IRNA - A member of the Expediency Council on approving or rejecting the bills of the two CFT and Palermo conventions in the Expediency Council, noted that the two bills are being reviewed by the Joint Commission of the Expediency Council (EC). Speaking to IRNA on Sunday, Majid Ansari noted that the remaining bills of the Special Financial Action ...

IFP - An Iranian political figure says President Hassan Rouhani should attend the upcoming meeting of the United Nation Security Council, due to be chaired by his American counterpart, and turn it into the impeachment session of Donald Trump. Majid Ansari, a senior reformist figure and a member of Irans Expediency Council, said President Rouhani ...

MNA The Expediency Council has approved a reform bill on candidacy of religious minorities for the city and village council elections, thus allowing suspended Zoroastrian city councilor Sepanta Niknam to run for office. According to a member of the Expediency Council, Majid Ansari, the candidacy of religious minorities for the city and village ...

Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari said on Wednesday that President Hassan Rouhani has received many invitations from main world countries. Speaking to IRNA, Ansari said that Iran has, on the other hand, made invitations and foreign officials are in line to visit Iran. Referring to President Rouhani's recent ...

Tehran, Dec 27, IRNA Presidential Advisor for Parliamentary Affairs Hojatoleslam Majid Ansari said on Sunday that there is no ban or restrictions for women rendering social and managerial services. Speaking at a gathering on women's role in in political and social arenas in Shahid Beheshti university, he said, the government has laid the groundwok ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Comments of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a meeting with foreign-based Iranian ambassadors on nuclear talks and his praise ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The comments of President Rouhani on relations between Iran and the United States and those of his deputy on development and corruption dominated the front pages of Iranian ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Images of an emotion-filled funeral procession in Tehran for 275 war martyrs whose remains were recently repatriated dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers ...

Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari has said if the developments that unfolded behind the scenes in nuclear talks are revealed after the talks, the Iranian nation will learn about the injustice done to commanders fighting on Irans diplomatic front, and at that point some individuals should ask for divine forgiveness. The nuclear ...

Tehran, May 5, IRNA - Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari on Tuesday warned about increase of separatism in the Muslim world. Speaking in a local ceremony, he said that western states aim to provoke separatism in all big Muslim countries and divide them to several small states. Ansari urged Muslims to be vigilant towards enemies' ...

[caption id="attachment_123320" align="alignright" width="233"] Iran's Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli officials are furious at Iran due to Tehran's powerful victories on the stage of international diplomacy, Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari said Monday. "Today, the ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A meeting between the Supreme Leader and the visiting secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine during which Ayatollah Khamenei said, We will ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Images of pilgrims on their way to Karbala, Iraq to take part in Arbaeen [a Shiite religious observance that comes 40 days after Ashura, which marks the martyrdom of ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Iranian dailies gave extensive coverage Tuesday to a press conference of Deputy Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei in which he touched on a wide range of issues ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 28 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The countdown to a November 24 deadline for a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and comments by Iranian officials, including the president, about the talks with ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari underlined that the country's warnings before the outbreak of terrorist acts in the region proved Tehran's righteous views on terrorism to the world. "It was an honor for Iran that last year before the world paid any attention to the ISIL (terrorist group), the Iranian ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian dailies on Wednesday and picked headlines from 19 of them. The comments of Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi about a wide range of issues such as the ministrys priorities and the close eye it keeps on IS-affiliated elements dominated the front pages of Iranian dailies on Wednesday. Another ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Diana Timmerman, and Marie Donovan. Official Statements Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces Training ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) The capital transfer bill has been approved by the Parliament, however, speaker dubs it impossible. Mehr News parliament correspondent reported that representatives passed the bill to transfer the political and administrative capital from Tehran with 110 Yeses and 67 Nays and 10 abstentions. 27 other representatives did not ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 5 (UPI) --An Iranian legislator said President Hassan Rouhani was called to submit his plans to parliament on next year's budget following OPEC's summit in Vienna. Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari said Rouhani has been asked to appear before lawmakers during a Sunday session to discuss his economic agenda, the official ...