Iran and US game, chicken game or prisoner’s dilemma?
MNA | Javad Heirannia: According to game theory, the type of Iran-US behavior can be studied in the form of models. This theory…
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Iranian parliament mulls capital gains tax to control surging automotive prices
Financial Tribune – Iranian lawmakers are studying a draft bill on the introduction of a capital gains tax to control the auto…
Majlis plans probe into forex subsidies
Financial Tribune – The parliament plans to investigate the foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Iran during the last fiscal…
US warns Europe that its Iran workaround could face sanctions
Bloomberg | Jonathan Stearns and Helene Fouquet: The Trump administration escalated its battle with European allies over the fate of the Iran…
Forex falls in Tehran
Financial Tribune – Currency rates continued to descend in markets across the country on Wednesday as businesses took some relief from weeks…
Call me, please? Trump’s appeal prompts online ridicule in Iran
Bloomberg | Golnar Motevalli: Donald Trump’s phone rings in the middle of the night. “It’s the Iranians,” he says, jolting upright in…
Iranians shocked as former Tehran mayor confesses to killing wife
Al-Monitor – Mitra Ostad, the second wife of former politician Mohammad Ali Najafi, was found dead in her northwest Tehran flat around…
New round of Russian-Iranian talks on nuclear deal to be held soon — diplomat
TASS – Russia will hold another round of talks with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Russian Deputy Foreign…
Why Iran needs China to act on far more than oil imports
Al-Monitor | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: An oil tanker belonging to China’s state-owned Bank of Kunlun departed on May 16 from the Soroush oil…
Iran refutes Saudi FM accusations against Iran
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Director General for International Peace and Security, Reza Najafi, refuted Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf baseless accusations…
Moscow mistrusts Bolton’s claims Iran ‘Almost Certainly’ attacked oil tankers
Sputnik – Moscow does not trust US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s claims that Iran is “almost certainly” behind the recent attack…
Adel al-Jubeir: ‘Saudi Arabia does not want a war with Iran’
BBC – Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, has told the BBC that his country does not want…
On Eve of Intl. Quds Day, Iran urges strong Muslim unity against Israel
Press TV – On the eve of International Quds Day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry calls on Islamic nations to form a united front…
FM Zarif: Current situation of Islamic world ‘painful’
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that situation of the Islamic world in the current situation is ‘painful’ and…
Twitter, Facebook delete ‘Iran-Linked’ accounts without looking at firm’s report
Sputnik – Twitter and Facebook announced Tuesday that, based on a report by cybersecurity firm and CIA startup FireEye, the two social…
Al-Quds neither America’s to give away nor Israel’s to take, says Iran’s Zarif
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammd Javad Zarif says the the holy occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds belongs to Palestine and the Palestinian nation, stressing that…
Iran to keep suspending its obligations unless nuclear deal re-balanced, diplomat says
TASS – Russia has no doubt that Tehran will take new steps to suspend the implementation of its obligations under the Iran…
Ideal of Quds, Palestine indestructible: Commander
IRNA — Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major-General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri in a message invited the Iranian nation to…
Energy dealings with Iran lawful, must be respected: China to US
Press TV – China, the top buyer of Iranian oil, has dismissed Washington’s warning to Hong Kong that it could face penalties…
‘Deal of the Century’ doomed to failure: IRGC statement
MNA – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement on the anniversary of International Quds Day condemning US and…
Zarif congratulates Barzani on election as KRG president
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated Nechirvan Barzani on his election as the new president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional…
EU calls on Russia, Turkey, Iran to protect civilians in Idlib
Reuters – The European Union called on Wednesday for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province and said Russia, Turkey, Iran and the…
Negotiation with US ‘total loss’: Ayatollah Khamenei
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has ruled out the possibility of talks between Tehran and…
Iran’s Supreme Leader emphasizes practical—not political—economic aims
Bourse and Bazaar – Two weeks ago, during a high-level meeting with the Islamic Republic’s political elite, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
SCI surveys latest inflation rates for income deciles in Iran
Financial Tribune – The average annual inflation gap measured by the Statistical Center of Iran among income deciles increased by 0.1% to…
Trump’s incoherence on Iran is off the charts
The Washington Post | Jennifer Rubin: President Trump entered office after promising to tear up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),…
Iran’s Larijani, Chinese envoy discuss closer ties
Tasnim – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Iran Pang Sen stressed the need to boost the relations…
Embassy in Baghdad rejects speculations on Iran’s demand from Iraq to mediate for talks with US
FNA – The Iranian embassy in Baghdad dismissed media reports claiming that Foreign Minister Zarif has demanded Iraq, during his recent visit,…
Zarif congratulates liberation of southern Lebanon
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message extended congratulations over liberation of the southern Lebanon by Resistance youths…
Gazprom still considering participation in projects in Iran, says top manager
TASS – Gazprom is not showing interest in participation in the project on construction of a gas pipeline from Iran to Oman,…
President inviting people to attend Quds Day: Iranian nation won’t leave Quds, oppressed alone
President.ir – President called on people to attend the Quds Day ceremony in large numbers and stated, “The Iranian nation will never…
Iran to modernise Arak heavy water nuclear reactor outside JCPOA – Deputy FM
Sputnik – Iran is going to modernise its heavy water reactor in Arak outside the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), given…
Iran rejects Bolton’s absurd claim on UAE oil-tanker attacks
MNA – Iran has vehemently rejected the “ludicrous” claim by US National Security Adviser John Bolton on the country’s involvement in UAE…
Iran producing advanced armors protecting against tandem-charge warheads
Tasnim – Iranian military experts at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force have managed to produce armors capable of protecting…
Tehran ready for possibility of war with US, but hopes for dialogue – Iran’s deputy FM
RT – Iran is prepared for the possibility of war with the United States, but hopes instead that tensions between the two…
Iraq to support Iran’s non-aggression pact initiative: Envoy
Tasnim – Iraq will support any initiative that will de-escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf, the Iraqi ambassador to Russia said on…
Iran’s Rouhani suggests US talks possible if sanctions lifted, commitments met
Reuters – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signaled on Wednesday that talks with the United States might be possible if Washington lifted sanctions…
Iran, Pakistan in talks to implement gas pipeline project
SHANA – The spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tehran was taking steps to protect the interests of the…
‘Failure of the Century’ a plot against the region: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the US proposed ‘Deal of the Century’ as the ‘Failure of the Century’, noting that…
Iran, Russia review JCPOA
IRNA – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi discussed issues concerning the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…