Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the 2015 nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is not open to renegotiation, stressing that there is no better alternative to the deal. “The #JCPOA is not (re)negotiable. A ‘better’ deal is pure fantasy,” Zarif tweeted on Thursday, adding that it was […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian military commander ruled out the possibility of allowing foreign access to the country’s military bases, which he said are exempt from inspection under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Based on the official stance of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, Iran will never allow anybody to inspect its […]

TEHRAN  – Iran battled back from a 0-2 deficit to USA to win the match 3-2 (20-25, 17-25, 25-21, 27-25, 25-21, 15-12) at the Nippon Gaishi Hall at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup on Wednesday. Milad Ebadipour, who was contained by USA in the first two sets, stepped up on offence and […]

TEHRAN – Iran started the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup with a win over Italy on Tuesday. Igor Kolakovic’s men defeated Italy 3-2 (25-19, 23-25, 28-26, 29-31, 15-11) in Nagoya, Japan. Amir Ghafour registered 21 points to lead the Iranian offence, while Filippo Lanza made points to command the Italian side. Iran […]

TEHRAN  – A bus en route to an Iranian northern city plunged into a ravine on a road northeast of capital Tehran on Tuesday morning, killing 11 passengers and injuring 27 others. Firefighters and rescue teams were informed of the crash at 2:10 am local time on Tuesday, spokesman for the Tehran Fire Department told […]

TEHRAN – While announcing continued studies to send humans to space, the head of Iran’s Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) said they may try sending a robot or a live creature before the final stage of sending a human. Regarding the project for sending a live creature to space which was halted, the head of ARI […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s international tourism arrivals over the last year dropped by 5.6 percent compared to 2015. According to UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) tourism highlights 2017 edition, 4.942 million tourists have visited Iran in 2016. The figure for 2015 stood at 5.237 million. The country’s tourism receipt in 2015 hit $3.868 million but the report […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian national football team’s coach Carlos Queiroz says that they need a consistent budget in order to make decisions for the 2018 World Cup preparation. Queiroz’s side became the first team from Asia to book its ticket for Russia in June and next summer’s tournament will be the fifth time Iran has appeared […]

TEHRAN – Iran has received nearly two snap nuclear inspections a month and almost double the overall number of visits it had just five years ago. International Atomic Energy Agency monitors conducted 402 site visits and 25 snap inspections in the first 12 months since the deal was enacted in early 2016, according to data […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Mehdi Eshghi claimed a gold medal at the 2017 United World Wrestling (UWW) Cadet World Championships. Eshghi defeated Kanata Yamaguchi from Japan 6-0 in the final match of the 54kg. Furthermore, Meysam Zare beat Oleksandr Vyshniak from Ukraine 3-1 in the 76kg and won a bronze medal. And in […]