Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a draft agreement to establish a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries. The draft agreement was ratified by the State Duma and the Federation Council (two houses of the Russian parliament) on November 15 and 23, respectively. The agreement, signed in Astana […]

Iran’s Alireza Faghani received the AFC Referees Special Award 2018 at the 2018 AFC Annual Awards in Muscat on Wednesday. Faghani has taken charge of a number of high-profile games in Asia and is up there among the best in the world. The 2018 edition of the FIFA World Cup in Russia was Faghani’s second […]

Australia basketball coach Andrejs Lemanis praised the Iranian basketball team, saying Iran is a “proud basketball nation”. Team Melli will meet Australia on Friday at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena in the FIBA World Cup qualifier’s fifth and penultimate window. Iran currently is second in Group F with a 6-2 record, behind Australia (7-1) and above […]

Iran’s Aliasghar Hasanzadeh was named the 2018 AFC Futsal Player of the Year, winning the prestigious honor for the fourth time. “I am very pleased with this award. This will give me more power, more desire to do even better next year. This reminds me that I cannot stop, I must continue to give my […]

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi insisted that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should remain neutral and professional in its verification practices regarding Tehran’s nuclear activities. Salehi had a meeting with IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano in Vienna on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the IAEA Ministerial Conference on […]

Nottingham Forest coach Aitor Karanka says Karim Ansarifard should be full of confidence following his international exploits with Iran. The former Olympiacos player is yet to get a proper taste of the action with Nottingham Forest – but Karanka believes he is mentally and physically prepared. Ansarifard made his second appearance for his new club, […]

Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “A rationale for removing the MEK from the U.S. terrorism list was that in recent years the group has not been involved in killing Americans.” Pillar says terrorist group is still a terrorist group even if the blood it […]

Japan’s oil refiners will continue to ask the Japanese government to seek an early extension of the US waiver to import oil from Iran, the head of the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ), Takashi Tsukioka, said. Now that Japan has received the waiver, it will resume loading Iranian oil, with most shipments expected to be […]

Iran was defeated against Uzbekistan at the CAFA Women’s Championship on Tuesday. In the match, held at the Milly Stadium in Tashkent, the Iranian team lost to host 2-1 in a controversial match. Uzbekistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan play together in a round robin format and the team with the highest point will win […]

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, after a meeting with Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, reiterated the bloc’s resolve to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. “They equally expressed their determination to preserve the nuclear agreement as a matter of respecting international agreements and […]