisis in Iran’s cooperation with the UN atomic agency which has repeatedly confirmed the peaceful nature of the country’s nuclear program, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg said the U.S. was pushing to open “a special investigation” into Iran’s past […]

 Iran national football team forward Sardar Azmoun says the match against China is finished and from now on they just focus on Japan contest. Team Melli defeated China 3-0 Thursday night to secure a place at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals. The 24-year-old striker set up Mehdi Taremi for Iran’s opener and then scored […]

The Iranian Army kicked off drills, codenamed “Eghtedar 97” (Power 97) in Isfahan Province on Friday. During the military exercises, the UAV units of the Army flew two Mohajer drones along with two RF-4 fighters over the area to carry out their joint reconnaissance mission and send the images of their targets back to their […]

Iran’s Army Ground Force staged a war game in the country’s central province of Isfahan on Friday. The large-scale exercise, held in Nasrabad region, involves around 12,000 assault forces from all units of the Army Ground Force. During the war game, whose purpose is to evaluate the recent changes in the structure of the Army […]

Iran’s interior minister said the administration is going to launch a grand scheme for development of the province of Sistan and Balouchestan, located in southeast of Iran. In comments on Thursday, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said a delegation from his ministry came up with a detailed plan for development of Sistan and Balouchestan after a 6-day […]

Iran’s top judge said Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei would grant amnesty to a large group of prisoners on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory. In a meeting with senior judicial officials on Thursday, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said the good news for the […]

Iran national football team booked a place at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Carlos Queiroz’s team defeated China 3-0 at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Sardar Azmoun set up Mehdi Taremi for the Iranian opener just 18 minutes into the match. He robbed a hesitant Feng Xiaoting […]

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said it is his ministry’s priority to complete the remaining phases of the South Pars gas field in southern Iran. Speaking to reporters upon his arrival in the southern city of Assaluyeh on Thursday, Zanganeh said during his trip he would visit the development projects of the gas field […]