Celebration of Nowruz in Turkey
IRNA – Nowruz, the first day of spring, that marks the new year for a large number of people is celebrated across…
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Iranians line up at dawn for a sanctions meal they can afford
Bloomberg | Golnar Motevalli: Just after dawn Fatemeh Ansari Mokhtari stood alone outside Tehran’s Shahid Baharloo supermarket, gripping the edge of her…
Iran sees stable currency market after turbulent year
Press TV – Iran’s central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati says the government is in full control of the currency market that was…
Rouhani presents budget bill for implementation in next fiscal year
MNA – The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday submitted the budget bill for next Iranian year of 1398 (from March 21,…
Iran’s woes briefly go up in smoke during fire festival
AP — Iranians are celebrating the Festival of Fire, a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition that this year offers a brief escape from…
Iran registers STFI mechanism commensurate with INSTEX
Tasnim – A mechanism similar to the European Union’s mechanism for trade with Iran (the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges or…
Plane catches fire at Tehran airport; 50 passengers aboard: Fars
Reuters – A plane caught fire at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport with approximately 50 passengers still aboard, the Fars news agency said in…
Iranian parliament asks UN chief to stop US relocation of terrorists from Syria to Afghanistan
FNA – Iranian parliamentarians in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of attempts by the US and certain regional states…
Father’s Day in Iran
IRNA – On Wednesday (March 20) Iranian people will visit their fathers to honor them and celebrate the day with gifts, flowers…
Joining FATF not to harm Iranian national interests: Zarif
MNA – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif believes Iran’s accession to anti-money laundering global body the Financial Action Task Force…
Iran sends 300,000 barrels of gas condensate for export from new phase of South Pars gas field: ISNA
Reuters – Iran has sent 300,000 barrels of gas condensate for export from a new phase of South Pars, the world’s largest…
Ties with China priority for Iran: Minister
IRNA – Development of relations with China is a priority for Iran, the Iranian economy said on Tuesday. Iran’s leadership attach much…
Bolstering Iran-China economic ties serving global interest
IRNA – Iran and China’s economies are complementary to each other thus strengthening the cooperation between the two countries is going to…
Rouhani: Subsidy policy reform coming
Financial Tribune – Rouhani said despite the pressures and tensions, the government and the central bank were able to control currency rates…
Iran rises minimum wage for labor
Trend – The Supreme Labor Council of Iran has set the minimum wage of labor for the next Iranian year (starts on…
17th Iran-China joint economic meeting held in Beijing
IRNA – The seventeenth joint economic commission of Iran and China was held in Beijing, attended by the two countries’ ministers of…
Iranian hybrid taxis join Senegal fleet
Press TV – Iran has delivered as many as 30 hybrid vehicles to Senegal to be used in the country’s taxi fleet.…
Iran: FM informs Qom religious references about FATF
Asharq Al-Awsat – The Iranian government is attempting to convince conservatives to approve the bill to join the Financial Action Task Force…
Iran, Russia FMs discuss Venezuela over phone
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone conversation today to discuss the…
Cargo ship sinks in southern Iran, all crew survive
Tasnim – The deputy head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization announced that a foreign cargo ship has sunk in the waters…
Iranian FM: US, west should account for crimes in Middle-East
FNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined his country’s distrust of the US and other western states, saying that they…
Iran military chief of staff visits Resistance forces on Deir ezZor front line
MNA – The Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri has paid a visit to Syrian…
Iran, Europe urge implementation of Yemen Peace Agreement
IRNA – Iran and the European Union stressed the importance of immediate implementation of Stockholm Ageement to establish ceasefire in yemen’s Hodeida…
Iran, Iraq, Syria bound by battlefield blood: Assad
Press TV – “The relation, which gathers Syria with Iran and Iraq, is strong,” Assad said in the capital Damascus on Monday,…
Austrian Pres. urges Europe to counter Trump on Iran Deal
IRNA – Austrian president has demanded the European Union to counter US President Donald Trump, especially regarding Iran Deal. ‘Europeans mustn’t dance…
Persian New Year rituals: what happens in Hormozgan
IRNA – Persian New Year is fast approaching and cities are bustling with people who are rushing to get the last necessary…
Tehran, Moscow vow to increase trade exchanges
IRNA – Tehran’s Governor General Anoshiravan Mohseni Bandpei said on Monday that economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia…
Iran refutes claims of participation in Turkey’s operation against PKK
MNA – An informed source from General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran said the country had…
Syria underlines liberation of all occupied areas
IRNA – Syria’s defense minister on Monday stressed liberation of all areas occupied by terrorist groups. Syria has already not started the…
Iran, China to use local currencies in financial transactions
MNA – Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpasand says that the Iranian authorities are negotiating a financial and monetary…
Iran stresses fighting terrorism till their complete defeat
IRNA – fight against terrorism in the region will continue till complete annihilation of this phenomenon, a top Iranian commander said. Iran…
Iran, Europe review regional developments
IRNA – Senior Assistant to Iranian Foreign Minister conferred on Sunday night with Secretary General of European Union External Action Service (EEAS)…
Mogherini insists on EU-China cooperation to adhere JCPOA
ISNA – EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini stressed on assuring EU and China’s commitment to Iran’s nuclear deal, alone with other…
Official: Iran outpaces Qatar in extraction of gas from South Pars field
FNA – A senior Iranian official announced that the country is now extracting more gas from the South Pars field than Qatar…
Larijani: Planners of Israel-US conspiracy against Syria have failed
SANA – Speaker of the Iranian Shura Council Ali Larijani stressed that the Zionist-American conspiracy hatched against Syria over the past years…
Iran economy minister in China to discuss trade ties
Press TV – Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpasand has traveled to China to discuss ways of promoting bilateral trade. Dejpasand arrived…
Iran’s Rouhani urges Iranians to ‘put all your curses’ on US
AP — Iran’s president on Monday urged Iranians to put a curse on the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia, reiterating his…
Oil Minister: Iran to export gasoline in large cargos next year
FNA – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Sunday that the country is now enjoying surplus in gasoline production and…
Iran, EU to hold 5th round of talks on Yemen
MNA – The 5th round of talks between Iran and the European Union on the latest development in Yemen is slated to…
Iran President’s visit to Iraq puzzles out knots: Zarif
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq solved many age-old problems, said Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif in Qom on Monday. ‘Dredging…