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Palestine calls for UN General Assembly meeting after US vetoes al-Quds resolution 19 Dec 2017

Palestine calls for UN General Assembly meeting after US vetoes al-Quds resolution

The Palestinian Foreign Minister has called for an emergency United Nations General Assembly meeting after Washington vetoed a UNSC resolution aimed at annulling US President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki made the announcement on Monday, while noting that the US will not be able to veto the […]

Russian firms sign contract to make railcar, locomotive in Iran 19 Dec 2017

Russian firms sign contract to make railcar, locomotive in Iran

Two Russian firms signed a contract with the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday to allocate 3 billion Euros for joint production of railcars and locomotives. Trade Promotion Center of Russia, the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR), and the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran signed a […]

Chinese investor to finance road construction in SW Iran 18 Dec 2017

Chinese investor to finance road construction in SW Iran

TEHRAN– A Chinese firm was awarded a contract to hold the 70 percent of the shares in the project to build a new highway between Iranian SW city of Ahvaz and central city of Isfahan. A highway linking Ahvaz, Izeh, Lordegan, and Isfahan in southwestern Iran will be built with a Chinese investor providing 70 […]

18 Dec 2017

Iran A ‘Key Player’ in Region, World: FM Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Islamic Republic has turned into a “key player” both in the region and around the world thanks to the Iranian nation’s continued support for the establishment. The Iranian people’s resistance against enemies and their support for the Islamic Establishment in the past four decades have turned the […]

Iran Condemns Saudi Attacks on Yemeni Civilians 18 Dec 2017

Iran Condemns Saudi Attacks on Yemeni Civilians

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned recent Saudi airstrikes on residential areas across Yemen that killed dozens of civilians on Sunday. In a statement on Sunday, Bahram Qassemi denounced the Saudi strikes against a wedding ceremony in the central province of Ma’arib as well as residential areas and shopping malls in different cities in Yemen. Expressing […]

Iran to re-open borders to Iraqi Kurdistan 18 Dec 2017

Iran to re-open borders to Iraqi Kurdistan

Iranian Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli told the media that after the stabilization of situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran will open the border gates to the region in the next couple of days. “Today we had a good meeting with the members of the Iran’s Chamber of Commerce and we discussed economic, financial, and banking issues,” […]

Iran says US trying to seize plane purchase payments 17 Dec 2017

Iran says US trying to seize plane purchase payments

Iran says the United States is trying to confiscate the payments for purchases of planes thus indicating that Washington may be already drawing closer to killing an ambitious plan to rejuvenate its dilapidated aviation fleet.     Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan was quoted by the domestic media as saying […]

Saudi Arabia’s ineffective army not a threat to Iran 17 Dec 2017

Saudi Arabia’s ineffective army not a threat to Iran

TEHRAN –Experts say Saudi Arabia’s ambitions are limited by its military, which is considered an ineffective force even though the kingdom is one of the world’s largest spenders on defense. In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has led an intervention in Yemen’s civil war, been the driving force behind a diplomatic crisis between Qatar […]

Yemeni fighters slam U.S. accusations against Iran 17 Dec 2017

Yemeni fighters slam U.S. accusations against Iran

TEHRAN – A spokesman of Yemeni fighters has strongly criticized U.S. charges that Iran is funneling missiles to fighters in Yemen, known as Houthis, Washington Post reported. Muhammad Abdul Salam said on Friday that Washington is “fabricating lies” to escape the repercussions of its recent decision to recognize the city of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israel’s […]

Iran joins ‘Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries ‘ 17 Dec 2017

Iran joins ‘Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries ‘

Iranian president has submitted the membership act of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. Rouhani’s submitted order to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance reads that this membership is in accordance with the implementation of Article 123 of […]