The Council of the European Union on Thu. extended the sanctions imposed on Iran over alleged human rights violations by a year until April 2019. The sanctions include asset freezes and travel restrictions against 82 people and one entity. The EU move comes as US President Donald Trump has set European sides a May 12 […]

The Iranian Football Federation has announced it has cancelled a previously planned friendly match between Iran and Syria national football teams. According to the Iranian Football Federation statement released on Saturday, the match has been cancelled because a lot of Iranian players are going to be busy with their respective clubs’ matches in the Asian […]

TEHRAN – Team Melli will play Uzbekistan in a friendly match after their match against Syria was called off. A friendly match between Iran national football team and Syria was scheduled to take place on May 11 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium but the match was cancelled since some Team Melli players will have to represent […]

 Russia is considering an option of payments for oil in national currencies, in particular with Turkey and Iran, TASS quoted Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying. The parties are interested in it but there is also a matter of conversion of currencies and their further use, Novak told reporters on Saturday. “There is a […]

In a joint statement issued Wed. at Ankara summit, presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey that “the Astana format had been the only effective international initiative that had helped reduce violence across Syria.” President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of […]

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh praised the capabilities of domestic energy companies to develop oil and gas fields and said the country has more than 100 fields, which can be developed by the Iranian exploration and production (E&P) companies. Speaking at a ceremony to sign a contract between the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) […]

Carlos Queiroz has named his 22-man Iran squad for a friendly match against Sierra Leone. The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that the game has been scheduled for March 17. Team Melli will play the African team as part of Preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where the Persian have […]

UK ambassador to Tehran posted a message on his official Twitter account on Sunday reassuring that UK is abiding by diplomatic conventions regarding the security of diplomats and diplomatic missions. Nicholas Hopton, UK ambassador to Tehran tweeted a post in Farsi on Sunday saying that he was “very saddened” by what happened in London on […]

TEHRAN – Jim W. Dean, managing editor of the “Veterans Today”, has hailed Iran’s role in fighting the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group. “Iran and Hezbollah support in Syria’s anti-terrorism campaign was critical in not only backing up the badly battered Syrian army but boosting its fighting capability when much of the officer corps had defected, […]

 Chairman of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari called for developing and broadening banking relationship between Islamic Republic of Iran and Croatia. He urged merchants and traders of the two countries for setting up joint venture (JV) investment companies. In his meeting with Croatian economic authorities, Khansari reiterated, “Iran Chamber […]