European Parliament delegation meets rights activists in Tehran
The Iran Project- A delegation from the European parliament has traveled to Tehran for a six-day visit to meet with Iranian lawmakers and…
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Iran-Egypt ties, loss to enemies- Deputy FM
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – Deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs said Sunday that cordial relations between the Iranian and…
Iranian soccer team’s head coach to leave for S. Africa tomorrow
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Carlos Queiroz, the Portuguese head coach of the Iranian national soccer squad, will leave Tehran for South Africa to…
Iran urges neighbors, Int’l bodies to show resolve in war on drugs
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli described drug trafficking as a great threat posed to the entire region and even…
Senior lawmaker: EU parliament seeking to develop ties with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iran Tarja Cronberg underlined the EU’s firm intention to expand relations…
IAEA to inspect Gachin mine soon
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – A spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Sunday announced that inspectors of the UN…
Iran’s 8-month exports exceed $19.7b
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran has exported 51.2 million tons of non-oil goods, excluding liquefied gas, worth…
Straw upcoming visit to Tehran fixed: MP
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – A senior Iranian lawmaker here on Sunday announced that the upcoming visit to Tehran of former British…
Iranians to celebrate Yalda Night
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – The last night of autumn in Iran, coinciding this year with December 22, is a special occasion…
Iran unveils plans to develop indigenous positioning system
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian defense minister on Sunday unveiled a plan to establish a national positioning system that could be used for…
Netanyahu urges more pressure against Iran
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the escalation of international pressure against Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program. “As…
President vows rapid development of south Pars energy field
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said his administration attaches great significance to the development of the giant offshore South Pars gas…
Iraq terrorist attack injured transferred to Iran
KERMANSHAH, Dec. 14 (MNA) – The political advisor to Qasr Shirin governor has said 25 Iranians have been killed in Iraq’s Diyala…
Venezuela backs Iranian, Syrian nations
Tehran, Dec 14, IRNA – Venezuelan Ambassador to Tehran Amenhotep Zambrano said on Saturday that his country is determined to defend the legitimate…
EU Parliamentary delegation to meet Rafsanjani
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – The EU Parliamentary delegation will meet Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Larijani, and Mohammad Javad Zarif. Mehr…
Arvandan co. raising oil output to 1 mb/d
TEHRAN (FNA)- Arvandan Oil and Gas Company will become the second largest oil production company in the country, Head of the National…
All Iran’s women mayors
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – 17 years after a woman became the mayor of Tehran’s 7th Municipality district, now more women are…
NIOC getting 14.5 percent of total oil revenue
TEHRAN (FNA)- The next year’s budget bill submitted to the parliament for approval has allocated 14.5 percent of crude oil and gas…
Iran ‘Fish and Cat’ wins top award in Dubai film festival
Dubai, Dec 14, IRNA – Iranian director Shahram Mokri’s cinematic production Fish and Cat has picked up the best film award of…
Envoy: Iran won’t replace Russia with west
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Tehran attaches much importance to developing ties with Russia, and improvement of the…
Iran, up 2, stands 53rd in FIFA Women’s World Ranking
Tehran, Dec 14, IRNA – Iranian women were up 2, being given in the 53rd world ranking and 13th in Asia, according…
Gov’t eying 9bln euro of bonds for oil projects
TEHRAN (FNA)- The government plans to print nine billion euros of bonds to finance oil industry projects in the next Iranian year…
Iraqi PM condoles with Iran’s president over Friday terrorist attack in Diyala
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki extended his condolences to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over the Friday terrorist attack on the Iranian…
Iran wins 2 medals of Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic qualifying ski contests
Ankara, Dec 14, IRNA – Iranian skiers won two gold and bronze medals of the men’s small slalom, getting qualified for the…
Rafsanjani: US extremists bent on killing Geneva accord
Tehran, Dec 14, IRNA – Chairman of Assembly of Expediency Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Saturday that US extremists are bent…
U.S., Britain have not helped Syrian rebels enough, Saudi prince says
(Reuters) – Opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad have been at an impossible disadvantage since the start of the Syrian conflict because…
Deputy FM: Iran not to allow Takfiri terrorists to trouble Tehran-Baghdad ties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian condemned the Friday terrorist attack which killed 20…
MP: Western society’s image of Iranian society “untrue”
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – Head of Majlis’ Women Fraction lambasted the western countries for trying to depict an untrue image from…
FSA faces serious difficulty: France
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is fighting to topple the government of Bashar al-Assad,…
Iran beats Malaysia at Women’s Futsal World Tournament
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — Iran defeated Malaysia in its opening match of Women’s Futsal World, Tehran Times daily reported on Sunday.…
Continuation of talks depends on US behavior, MP
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – An Iranian lawmaker said here on Sunday that continuation of negotiations depends on behavior of the US…
Iranian horse-rider wins Azerbaijan’s int’l competition
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian horse-rider Masoud Mokarinejad riding his horse, Bakira, won the title in the international horse-jumping competitions in the Azeri capital,…
Takfiris in Syria execute FSA secretary general
The Takfiri terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed Secretary General of the so-called Free Syrian…
New phases of south Pars to come online in two months
TEHRAN (FNA)- Gas production from the South Pars gas field will rise in the next two months by at least 37 mcm/d,…
Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 15-12-2013
Tehran Times 15 Iranians, 3 Iraqis killed in Iraq gas pipeline attack The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the recent deadly terrorist attack on…
Iran cancels Pakistan gas pipeline loan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has canceled a planned $500 million loan to Pakistan to build part of a pipeline to bring…
S.Korea’s Nov Iranian oil imports up, but still meet sanctions waiver target
SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Iranian crude imports rose in November from October, but still met a target of a…
Iran asks US to provide more in missing American
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran says it has no knowledge of the whereabouts of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who U.S. authorities…
Iran urges action on terrorist attack in Iraq
Iran’s envoy to Baghdad has called for the identification and apprehension of the terrorists who attacked and killed a group of Iranian…