Iran DailyPresident for ECO reforms
President Hassan Rouhani called for reforms in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) to enable it to address the needs of regional countries and its member states.
Obama supports Iran deal, criticizes opponents
US President Barack Obama forcefully defended the temporary agreement between the P5+1 and Iran over Tehrans nuclear program on Monday, pushing back the skepticism voiced by members of the Congress and some American allies.
US, Afghanistan at odds over security pact
US national security advisor Susan Rice told Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday that a delay in signing a troubled security deal risked the US pulling troops out of the country completely next year.
Rafsanjani: Final Iran deal could come within a year
Chairman of State Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has raised hopes of a comprehensive nuclear deal with world powers within a year.
Inauguration of Iran-US Chamber of Commerce in one month
Iran-US chamber of commerce will be launched in less than one month, said an official of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA).
North Cypriot minister lauds Iran ties
Iranian and Cypriot people are like brothers and have a long history of relations, said Foreign Minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus Ozdil Nami on Monday.
FM: Iranophobia scenario has gone downhill
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranophobia project has fallen flat and those trying to depict a bad image of Iran to attain illegitimate goals are really worried in the wake of a nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and six major world powers in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Nuclear deal major success
After weeks of strenuous negotiations, the decade-old standoff over Tehrans nuclear program ended in a deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany in the Swiss city of Geneva, on Sunday (November 24).
Call for fighting terrorism
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said Tuesday said the recent terrorist attack against Irans embassy in Lebanon indicated the need for further regional cooperation against terrorism.
Tehran Times
ECO is in need of reform: Rouhani
Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhani says ECO as a regional economic bloc needsto undergo certain changes.
Indiaconsidersmore Iranoil imports,readies payments
India couldstep up crude imports from Irannext month and start transferringbillions of dollars it owes for oil asearly as next week, following a dealbetween Tehran and six world powers
on the Islamic Republics nuclearprogram.
Karzai refuses to sign U.S. deal, sets new conditions
Afghanistans President HamidKarzai has refused to sign a securitydeal with the United States, theWhite House said, opening up theprospect of a complete withdrawalof U.S. troops from the strife-tornnation next year.
Iran must beat the tablefor Syria peaceconference:Fischer
Iran is a major player in Syria andmust be invited to the Geneva conferencegiven its constructive contribution to theBonn Conference on Afghanistan in 2001, accordingto former German foreign ministerJoschka Fischer.
Iran deal a world-class victory: Hezbollah
Hezbollah said the weekend nuclear deal betweenIran and world powers was a majorvictory for its regional ally.
Egyptian police clash withprotesters
Egyptian police fired a watercannon to disperse dozens ofprotesters near the Ministry ofInterior on Tuesday after they defied a new law that restrictsdemonstrations, Reuters reported.
Angolan govt. demolishesmosques, bans Islam
The government of Angola has reportedly started to demolishmosques in the countryafter announcing thatpracticing Islam is illegal in thecountry.
FSA says will nothalt fighting forplanned peacetalks
The head of the Free Syrian Army said on Tuesday that rebel forcesloyal to him would not join a plannedpeace conference in Switzerland inJanuary and would continue theirfight to topple President Bashar al-Assad throughout the talks.
Iran says ready toattend conferenceon Syria withoutpreconditions
ForeignMinister MohammadJavad Zarif has said that Iran isready to take part in the Geneva talkson Syria without any preconditions.
Obama takes oncritics of Iran deal,praises diplomacy
U.S. President BarackObama took on critics of a newly brokerednuclear deal with Iran on Monday by saying theirtough talk was good for politics but not for U.S. security.
Iran seeking to promote stability in the region: Rouhani
Iranian President HassanRouhani has said that his administrationsforeign policy is based on the principle ofincreased cooperation with regional countries with theaim of promoting security and stability of the region.
Oman says Iran nucleardeal will boost regionalpeace, stability
A responsible source atOmans Foreign Ministry has said theinterim agreement reached between Iran and the sixworld powers on Tehrans nuclear program would contributeto achieving peace and stability in the region, theTimes of Oman said on Tuesday.
