TEHRAN – Backed by the U.S., the Saudi regime is trying to take advantage of the civil protests and freedom of expression in Iran to achieve its political objectives and foment chaos, a former Iranian ambassador and Foreign Ministry spokesperson has warned. In an interview with Tasnim on Saturday, Hamid Reza Asefi said the vigilant […]

TEHRAN – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Thursday called for further development of economic and social ties between Iran and Iraq, IRNA reported. “Tehran-Baghdad relations should not be confined to security issues; rather, development of economic and social relations is essential.” Larijani said, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Hussein […]

TEHRAN – The latest annual report issued by Iran-UK chamber of commerce indicates a nearly 50% increase in the trade transactions between the two sides after the signing of Iran nuclear deal in 2015. According to the latest annual report issued by Iran-UK chamber of commerce, the volume of trade exports between Iran and UK […]

Spain national football team head coach Julen Lopetegui has praised the Iranian national football team. In an interview with channel Movistar, the Spaniard has said Team Melli are a powerful team. Spain have been drawn along with Iran, Morocco and Portugal in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. The Reds will meet Portugal on […]

Iranian parliament speaker held talks with Iraqi minister of youth and sports where he asserted that Iraq is now past the height of security crises and called for expanding bilateral economic and social relations. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Hussein Abtaan on Thursday. Larijani referred […]

Iran national football team will play a friendly match with Algeria in March, according to Hakim Medane, Algerian FA executive committee member. “We’ve reached an agreement with the Iranian federation for a friendly match in next March in a European country. We will also face Portugal on 7 or 8 June in Lisbon,” Medane told […]

TEHRAN – Fertility rate in Iran has reached replacement level which means the country is no longer underpopulated, chairman of Population Association of Iran said on Wednesday “Replacement level fertility” is the total fertility rate—the average number of children born per woman—at which a population replaces itself from one generation to the next, without migration. […]

Iran’s oil minister praised the hard-working staff for putting out a huge fire that had been raging at an oilfield in the southwestern province of Khuzestan for two months, saying the big fire was brought under control by the deadline set earlier. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday, Bijan […]

TEHRAN – Iran says the country’s positive vote to a resolution on the violation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has been registered at the United Nations. The Islamic Republic sent an official letter to the UN Secretariat on Tuesday announcing its vote in favor of the resolution, given “the significance of the […]

Fresh indications have appeared that show Iran and Russia are moving closer to an ambitious plan to integrate their banking systems – a strategy both hope would make them immune to the financial sanctions of the United States in the future. A top banking official in Tehran was quoted by media as saying that the […]