Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi described the Syrian army’s move to enter the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years as “a new step” to resolve the protracted crisis in the Arab country. “Emphasizing the need to respect the national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Syria, the Islamic […]

Head of Iran’s futsal committee Davoud Parhizgar says they are trying to arrange a friendly match with Brazil in Tehran. According to him, Iran football federation is communicating with its Brazilian counterpart to make sure it can arrange a friendly on April 8. Iran national futsal team was originally scheduled to travel to Brazil in […]

 Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has been summoned to the parliament to explain about several issues, including a recent verdict to fine French oil and gas group Total (TOTF.PA) for bribing foreign officials in a case related to Iranian contracts in 1997, an MP said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hedayatollah Khademi, who […]

The Russia-Turkey-Iran summit on Syria will be held in Russia in early 2019, a Russian diplomat announced Friday. The leaders of the Astana trio (Russia, Turkey and Iran) will meet in Russia at the beginning of 2019, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is slated to pay an official visit to Tehran on Monday. In remarks on Sunday night, Qassemi said Qureshi would make a trip to Iran to hold talks with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. The Pakistani foreign minister plans to […]

Five female karatekas will represent Iran in the 2019 Karate 1-Premier League. Iran coach Setareh Mousavi has invited Sara Bahmanyar, Taravat Khaksar, Rozita Alipour, Shima Ale Sadi and Hamideh Abbasali to the training camp for the event. The 2019 Karate 1-Premier League will be held in January 25-27 in Paris, France, in one of Karate’s […]

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Mohsen Assadi Lari met with Iraqi Health Minister Alaa al-Alwani in Baghdad on Sunday, conferring on a host of issues regarding the expansion of ties in the field of medicine. Heading a high-ranking delegation from Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the official expressed Iran’s readiness to broaden the scope […]

Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz believes that Team Melli will have its best performance at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran has been drawn in group D along with Iraq, Yemen and Vietnam. “Eight years ago, when I came to Iran, we faced challenges and issues. Now eight years later, we are […]

Iranian rescue teams managed to tow a cargo ship named “NARGOL” into a pier off the northwestern city of Astara after it was reported in distress in the Caspian Sea, the governor of Astara said on Friday. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Younes Ranjkesh said the freighter was damaged in Astara Port around noon […]

Iran’s nominal capacity to produce electricity has reached over 80,000 megawatts (MW) following the connection of a number of power plants to the country’s national grid over the past weeks. With the coming into service of several new power plants, Iran’s overall nominal capacity to generate electricity has reached 80,053 MW. The latest increase of […]