March 05, The Iran ProjectIrans Asghar Farhadi winning his 2nd Oscars for The Salesman, President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attendingECO Summit, Indonesias Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution visit to Iran and meeting with senior officials, Iranians mourning martyrdom anniv. of Hazrat Fatima, Iranians celebrating 2nd Oscars win for Farhadi, French Minister of Finance and Public Accounts Michel Sapin trip to the country and meeting with senior officials, Closing ceremony of 40th FIDE Womens World Chess Championship 2017, Sri Lankas Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya trip to Iran and meeting with senior officials and Damavand military drill successfully testing S300 air defense systemdominated the countrys media outlets in the past week (Feb 27 Mar 05).
The Iranian Navy displayed and successfully test-fired an advanced domestically-made guided missile system dubbed Dehlaviyeh which is specialized in targeting vessels and ships.
President Hassan Rouhani met his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the 13th ECO Summit in Islamabad on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ties and regional developments.
Iran is likely to go on an international shopping spree for surface warships, submarines and anti-ship missiles after the expiration in 2020 of a United Nations resolution prohibiting it from acquiring sophisticated weapons, according to the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held private talks with head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency Thursday in the first direct meeting between the outfit monitoring the Iranian nuclear accord and a senior official from the Trump administration, which has been sharply critical of the 2015 deal.
Commander of Khatam ul-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaeili Iran will severely respond any possible aggression on its territory with a strong fist.
President Hassan Rouhani said that Irans move to grant visas to the American wrestlers who attended the newly-ended World Cup in Iran has made the US administration ashamed.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says strengthening cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on different issues will serve the interests of the region.
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi highlighted the progress in the countrys peaceful nuclear program and said the Islamic Republic faces no problems in exploring, converting and enriching uranium.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has hailed Irans ability to achieve what it has described as an impressive economic recovery after the removal of multiple-year sanctions against the country.
The Islamic Republic of Iran ranked first among countries producing Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) in January 2017, the preliminary data published by the World Steel Association showed.
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp (000063.SZ)(0763.HK) is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges and pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties over allegations it violated U.S. laws that restrict sale of U.S. technology to Iran, a person familiar with the matter said.
According to a preliminary deal which has been signed with Siemens,various types of transformers will be produced in a joint firm, based on the German engineering giant license, to be sold inside and outside of Iran, Arsalan Fathipour,
The General Command of the Army and Armed Forces announced on Thursday that units of army re-established control over the city of Tadmur (Palmyra) after inflicting heavy losses upon ISIS terrorist organization in personnel and equipment.
Four in five Canadians expressing an opinion believe the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israel is reasonable, a national survey released Wednesday suggests.
The United Nations special envoy for Syria concluded Friday a marathon round of talks in Geneva with an agreement from the conflicting parties to pursue further talks on a political transition to end the six-year war.
A political context larger than that of films themselves swept Irans The Salesman into the limelight and effectively solidified its win in the best foreign language category at the Oscars on Sunday. Iranian astronaut Anousheh Ansari accepted the award on behalf of director Asghar Farhadi, who was absent from the ceremony in protest of Donald Trumps travel ban.