MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi deplored the loss of dozens after a ferry sank in Tanzania's Lake Victoria,. Ghasemi expressed deep condolences of Iran to the government and people of Tanzania and the bereaved family of victims. A large boat was carrying some 400 to 500 passengers between two islands in Lake Victoria on ...

IFP - Irish paediatric oncologist Trish Scanlan says the new sanctions imposed by the US president on Iran imperil a treatment plan for Tanzanian children. Dr Trish Scanlan was in unfamiliar surroundings when she broke down and cried some weeks ago. Sitting with the chief of paediatric oncology in the Mahak hospital in Tehran, the capital ...

IRNA Eight Iranian sailors who were arrested mistakenly by Seychelles Coastguard and anti-drugs officials in the Indian Ocean in April 2016, were released by the mediations of Irans Foreign Ministry, said a local official on Tuesday. Eight Iranians and 8 Pakistanis charged with narcotic drug trafficking were captured by Seychelles Coast Guard and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The commander of the Iranian Navys 44th flotilla, which is on a mission to Tanzania, cited a high-ranking commander of the East African country as saying that the Iranian fleets presence has ensured security in the region. Speaking at a dinner ceremony in Irans Embassy in Tanzania, Admiral Seyed Omid Golestaneh said in a recent ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The 44th flotilla of the Iranian Navy berthed in the port city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on Saturday. The Iranian navy's 44th flotilla, comprising Alvand destroyer and Bushehr logistics vessel embarked on a voyage for the high seas to safeguard maritime routes used by the country's vessels and oil tankers operating in international ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) Nima Javidis Melbourne will compete in the 19th edition of Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania, as East Africas largest film, music and arts festival. Melbourne directed by Iranian filmmaker Nima Javidi recounts the story of a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few ...

Iran has started exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, an official announced. Esmaeel Hasham Firouz, the export-import director of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), said the Islamic Republic has begun to ship excess natural gas supplies as LNG to the three African countries. He ...

TEHRAN -Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said it is necessary that Iran cut dependence on crude revenues. Addressing a group of Iranian businessmen in Tanzania on Thursday, Zarif said the resistance economy should be considered as a role model in the countrys internal and foreign policies, according to the Fars news agency. He further ...

[caption id="attachment_147784" align="alignright" width="164"] Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ( AFP)[/caption] Darussalam, Feb 5, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that many countries have established active economic cooperation with Iran and the UN sanctions have nothing to do with Iranian economic ties ...

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Feb 5, IRNA - Visiting Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here on Thursday that the resistance economy is a strategic policy for Iran. Addressing a group of Iranian nationals in Tanzania, Zarif pointed out that the resistance economy should be considered as a role model in internal and foreign policies. He further ...

Bujumbura, Feb 4, IRNA - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Burundi for Tanzania on Wednesday. During his on-going African tour, Zarif has visited Kenya, Uganda and Burundi at invitation of his counterparts. In Tanzania, the foreign minister is scheduled to hold talks with a number of senior officials and discuss issues of mutual interest ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Zarif, Ashton to meet ahead of nuclear talks: EU Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will reportedly meet with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton ahead of a new round of talks between Iran and the P5+1 group in Belgiums capital, Brussels, next week.   Tehran ...

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzanian anti-narcotics police have arrested eight Iranians and four Pakistanis found with 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of heroin off the east African nation's coast, a spokesman said Wednesday. The haul, which inEuropewould have a street value of up to 10 million euros, is the latest in a string of major seizures of the narcotic -- ...

DAR ES SALAAM,TANZANIA, Feb 5 (BERNAMA-NNN-DAILYNEWS) -- POLICE in Dar es Salaam are holding eight Iranians and four Pakistanis over possession of 201 kilogrammes of heroin, which they were smuggling into the country from Iran. The Head of Anti-Narcotics Unit, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP) Godfrey Nzowa told the 'Daily News' that ...

Irannews headlines on Thursday includePentagon spokesman speeche on captured drone in Iran, number of earthquake victims in South Khorasan province,EU and US two-track policy on Iran, Tanzania denial ofregistering 17 Iranian tankers,shipping sources reports on reducing Iranian crude exports and US demanding buyers of Iran's crude toreduce their purchases ...

Tanzania has denied registering 17 Iranian tankers that had been blacklisted elsewhere. Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Membe said Tanzania deregistered the 36 tankers in July after it was established that they were flying its national flag. We responded to these allegations and clarified our position in October, only to receive another ...

By Reuters Aug 12 (Reuters) - Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country's knowledge and approval. Tanzania said it was now in the process of de-registering the vessels after an investigation into the origin of the ships concluded they were originally fromIran....