An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale hit an area in Iran’s southern province of Fars late on Thursday but there have been no casualties, a provincial official said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, the deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) of Fars Province, Qodratollah Jamali, said the quake that […]

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom praised Iran’s support for the recent Yemen peace talks in her country, calling for continued consultations with Tehran on regional and internal issues. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who is Sweden for the fourth round of Iran-Sweden political consultations, held meetings with senior Swedish officials in Stockholm on Wednesday. […]

India national team head coach Stephen Constantine says he turned down a request from Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz for a friendly match between the two sides ahead of the AFC Asian Cup 2019. India will make an appearance in the Asian Cup at the United Arab Emirates after missing out on the 2015 edition […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed the need for the enhancement of cooperation between the news media of Iran and Afghanistan. A media delegation from Afghanistan held a meeting with Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi at the Ministry’s building in Tehran on Tuesday. In the meeting, the spokesman underlined the need for the expansion of […]

 Reza Salehi Amiri, President of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), met with his Croatian counterpart Zlatko Mateša on Saturday. In a meeting which was held at the Croatian Olympic Committee (COO) headquarters, both sides agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations in sports fields. Salehi Amiri was accompanied by Iranian Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia […]

High-ranking officials from Iran and Pakistan signed an agreement to promote cooperation in preserving the security of common borders nearly two months after terrorists abducted a number of Iranian border guards at a military post. According to Tasnim dispatches, following a three-day negotiation between a number of Iranian and Pakistani security and political officials in […]

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country has completely been exempted from a resolution by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce oil production. Speaking to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Thursday night, Zanganeh shrugged off the issue that Iran’s exemption from the OPEC resolution on oil […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the country’s major influence and power in the Middle East region and said what has made the Islamic Republic powerful is only its people. “Iran is a powerful and influential country, and we have always been influential geographically and historically and will remain so…,” Zarif said, addressing a […]

Canada has arrested a senior Huawei technology company official suspected of violating sanctions against Iran at the request of U.S. officials. Meng Wanzhou, who is one of the vice-chairs on the Chinese technology company’s board and is the daughter of the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested at the request of U.S. officials in Vancouver. […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has welcomed the agreements and understandings reached between the Yemeni warring sides brokered by the United Nations Secretary-General in Sweden. The Ministry’s Spokesman Bahram Qassemi described as positive and promising the confidence-building measures and preliminary agreements to continue the negotiations. In his Thursday night statement, he called the agreement reached on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah very important and praised the Yemeni parties for understanding the catastrophic situation which the impoverished country is […]