Iran
  • Iran’s Zarif hails ‘excellent meetings’ in Rouhani’s regional tour

    Iran’s Zarif hails ‘excellent meetings’ in Rouhani’s regional tour

    Jun 17, 2019 06:55

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the country’s “active diplomacy” and said President Hassan Rouhani had “excellent meetings” with his Tajik and Turkish counterparts as well as the Emir of Qatar and other leaders during visits to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

  • Iran to detail measures taken to reduce obligations under nuclear deal

    Iran to detail measures taken to reduce obligations under nuclear deal

    Jun 17, 2019 06:07

    Iran will release important details about the measures it has taken so far to suspend some of its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal, in reciprocation of a move by the United States to unilaterally scrap that deal.

  • 2019 VNL: Iran beat Russia 3-0 in top of table clash

    2019 VNL: Iran beat Russia 3-0 in top of table clash

    Jun 17, 2019 05:45

    Iran’s National Volleyball Team (Team Melli) have thrashed Russia to tighten their grip at the top of the standings of the 2019 FIVB Nations League in city of Urmia ( Orumiyeh), West Azarbaijan Province.

  • Pompeo says US does not want war with Iran

    Pompeo says US does not want war with Iran

    Jun 17, 2019 02:16

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington does not want to go to war with Tehran, while falsely accusing Iran again for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman last week.

  • Russia eyeing further trade with Iran

    Russia eyeing further trade with Iran

    Jun 16, 2019 16:22

    Russian Minister for North Caucasus Affairs, Sergei Chebotarev, said on Sunday that Tehran and Moscow must crank up the volume of bilateral trade, saying that even last year’s spike in the current of commercial interactions between the two countries does not fit the huge potentials.

  • Russian envoy calls for Tehran-Beijing-Moscow strategic alliance against US

    Russian envoy calls for Tehran-Beijing-Moscow strategic alliance against US

    Jun 16, 2019 16:21

    Russian Ambassador to Tehran, Levan Dzhagaryan, said on Sunday that it is up to Tehran, Beijing and Moscow to form a strategic trilateral cooperation to defy the US unilateral measures against the landmark nuclear agreement of 2015.

  • Lower tariffs for 800 items to increase Iran-North Caucasus trade

    Lower tariffs for 800 items to increase Iran-North Caucasus trade

    Jun 16, 2019 15:26

    Iranian and Russian sides, in an important decision made in Tehran on Sunday, agreed on lower tariff rates for a number of 800 goods and commodities, in a bid to further bolster trade ties between the Islamic Republic and North Caucasus region.

  • Iranian official: US may have been behind tanker incidents

    Iranian official: US may have been behind tanker incidents

    Jun 16, 2019 13:25

    Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the United States may have carried out acts of sabotage against two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman to blame them on Iran and pressure Tehran.

  • ‘Japan dismisses US claim that Iran attacked tankers’

    ‘Japan dismisses US claim that Iran attacked tankers’

    Jun 16, 2019 08:31

    Japanese officials say Tokyo has dismissed a claim by the United States that Iran attacked two oil tankers — both of them carrying “Japanese-related” cargo — in the Sea of Oman.