TEHRAN – Iranian Agriculture Minister Javad Sadati-Nejad has said the Islamic Republic is ready for expanding agricultural and fishery cooperation with Norway, IRNA reported. Speaking in a meeting with Norway’s new Ambassador to Tehran Sigvald Tomin Hauge on Tuesday, Sadati-Nejad said: “The history of cooperation between Iran and Norway reaches more than 90 years, which […]

TEHRAN — The spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament says talks with the West should begin where Trump “ruined” it by his withdrawal. “Given that the Vienna talks to reach an agreement in the previous administration were unfinished, it is better to start a new round of talks […]

TEHRAN — Saeed Khatibzadeh, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Monday that the exact date to return to the Vienna negotiations will be set in the current week after further consultation with the JCPOA Joint Commission, the P4+1 nations, particularly China and Russia. In response to a Zardis News tweet, Ulyanov, the Russian envoy […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Wednesday that it is necessary that the current Taliban rulers in Afghanistan give assurances that there will be no threat against countries neighboring Afghanistan. “It is necessary that the Taliban adopt a friendly approach toward its neighbors and take necessary measures that give assurances that […]

The presence of U.S. troops and their allied forces in Afghanistan, as well as their embarrassing, catastrophic departure, has left in its wake an overwhelmingly disorganized country and an agitated and anguished nation, causing an ambiguous future for a country which suffered military invasion in a modern fashion under the clichéd slogan of democratic development. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has said the country is determined to settle its natural gas dues to Turkmenistan as soon as possible, Shana reported. Oji made the remarks following a meeting with a Turkmen delegation headed by the country’s Foreign Minister Rashid Muradov on Tuesday. According to Oji, Iran has two long-term […]

TEHRAN – Landlocked Uzbekistan is increasingly expressing interest in using Iran’s oceanic Chabahar port as a trade gateway that could help it expand to new overseas markets, Hindustan Times reported quoting senior Uzbek officials. As reported, the country’s authorities have said that Uzbekistan will push ahead with a joint plan with India and Iran to […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has spoken over the phone with his counterparts from Turkey and Indonesia to discuss a number of issues including developments in Afghanistan. Abdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu have in a telephone conversation discussed the latest developments in Tehran-Ankara ties and regional and international issues of […]

TEHRAN – Noting that the cold war between Beijing and Washington is a must, an Indian academic says they have already kicked it off. “The Cold War between China and the U.S. is a must, and it has already started,” Ashok Swain tells the Zardis News. “The Cold War between these two will be different […]

TEHRAN — A senior Russian military official has said the participation of Iranian warships in the Russian Navy parade in the current year “adorned” the naval parade. Admiral Luminov made the remarks in a meeting with Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran on Wednesday, IRNA reported. The […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Monday that Daesh attacks in Afghanistan are aimed at sowing religious discord in the crisis-hit country, urging the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to condemn such attacks, Press TV reported. Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with OIC Secretary General Yousef al-Othaimeen on […]

TEHRAN- The 27th meeting of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Board of Representatives was held on Tuesday in which major issues related to the rules and regulations affecting the country’s business environment were addressed. As reported by the TCCIMA portal, renewable energy and improving the environment, budget deficit and inflation, […]