Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says enemy threats and sanctions against the Iranian missile program are aimed at undermining the country’s deterrence power. “Threats and sanctions against [Iran’s] missile power have a completely political objective, which is to weaken the country’s deterrence power,” Hatami said on Tuesday in an address to a national defense conference. […]

Alstom Company of France voiced readiness to help Iran develop its railway system through investments worth 1.2 billion euros for manufacturing wagon cars, the company’s representative in Iran Vincent Douret said. “The cooperation contract is to be signed by the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO), Trans Russ Company and France’s Alstom to manufacture passenger […]

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced on Monday that the country will sign 10 new oil contracts by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20). “Based on the serious negotiations held with the parties to these contracts, some 10 deals are predicted to be signed,” Namdar Zanganeh said. Noting that Iran will […]

A senior Iranian lawmaker shrugged off recent calls by the US for inspection of the Islamic Republic’s military sites and said the country would never give information about its military activities to any country or international organization. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kamal […]

Head of President’s Office Mahmoud Vaezi stressed Iran’s resolve for expanding cooperation with Azerbaijan Republic in a telephone conversation on Tuesday. Mahmoud Vaezi made the remark in a telephone conversation with Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev on Tuesday, while hailing the good progress achieved in the two countries’ bilateral relations in the past four years […]

TEHRAN – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said on Sunday that Iraq’s successive victories against terrorists have astonished the world. “Iraqi successive victories surprised the world and robbed the opportunity from the enemies of Iraq and its people,” Hashemi Shahroudi said in a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in […]

Russian energy companies Zarubezhneft, Gazprom Neft and Lukoil have submitted plans to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to develop oil fields in Iran. Zarubezhneft representatives outlined their plans to increase the recovery rate of oil from the Aban and West Paydar fields, Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum announced on Monday. A memorandum of understanding for […]

Iran has reported an increase of about a quarter in the transit of goods in its key transportation points – a sign that may show the country’s trade activities are growing.  Figures released by Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (IRMTO) showed that above 4.17 million tonnes of goods had been moved through 32 active […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Muslim countries to take practical measures to end the inhuman crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State. Zarif made the call in separate phone conversation on Monday with his Turkish, Malaysian and Indonesian counterparts Mevlut Cavusoglu, Anifah Aman and Retno Marsudi, respectively. The […]

TEHRAN – Qatar has opened a land and sea cargo line with Iran and Turkey in a bid to reduce the Arab country’s cargo shipping costs by 80 percent, a report said. Former editor-in-chief of Qatar’s al-Sharq newspaper, Jaber Al-Harmi, said via twitter that the Persian Gulf Arab state has opened a land and sea […]