Tag Archives: Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi vows that his administration will resolutely pursue the removal of the United States’ oppressive sanctions, but not condition the growth of the national economy to the elimination of the bans. “We will vigorously seek elimination of the sanctions,” the chief executive said at …

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Thursday that Ashura lessons “guide us in our righteous strive for our people’s rights”. Khatibzadeh made the remarks writing on his personal Twitter account on the occasion of the anniversary martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and …

China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Chinese state television said. China will unswervingly develop friendly relations with Iran and the two sides should continue to support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests and major concerns, Xi was quoted by the state …

Hezbollah says it will surely take action to import gasoline from Iran as means of countering Lebanon’s dire fuel shortage, a product of the country’s worsening economic situation. “We will definitely import gasoline and fuel residue from Iran,” the Lebanese resistance movement’s Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday, Lebanon’s …

Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19 surge in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, state television reported on Saturday. All non-essential businesses and offices will have to close under the nationwide lockdown from Monday to Aug. 21, in …

Iran summoned the Russian and British ambassadors on Thursday after a photograph was posted on the Russian embassy’s Twitter account recalling the 1943 Tehran Conference, Iranian state media reported. The picture, which outgoing foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called “extremely inappropriate”, has drawn criticism in Iran, with many saying on …

Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein arrived in Tehran on Tuesday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet with Iranian President Ibrahim Rais, in addition to a number of Iranian officials. During the visit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will discuss topics related to bilateral relations and the security situation in the …

Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is scheduled to visit Tehran as part of a tour of West Asian meant to discuss regional security and the response to the coronavirus pandemic with officials of the new Iranian administration. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the top Japanese diplomat said he …

A fire broke out at a storage tank in a petrochemicals plant on Iran’s Gulf island of Kharg on Tuesday, but the blaze was brought under control and there were no casualties, the Iranian oil ministry’s SHANA news agency reported. “Fortunately, this accident did not cause any casualties and its …

Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad called for the completion of construction of a project connecting Iranian railway to neighboring Iraq. Iraj Masjedi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Iraq, in a meeting with the Secretary of Council of Ministers in Iraq Hamid Naim Al-Ghazi on Monday said that the relevant …

After having his mandate endorsed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Ebrahim Raeisi has taken the oath of office to be officially inaugurated as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Iranian parliament on Thursday afternoon, attended …

Iraq’s President, Barham Salih, held today, Thursday, in Tehran, a meeting with the new Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi. The meeting, which was attended by the foreign ministers and senior officials from both sides, is the first after Raisi assuming his post. A statement issued by the Iraqi Presidency said today …

Iran will not continue with its plans for prisoner swaps with the United States, an unnamed Iranian official told the semi-official Nour Newsagency on Tuesday, accusing Washington of “breaches” against efforts to free the detainees. “With the continuing Biden administration … breaches, there is no incentive on Iran’s part to …

Ebrahim Raeisi is now officially the 8th president of the Islamic Republic of Iran after his mandate was endorsed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran, weeks after the ex-Judiciary chief won the country’s 13th presidential election by a landslide. Ayatollah Khamenei’s …

The Iranian embassy in Afghanistan has issued an urgent warning calling on citizens to immediately leave cities outside the capital Kabul amid a deteriorating security situation in the country. “It is recommended to the nationals of the Islamic Republic of Iran who live or do business in Afghan districts and …

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says recent accusations leveled against Tehran by Israel and the United States about attacking an Israeli-owned merchant ship in the Sea of Oman are “childish” and influenced by the Zionist lobby in the United States. Saeed Khatibzadeh made the remarks in a Sunday press briefing …

The United States is reportedly planning a sanctions campaign against Iran’s defensive drones and guided missiles program, six months after the administration of Joe Biden, who had promised to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and remove anti-Iran sanctions, assumed office. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed US officials, said the …

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has arrested a network of agents with the Israeli Mossad spy agency at the Western borders, confiscating a large cache of weapons and ammunition that they were planning to use to provoke riots and terror inside the country. The ministry’s director-general for counterintelligence said on Tuesday that …

Forty-six Afghan soldiers sought refuge in Pakistan after losing control of military positions across the border following advances by the Taliban, Pakistan’s army said on Monday. Hundreds of Afghan army soldiers and civil officials have fled to neighboring Tajikistan, Iran, and Pakistan in recent weeks after Taliban offensives in border …

An assistant professor of Pasteur Institute of Iran (IPI) announced on Sat. that Iran is getting prepared to register the Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine, ‘COVIran Barekat’ in WHO. According to Dr. Asghar Abdoli, described that Iran needs to initially submit all the required documents about its homemade vaccine to WHO. Then, …