TEHRAN – Foreign Ministers of Iraq, Iran and Turkey held a trilateral meeting in New York on September 20, 2017 to discuss the referendum plan of the KRG. In the meeting, Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iraq’s Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Turkey’s Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu conferred on the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s upcoming referendum on independence slated for September […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has taken the podium at the UN to speak in defense of the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, warning that a failure to honor the accord will be “irresponsible.” “This is a good agreement, an agreement that’s essential to peace,” Macron said in his first address to the 72nd session of the […]

TEHRAN  – Masoudieh Palace (Emarat-e Masoudieh) is one of the most beautiful palaces or historical houses from Qajar dynasty in old Tehran near Baharestan Square, comprised of a palace and surrounding houses. It was built in 1879 for the prince Mass’oud Mirza (Zell-e Soltan) – the son of Nasseredin Shah and the governor of Isfahan […]

TEHRAN – President of Iran said the country is prepared to supply Pakistan’s needs for energy and to construct power plants across the border areas to export electricity to its neighbor. “We are ready to supply energy to Pakistan, and also welcome the Pakistani investors in this sphere,” President Hassan Rouhani said in a meeting […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s president highlighted the great potential for cooperation with Bolivia in the gas industry, saying Iranian experts are ready to carry out various gas exploration and production projects in the Latin American country. In a meeting with his Bolivian counterpart on the sidelines the annual UN General Assembly meeting in New York on […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Van der Bellen, exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost bilateral relations between Tehran and Vienna in diverse fields. In their meeting held in New York on Monday evening on the sidelines of the 72nd regular session of the United […]

TEHRAN– Iran began its 2018 AFC U-16 Qualifiers campaign with a win over Lebanon on Monday in Karaj’s Enghelab Stadium, west of Tehran. Abbas Chamanian’s boys defeated Lebanon 3-0 in the five-team Group C. Iranian defender Hossein Shahverdi broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute, before Amirhossein Azizi doubled Iran’s advantage a minute later. Mahdi […]

TEHRAN – Following evaluating Iran’s space achievements, General Secretary of Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization said that the Islamic Republic is ready for Space Development Program. “With respect to the achievements of the government of Iran, we in APSCO are prepared to exchange our findings with one another,” said Secretary-General Li Xinjun who has traveled to […]

TEHRAN – Deputy Iranian energy minister said power grids of Iran and Iraq will be interconnected in mid-November. Iran’s Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Houshang Falahatian made the remarks at a joint session with the Iraqi Deputy Minister of Electricity Adel Kazim Jarayan. The Iranian side pointed to status of electricity exports […]

TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Silk Research Center said the country ranked eighth in the world in the field of silk farming. Reza Sourati Zanjani, while noting that sericulture had begun in China four thousand years ago, said “indeed, on the basis of historical information, China remains the main habitat of white cocoon while Iran […]