Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pledged that Tehran will battle in the United Nations General Assembly to block a draft resolution that the US has proposed against the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas. Zarif and Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas Political Bureau, held a telephone conversation on Monday about the latest developments in Palestine. In […]

Defending champions Iran learned their opponents at the 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Thailand. Team Melli will begin title defense against Oman and Iraq in Group D following the official draw in Pattaya, Thailand on Monday. Fifteen teams, three more than the inaugural edition in 2017, will battle to be crowned champions next March. Host […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement on Monday, said it welcomes and supports UN-brokered Yemeni-Yemeni talks due to be held in Stockholm, Sweden. In the statement, the Foreign Ministry called on all Yemeni parties to engage “constructively and responsibly” in the Stockholm talks and  take steps to build confidence and provide the necessary ground for […]

A political analyst has rejected the idea that Iran is an enemy of all Saudis and by extension all Sunnis. “This long held belief that Iran is an enemy of all Saudis and by extension, all Sunnis is a lie,” Catherine Shakdam, researcher at al-Bayan Centre for Planning and Studies, tells the Tehran Times. Shakdam […]

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, […]