A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Iran’s Kermanshah province on Sunday night, killing at least 430 people and injuring 7370 so far. The incident occurred at 9:48pm local time. It struck at a depth of 11 kilometers. The epicenter of the quake was in the city of Azgeleh, near the border between Iran and Iraq. But the highest casualties occurred in the […]

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım offered condolences Monday to Iran for the victims of Sunday’s earthquake that struck along the Iraq-Iran border region. Yıldırım told Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri during a phone call that Turkey stands with Iran on this difficult day. Jahangiri, who has been appointed by President Hassan Rouhani to mobilize resources […]

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Iran’s Kermanshah province on Sunday night, killing at least 207 people and injuring 1700 so far. It struck at a depth of 11 kilometers. The epicenter of the quake was 32 kilometers south of the city of Halabja, near the border between Iran and Iraq. But the highest casualties occurred in the town of […]

Syria’s ambassador to the UN has slammed the West for supplying Israel with nuclear material and know-how, calling the regime’s nuclear capability a threat to the Middle East security. During a UN General Assembly session on Friday, Bashar al-Jaafari noted that the West enabled Israel to possess nuclear weapons by supplying the regime with nuclear […]

Iran’s national football team managed to defeat Panama’s second team in a friendly match held Thursday evening in Graz, Austria. In a World Cup preparation match, the Persian side pulled out a 2-1 victory over Panama’s second team, while most of the players of Panama national football team were absent. Ashkan Dejagah and Saman Ghoddos […]

In a peach in the European Forum, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said Iran rushed to the help of Iraq and Syria upon their request, not only to prevent the collapse of those countries, but to push the danger of terrorism away from its own borders. Following is the full text of […]

Mexican Senator Teófilo Torres Corzo stressed Iran’s key part in preservation of regional and global stability and called for further cooperation between the two countries. Teófilo Torres Corzo, Chairman of the Mexican Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee for Asia Pacific, held talks with Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico City Mohammad Taghi Hosseini on Wednesday, during which he […]

TEHRAN- Iran’s exports of foodstuffs during the first half of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21- September 22, 2017) increased 12 percent in comparison with the same period in the year preceding, IRNA quoted the board chairman of Food Producers Cooperative as saying on Tuesday. According to Mehdi Karimi Tafreshi, Iran’s exports of foodstuff […]

TEHRAN – Iran football team defeated Palestine 4-0 but failed to book a place at the AFC U-19 Championship 2018 in Indonesia. Iran went in for maximum points against already-eliminated Palestine and took the lead in the 10th minute through striker Hossein Nokhodkar. Alireza Ghaderi scored the second goal just four minutes later. Mohammad Khodabandehlo […]

TEHRAN- European Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan will enter Tehran on Friday on the head of a high-ranking delegation. The delegation comprises 70 members including some officials from Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission as well as representatives of some renowned companies from different European countries, the portal of […]