TEHRAN — An anonymous benefactor has donated 100 billion rials (nearly $2.5 million) to earthquake-stricken province of Kermanshah, head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation said on Thursday. “Following a phone call from a generous philanthropist we received a cheque for 100 billion rials the next morning,” Parviz Fattah said, without giving further details. The […]

Iranian Deputy FM Jaberi Ansari held talks Friday with Omid Yalcin, Sedat Önal and other Turkish officials on the crisis in Syria.  Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs and senior negotiator on Syria Hossein Jaberi Ansari held talks with his Turkish counterpart Omid Yalcin, the ambassador Sedat Önal and some other Turkish officials on Friday […]

Ayatollah Emami Kashani who led this week’s edition of Tehran Friday Prayers said unity of Lebanese tribes in the current circumstances would neutralize Al Saud’s plot to cause turbulences inside the region. Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammed Emami Kashani referred to the earthquake in the western part of Iran saying “regrettably, the bitter […]

Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo said on Thursday that comments made by Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman are “unveiled threat” against Iran and violation of the UN Charter. Khoshroo’s remarks came in a protest letter to the UN Security Council and to Secretary General António Guterres. Mohammed bin Salman, who is […]

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 centered in the city of Barda, Azerbaijan Republic, jolted the border areas of Ardabil province. According to the Iranian Seismological Center, the earthquake took place at 23:17, at a depth of 10 km in Azerbaijan. The closest cities in Iran to the center of earthquake are three cities of Ardabil province, […]

TEHRAN- According to OPEC’s latest monthly report published on November 13, oil production in Iran stood at 3.823 million barrels per day (bpd) in October, falling 12,000 bpd from 3.835 million bpd in September, based on secondary sources. The OPEC’s report also announced Iran’s oil output based on direct communication. It said the country’s oil […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three new members to the country’s Supreme Council of Spatial Planning, Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday. In a decree, the president appointed Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari as new members of the council. Rouhani said he […]

TEHRAN – The European Union has said no to Paris which in recent days waged an impressive campaign in favor of posing new restrictions on Iran despite the 2015 nuclear deal. On Monday evening, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-naton bloc does not have any plan to make a change in its […]

ATR’s Christian Scherer told the media that the company is posed to outpace its promised deliveries to Iran, with handing another 8 passenger carriers to Iran. “ATR aims to deliver another eight aircraft to Iran by the end of the year after delivering six so far this year under US export licenses issued following the […]

Iran’s Ambassador to United Nations Eshagh Al Habib has slammed Canada’s selective stance on human rights. Iran’s Ambassador and DPR of the Permanent Mission of Iran to UN, Eshagh Al Habib made the remarks while addressing the meeting of the Third Committee of UN General Assembly on Canada’s proposed resolution on the situation of human […]