Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson voiced support for the Chinese national legislatures approval of security laws for Hong Kong, denouncing the Western interference in Chinas internal affairs. In an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) in Tehran, Seyed Abbas Mousavi said Iran supports a recent decision from the National Peoples ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry denounced a bill recently passed by the US Congress committee on Foreign Relations about Hong Kong as brazen interference in the internal affairs of other countries. In a statement on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Abbas Mousavi denounced the rude move by the US Congress committee to approve a bill on democracy ...

MNA Iranian athlete Arsalan Ghashghaei claimed the gold medal of mens shot put at 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong. With a throw of 19.36 meters, the Iranian representative bagged the gold medal while the silver and bronze went to Indias Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal (19.08m) and Chinas Yingte Peng (18.59m) respectively. The 2019 ...

MNA The maritime authorities of China, Panama, Iran and Hong Kong on Thursday signed an agreement to jointly investigate the collision that led to explosion and sinking of Iranian oil carrier Sanchi. The maritime authorities of China, Panama, Iran and Hong Kong on Thursday signed an agreement to jointly investigate a collision in the East China ...

IRNA Managing Director of Bank Melli Iran (BMI) Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh announced on Monday that the BMI branch in Hong Kong has reopened. One of the necessary moves to eliminate obstacles to restart activity of the branch was choosing and introducing a certified and independence institute to prepare a report on readiness of the branch. In ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) Irans national mathematics team received six silver and bronze medals in the 57th round of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Hong Kong. The Iranian team consisted of Mohammadreza Bemanian, Amin Rakhsha and Amir Mojtaba Sabour, who won a silver medal, and Farbod Ekbatani, Mahbod Majid and Alireza Hediehlou,...

The Iranian mens national junior volleyball team has won a third match in a row at the preliminary round of the 18th edition of the Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship in Chinese Taipei, moving past Hong Kong. On Saturday, Irans squad -which had captain Rasoul Aghcheli, Javad Karimi, Esmaeil Talebi, Amir Hossein Esfandiyar, Emaeil Mosafer,...

Tehran, June 28, IRNA - Deputy governor for currency affairs at the Bank Melli of Iran (BMI) announced that sanctions on BMI Hong Kong Branch have been lifted since June 24 and the branch will soon resume its activities there. Hong Kong Monetary Authority lifted restrictions on BMI in Honk Kong, Gholam Reza Panahi made the announcement here Tuesday....

Hong Kongs crucial shipping trade is hoping Chinas overseas infrastructure plan and closer business ties with Iran will enable the city to tackle the downturn in the seaborne sector and tougher competition, officials said. The global container sector, which transports everything from bananas to iPhones, as well as the dry bulk shipping market hauling ...

HONG KONG, Dec. 14 (MNA) Irans Cadet and Junior judo national squad has finished 6th in overall standing with 10 gold, silver and bronze medals. Mehr News correspondent from Hong Kong, reported that 8th Asian Cadet and 15th Junior Judo had closed with final rankings known and all medals awarded. 322 junior and cadet judo athletes from 22 Asian countries ...

ILNA: Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that East and Southeast Asians countries and Asian tigers are the new consumers of Irans oil. "These countries will increase their oil purchase requests from Iran in near future," Zanganeh added. "Other Asian countries like Japan are not likely to increase their oil purchase," he said. Zanganeh ...

Chinas Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei has reaffirmed Irans right to civilian nuclear energy under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran possesses the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes while following relevant international obligations, Hong said ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Hong Kong will stop allowing 19 ships linked to the Islamic Republic ofIranShipping Lines (IRISL) from operating under its flag, a government letter showed, in the latest blow to Tehran's sanctions-hit global trade. A letter from the Hong Kong government's marine department (HKMD) dated November 9 and seen by Reuters showed ...