Photos: Int’l Islamic Unity Conference kicks off in Tehran
IRNA | Akbar Tavakkoli: The 32nd International Islamic Unity Conference with the theme of “Quds, Axis of Unity Among Ummah” started work…
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Iran Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 1,086 inmates
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,086 convicts.…
90% of world saffron produced in Iran
IRNA – Member of saffron national council said from 430 tons of saffron in the world 400 tons are produced in Iran.…
MP: ‘It is entirely rational to join FATF’
IRNA – The marathon of the approval of bills on Iran’s membership to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), after many ups…
World tired of US unilateralism: Iran’s FM
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the international community recognizes the danger and is tired of the unilateral policies…
US-led coalition strikes kill 11 Syrian civilians in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – At least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, have lost their lives and dozens more have been wounded when…
Europe’s financial mechanism to work with Iran
IRNA – European Union ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer has assured that the measures related to the establishment of financing mechanism with…
Iran’s Rouhani calls for Muslims to unite against United States
Reuters – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Muslims worldwide on Saturday to unite against the United States, instead of “rolling out…
Iran waives visa-stamping rules in bid to boost tourism
AP — Iranian media is reporting that the country has implemented a measure allowing officials to waive rules relating to stamping visas…
Iran says US chemical weapons’ claim, ‘ungrounded’
IRNA – US claim that Iran is secretive about the issue of chemical weapons is “baseless,” Iran said through a statement Friday.…
NIOC CEO appoints heads of key subsidiaries
SHANA – Masoud Karbasian, CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), issued separate decrees appointing heads of the National Iranian South…
Diversification of petrochemical products, a necessity: CEO
SHANA – Behzad Mohammadi, the newly-appointed CEO of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), underlined the necessity of diversifying petrochemical products. Addressing a…
Iranian military commanders visit bases in PG to warn enemies
MNA – Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, the commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters and Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of…
32nd Intl. Islamic Unity Conference kicks off
MNA – The 32nd International Islamic Unity Conference opened in Tehran on Saturday and will continue through Monday (Nov. 26). Iranian President…
Rasht-Anzali railway to earn economic benefit
IRNA – Iran’s Vice-President Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht says Rasht-Anzali railway connection will earn economic benefits. Speaking with reporters on Friday, Nobakht said infrastructures…
Iran stresses need for setting up banking channel with EU
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday stressed the urgency for establishing a banking channel with the European Union…
Iran English language newspaper headlines on Saturday, 24-11-2018
Iran Daily Iran, Italy discuss European payment mechanism Iran and Italy discussed the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), a payment mechanism being devised…
Iran to unveil 100% domestically-made advanced submarine in near future
MNA – The Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Fri. that in addition to a new destroyer, which will be…
China resumes Iran oil imports after receiving waiver
Bloomberg – Asia’s largest buyer of Iranian oil is said to have resumed purchases from the Persian Gulf state following a one-month…
30 satellite TV channels to broadcast 32nd Intl. Islamic Unity Conf. in Tehran
MNA – The 32nd International Islamic Unity Conference will kick off tomorrow in Tehran and will be broadcast live by 30 satellite…
Iran sympathizes with Pakistan over terrorist attack
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday sympathized with the people and government of Pakistan over the recent terrorist attack. Bahram…
Iran calls US sanctions ‘humiliation’ to entire world, urges ‘collective response’
Press TV – Iran says the US sanctions against the country are a “humiliation to all international community,” calling for a “collective response” to…
Popular sentiment in Pakistan remains sympathetic to Tehran
MNA – Senior Pakistani journalist and political analyst Farrukh K Pitafi says popular sentiment in his country remains sympathetic to Iran in…
Japanese trade with Iran under pressure
Nippon – Resource-poor Japan has made great efforts to forge good relationships with oil producing countries in the Middle East. Iran, boasting…
Trump seems to have no concept of a multipolar world: Jahanpour
MNA – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on Middle Eastern Affairs in the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a…
Golan Heights’ resolution: Why did US change its tradition of abstention?
Alwaght – The US for the first time voted on Friday against a United Nations Assembly General’s resolution that condemned the Israeli…
Iranian bodies form committee to discuss CFT
MNA – Iranian Parliament, the Guardian Council, and the administration have formed a consultative committee to confer on Iran’s accession to the…
GRC Regional Meeting kicks off in Iran
MNA – Iran National Science Foundation hosts Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of the Global Research Council at Parsian Azadi Hotel on Wednesday morning.…
Iranian protestors call for unity among Muslims to support Yemen
FNA – Iranian people in a protest rally on Tuesday gathered in front of the UN office to ask the international body’s…
371 Iranian nationals extradited from foreign prisons
MNA – Some 371 Iranian nationals imprisoned overseas have been repatriated to Iran since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March…
Photos: Autumn leaves decorate streets of Tabriz
Mehr | Mina Noei: Pavements and busy paths in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz have been covered with autumn leaves, turning…
Iranian student wins prestigious Alumni Gold Medal
MNA – Iranian computer science student Amir-Hossein Karimi had already worked as a software engineer at Facebook, BlackBerry and even founded a…
Leader’s representative at IRGC: Iran to continue support for Palestine
FNA – Iranian Supreme Leader’s representative at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ali Saeedi underlined Iran’s continued support for the oppressed…
80 percent of Iraqi kids have experienced violence at home or in school: UNICEF report
Press TV – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says 80 percent of children in Iraq are subjected to violence…
US sanctions on food, medicine target Iranian nation
MNA – President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society Ali Asghar Peyvandi said the United States’ hostile approach and illegal sanctions, especially…
‘Fateh’ submarine to surprise Iran’s enemies: Navy cmdr.
MNA – Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Wed. the domestically-manufactured submarine ‘Fateh’ will “definitely” take the country’s enemies by surprise.…
Zaghari-Ratcliffe citizen of Iran, tried based on Iran’s law
AFP – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was told in his Monday trip to Tehran that Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a…
Almost 85,000 Yemeni kids died from malnutrition: Save the Children
Press TV – A UK-based charity says more than 84,700 children under the age of five may have starved to death in Yemen since…
6% rise in mining chain exports in seven months
IRNA – Evaluation of seven-month performance of Iran’s foreign trade shows that the mining chain and mining industry in the meantime has…
NPC talks with investors continue despite sanctions: Official
SHANA – A senior official with the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said the company’s talks with petrochemical investors were continuing despite US…