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 […]

The Qatari foreign minister called on all the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council member states to engage in talks with Iran, which is an “important part of the region”. “Turkey, Iran and Iraq are important parts of the region and Qatar needs to build strong relationships and partnerships with other countries in the region. Qatar needs […]

The French foreign minister said the special purpose vehicle (SPV), the EU mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the US sanctions era, would be established in the “coming days”. The SPV “should be implemented in the coming days”, Jean-Yves Le Drian told the French parliament’s foreign affairs committee, Reuters reported late on Wednesday. […]

Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz wants his players to play with freedom and joy against China. Team Melli will play China at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Thursday in the quarter-final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. “No two games in football are ever the same, in […]