New Pakistani envoy submits copy of credentials to Zarif
IRNA – New Pakistani Ambassador to Iran Rahim Hayat Qureshi on Tuesday submitted a copy of his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister…
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Iran’s conservatives win elections after record-low turnout, disqualifications
The Wall Street Journal | Aresu Eqbali and Sune Engel Rasmussen: Iran’s conservatives won a landslide in the country’s parliamentary elections, strengthening…
Iran’s conservatives win election by large margin, Mehr says
Bloomberg | Arsalan Shahla and Golnar Motevalli: Iranian conservatives won a majority in parliamentary elections, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency, sweeping…
President Rouhani gives directives for handling coronavirus
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday gave directives for handling issues concerning coronavirus by speeding up the procedure to stem the…
Iran sustains military spending in face of US sanctions
Financial Times | Andrew England and Najmeh Bozorgmehr: Top commander reveals in rare interview that Tehran has not cut its defence budgets…
Iran’s Zarif calls on EU to preserve JCPOA through ‘Action’
Tasnim – In separate meetings with his Dutch and Austrian counterparts in Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the European…
Iran says turnout in parliamentary election was 42%: TV
Reuters – Iran’s interior minister said on Sunday that turnout in the country’s parliamentary election on Feb. 21 was around 42%, state…
Rouhani introduces new agriculture min. to Parliament
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani introduced Kazem Khavazi, the deputy of Iran’s previous agriculture minister and head of Agricultural Research Education…
Conservatives ahead as Iran election results trickle in
AFP | Amir Havasi: Conservatives took a lead Saturday as the first results of Iran’s parliamentary election came in, boosted by a…
Iran elections: conservatives on brink of landslide victory
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Iran’s conservatives are on the brink of a landslide victory in the country’s parliamentary elections as forecasts…
President in a meeting with Austrian FM: US sanctions like coronavirus; panic more than reality
President.ir – Stating that the United States’ sanctions are like coronavirus, which the panic it makes is more than what it really…
Final result of parliamentary polls in Iranian capital announced
Tasnim – The final result of the parliamentary elections in the capital Tehran and its suburbs showed on Sunday that Principlists, the…
Iran open to talks with EU on ways to save 2015 nuclear deal: President Rouhani
Press TV – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic has not closed the door to talks with the European Union…
Leader thanks nation for massive participation in parl. elections
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei thanked the aware and determined Iranian nation, who responded positively to…
Iranian, Dutch FMs hold meeting in Tehran
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok on Saturday. Minister of…
Iran rejects US sanctions on Iran Guardian Council
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi dismissed the US sanctions against members of Iran’s Guardian Council as a sign…
Initial results shows ex-Tehran mayor Ghalibaf has major lead in Tehran
MNA – Vote counting in the electoral district of Tehran city to this point reveals that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has the major…
Principalists leading Iran’s parliamentary elections: Partial results
Press TV – Principalists are leading across different constituencies in Iran’s 11th parliamentary elections, partial results show. The initial results were published by Iranian media…
FATF puts Iran on its blacklist
MNA – Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Iran on its blacklist after Iran allegedly failed to comply with international anti-terrorism…
Iranian people real winners of elections: Shamkhani
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani praised the massive presence in the ongoing elections across the…
Iran Elections: 90 candidates drop out of race in Tehran, 30 wrongdoers arrested
Tasnim – As the parliamentary elections in Iran is nearing the final hours, more than 90 candidates in the Tehran electoral district…
Deal of Century doomed to failure, senior cleric says
IRNA – Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that US President Donald Trump’s Deal of the Century is doomed…
Pres. Rouhani: Iranian nation to disappoint enemies
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that massive turnout of Iranian people in the election will disappoint the enemies…
People of Qom cast ballots despite Coronavirus fears
Tasnim – Iranian clerics and ordinary people residing in the holy city of Qom have taken part in the parliamentary elections, despite…
Majlis speaker highlights significant role of parliament in decision making
IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani attended parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran on Friday, saying that parliament is one…
Pres. Rouhani casts vote in parliamentary, Assembly of Experts elections
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Friday visited the Elections Headquarter in Interior Ministry in Tehran to cast his vote for…
Police chief: Long queues formed at polling stations in Iran, security prevails
Tasnim – Commander of Tehran’s Police said many polling stations across Iran have been packed with an early-morning crowd of voters after…
FM says election is best way to strengthen country
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that despite all the differences, the election is still the best…
Every vote a slap in enemy’s face: IRGC commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami predicted massive participation of people in Friday’s elections…
What is at stake in the Iran elections?
Press TV | Hossein Jelveh: Elections in Iran are big news. Not just because they receive too much attention in the foreign…
Tehran welcomes expansion of ties with Canberra
IRNA – The Vice President for Legal Affairs at the meeting with the Australian Ambassador to Iran stated that Tehran welcomes the…
Iran defends barring of candidates as campaign ends
AFP | David Vujanovic: Iran’s electoral watchdog on Wednesday defended its decision to disqualify thousands of candidates for a crucial parliamentary election…
With election rivals barred, Iran’s hard-liners resort to infighting
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: The race for the Islamic Republic’s 11th parliament is likely to turn into one of the most peculiar…
Iranian ‘action man’ sets sights on parliament
Reuters – Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf’s record as a Revolutionary Guards air force commander, a war veteran and a national police chief has…
Iran’s Larijani: High turnout in polls will force US to change course
Tasnim – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said a high turnout in Friday’s parliamentary elections would help the country resolve domestic problems…
Feb 21 a ‘significant day’ of all Iranians: Spox
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in his tweeter on Thursday that tomorrow (parliamentary election day) will be regarded as…
Iran’s enemies more scared of ‘the nation’ than arms
MNA – Commander of Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said the enemies are more afraid of the Iranian nation…
IRGC urges high turnout in Friday polls
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called on the Iranian nation to take part in Friday’s parliamentary elections in massive…
Zarif says Ukraine jet black boxes can’t be decoded without Iran
Bloomberg – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country won’t let the flight recorders of the Ukrainian jet that was…
Iran Army receives 8 domestically-overhauled military aircraft
Press TV – Iran’s Army has received eight military aircraft manufactured by foreign countries and overhauled at home by Iranian experts, Press…