The Iran Project - The cooperation deal signed between Iran and South Africa ahead of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg highlights Iran's efforts to join the influential group of developing economies. Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi is set to attend the summit and is pitching Iran's bid for membership to South Africa, as the country chairs the group ...

IRNA South Africa is interested in Iran's joining the emerging economies association, South African Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbet said on Saturday. In a visit by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to Iran, the issue of Iran's joining to the association of five major emerging national economies-Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa- was ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) Brazilian minister of development, industry and trade will lead a delegation of economic officials and businessmen to Tehran, arriving on Monday. Among Armando Monteiros entourage visiting Tehran will be Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Central Bank officials, Foreign Ministry economic team and 35 Brazilian tradesmen. The ...

Weekly Report:6-11 July, 2015   July 6, 2015: P5+1 Foreign ministers hold meeting on Iranian nuclear program The foreign ministers of the P5+1 group are meeting in Vienna behind closed doors without representatives of Tehran.   Disputes over missiles and arms embargo hold up Iran talks A dispute over U.N. sanctions ...

Irans President Hassan Rouhani says he discussed further promotion of cooperation with leaders attending a joint summit of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Union during his significant visit to Russia. Speaking to reporters upon arrival at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran early on Friday, Rouhani described his ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has welcomed the expansion of ties with China, expressing hope for enhanced cooperation between Tehran and Beijing in political and economic fields. Rouhani made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the joint summits of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ...

UFA, Russia, July 9 (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday he was grateful to Russia for its efforts to secure an agreement at talks between six major powers and Iran on Tehran's nuclear programme. "I would like to thank Russia for its efforts on Iran's nuclear agreement," he told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for the further enhancement of cooperation between the Islamic Republic and India, particularly in countering threats posed by terrorism. In a Thursday meeting with Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rouhani said Iran and India play a very key role in fighting terrorism in the region. During the meeting,...

Russia called on Thursday for a U.N. weapons embargo on Iran to be lifted as soon as possible, saying it would help Tehran contribute to the fight against terrorism. The arms embargo is among stumbling blocks at talks in Vienna between Iran and six major powers, including Russia, on curbing Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic ...

Nuclear talks between Iran and the world's six major powers have entered their most difficult phase, but all involved parties are working on new proposals submitted by Tehran, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. "These talks are like alpinists claiming a peak: 95 percent of the way has been completed, but there are ...

Moscow, July 9, IRNA Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanayee said that President Hassan Rouhani has preplanned visits with his Russian and Belarus counterparts as well as Indian prime minister and leaders of several other countries in Ufa, Bashkortostan Republic. Sanayee said that President Rouhani will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir ...

Moscow, July 9, IRNA Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanayee said that President Hassan Rouhani has preplanned visits with his Russian and Belarus counterparts as well as Indian prime minister and leaders of several other countries in Ufa, Bashkortostan Republic. 'These meetings are good opportunities to explain our country's views on important ...

Tehran, July 8, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani arrived in the city Ufa, Bashkortostan Republic of Russia, on Wednesday night to attend the summit meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS there. President Rouhani left Tehran for Moscow on Wednesday afternoon to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization as well as BRICS summit ...

Vienna, July 7, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that he will not attend BRICS meeting, because he should stay in Vienna for nuclear talks. Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. 'I was supposed to return Tehran to accompany President Rouhani to take part in BRICS Summit in Ufa, but,...