A top Senate Democrat and Republican on Monday unveiled a bill to impose extensive new economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear activities. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee released details of its 61-page bipartisan bill late on Monday and senators will consider the measures and vote on them at a hearing on Thursday....

Iranian officials warned Saudi Arabia not to drag into the dangerous position made by the United States policies against Tehran. Following US oil embargo against Iran, Riyadh claimed to compensate for the loss of Iranian oil in the global market. Saudi Arabia pointed out last week that it could make up for Iran's crude supplies to the West if ...

Omid Norouzi of Iran won Olympic gold medal in men's 60-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling beating his Georgian opponent Revaz Lashkhi. Haji-Norouzi defeated hisGeorgianopponent 1-0 in both the first and second 2 minutes of the match held at the Londons ExCeL to claim the gold. The 26-year-old Iranian athlete had overcome his Chinese, Bulgarian, ...

The European Union decision to impose oil sanctions on Iran is aimed at affecting the upcoming parliamentary elections, said Tehrans interim Friday prayers leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami. Khatami affirmed that the EU decision to implement the new sanctions after a six-month period clearly shows the bloc's efforts to influence Iran's 9th ...

An Iranian lawmaker says Irans Majlis will prevent merging of governments ministries as the administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has not yet provided the parliament with duties of new ministries. Mobed Sadr-Hosseini said on Monday that given the unsuccessful merger of ministries in the past in accordance with Irans Fifth Five-Year Development ...

[caption id="attachment_12550" align="alignright" width="300"] Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[/caption] The head of Supervisory Committee for Irans Constitution says an institute to conduct research on the countrys constitution will be established with the permission of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mohammad Ali Hejazi said on Sunday ...

Despite the recent field advertising about Chairman of the Expediency Council's presence in Rafsanjan, his trip was cancelled. Chairman of the Expediency CouncilAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was scheduled to travel to Rafsanjan, but his trip was cancelled, Fars reported. Since a few days ago, field advertisings have began in Rafsanjan by installing ...

Following the death of "Sattar Beheshti", an Iranian blogger who was in custody of Iran's cyber police (FATA), a group of Iranian bloggers and MPs protested against police (NAJA) authorities' silence on the issue. Mansour Haghighat-pour, deputy head of the Iranian Majlis national security and foreign policy commission, firstly reacted over probing ...

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has rejected the claims in the IAEA recent report on Iran's nuclear program, saying they are "incredible" and based on "forged reports" provided by Israel and the United States. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amanoclaimed on Monday that "Iran is not providing necessary ...

Government Spokesman for Economic Affairs has said the Iranian government attempts to establish a single-rate foreign currency system, stressing that foreign exchange rate continues to fall in the country. Seyed Shamseddin Hosseini, Minister of Economy and Government Spokesman for Economic Affairs also affirmed that establishing a single-rate foreign ...

Following the arrest of an Iranian national on charges of manipulating the countrys exchange market Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei says recent fluctuation in market could not be blamed on one person. Last week Irans security forces arrested tens of people, including Jamshid Besmellah, on charges of manipulating the exchange ...

It has been cancelled a European Parliament delegation visit to Tehran after the group asked to meet two Iranian activists awarded a top EU rights prize. A delegation of the European Parliament (EP) members was scheduled to make a six-day visit to Iran to hold talks with Iranian political figures, Press TV reported. While, Fars News Agency quoted ...

A deputy commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Manuchehr Yazdani has announced on Saturday that Iran is manufacturing 2 new pilot training jets, 'Azarakhsh' and 'Kowsar 88'. Iranian Air Force Deputy Commander for Training General Manouchehr Yazdani noted that the aircrafts conceptual studies and designs have already been completed,...

The Western sanctions, allegedly aimed at curbing the progress of Irans nuclear program and forcing Tehran to return to the negotiation table, has severely affected the lives of ordinary Iranian people, leading to a sense of hatred towards the US among people. The pile of sanctions against Iran has been rapidly growing over the past few years; The ...

Head of Iran's Aviation Industry Organizationhas announced on Wednesday that the country unveils its latest indigenous designs and achievements in the area of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the near future. Referring to different classes of UAVs, Manouchehr Manteghi head of Iran's Aviation Industry Organization (IAIO) said UAVs are ...

Although extremists could not destroy sympathizers of the country, including effective managers, compassionate scholars, and wise academics, they made them stay at home, and society's status quo is largely due to an unwanted isolation of the country's efficient elites, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani affirmed. Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani made the ...

Iran's Oil Ministry spokesman calls the new European Union threat to boycott Iranian gas imports, a propaganda campaign against the nation, stressing that right nowIrandoesn'tsupply the EU with natural gas. Iran's Oil Ministry spokesman Alireza Nikzad Rahbar made the marks in response to EU diplomats' recent threat toban imports of Iranian gas as ...

In an attempt to prevent war between Syria and Turkey, Iran seriously urges the two countries to exercise restraint following cross-border tensions. On Wednesday (October 3), an artillery shell launched from Syrian territory fell in the yard of a house in a Turkish town of Akcakale in southern Turkey killing five civilians, all women and children,...

Iranian lawmaker Zohreh Tayyebzadeh has questioned the necessity of a 120-member delegation accompanying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the US in such situation that the country faces shortage of foreign currency and inflation as well as sanctions are mounting pressure on people. The presence of president in international bodies is necessary for ...

Senior Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Dehqan says the recent widespread financial corruption and the biggest embezzlement in the countys banking history has taken place with the support of a powerful faction in the government. Expressing gratitude for the firm reaction of Iran's Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeqi Amoli Larijani and Prosecutor General Gholam-...