Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended the hand of friendship with the new parliament, which will hold its first session this week.

Rouhani said discussions are underway at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to pass a resolution to lift all sanctions amid coronavirus crisis.

 Afghan authorities have announced April 20, 2019 as the date for next presidential election, when the five-year term of President Ashraf Ghani-led national unity government (NUG) comes to an end. The announcement was made by Abdul Badi Sayed, chairman of the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission, who said many factors, including security, had to be taken […]

TEHRAN – Hamid Ali Samimi was elected as new President of Islamic Republic of Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled on Monday. Iran’s Deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Davarzani and Shahrokh Shahnazi, the National Olympic Committee Secretary General, attended the elections. He will serve for four years as President after securing 24 out of 43 […]

TEHRAN– Nasrollah Parichehreh was appointed as acting president of Iran Basketball Federation on Tuesday. Mahmoud Mashhoon stepped down from his role as basketball federation president after 14 years on Friday. Parichehreh will be introduced as the federation’s acting president on Wednesday. He has already worked as acting president in Iran Chess Federation. The new president […]

TEHRAN  – Hamid Reza Garshasbi has been appointed as acting president of Iranian Persepolis football club. Garshasbi replaced Ali Akbar Taheri, who stepped down as his role in early November, in the Iranian club. Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth has appointed Garshasbi as replacement for Taheri. Taheri quit as Persepolis GM after three years. […]

Lebanese President Michel Aoun’s office said on Saturday that Saad al-Hariri had phoned him “from outside Lebanon” to resign as the country’s prime minister and that Aoun awaited Hariri’s return to hear the “circumstances of the resignation”. Saad Hariri resigned from his post Saturday during a trip to Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that […]

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 – Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, was declared elected as Singapore’s first woman president on Wednesday, after the returning officer announced she was the sole candidate to qualify for the contest. Aiming to strengthen a sense of inclusivity in the multicultural city-state, Singapore had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial post, would […]