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 – Iran President Ebrahim Raisi gave Jaber Sadeghzadeh special Bazouband (Armband). Sadeghzadeh won Iran’s Pahlevani Wrestling Championship for the seventh time on Sunday. Pahlevan of Iran is an annual Pahlevani Wrestling competition held in Iran, in which athletes from across the country participate to achieve the title.
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 – 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 – Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholam-Hossein Shafeie has said the necessary infrastructure is provided in Iran for Finland’s investment in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and startups. Shafeie met with Finish Ambassador to Tehran Kari Kahiluoto on Monday to discuss the expansion of cooperation between the private […]
TEHRAN — Secretary-General of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peter Launsky, who was in Tehran for the fifth round of political talks with Iran, met with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian as well as Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri. In his first meeting, Abdollahian called the ties between the Islamic Republic […]
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh late on Thursday strongly condemned the tragic shootings at peaceful protesters in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Emphasizing the importance of maintaining stability and peace in Lebanon, Khatibzadeh said Iran “closely monitors the developments in the country.” He added Tehran believes that the people, government and army, […]
TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi in a decree appointed Mehdi Ghazanfari as the new head of the National Development Fund (NDF), Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday. Ghazanfari has previously served as the Minister of Industry, Mining, and Trade. He is also a faculty member at the Iran University of Science and Technology. He also […]
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has held a phone call with Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi to discuss issues of mutual interest, including economic opportunities in the region. In the telephone conversation, Amir Abdollahian explained that Iran is in favor of friendly and brotherly relations based on mutual respect with […]
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — As the 6th ministerial meeting of the CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia) kicked off on Monday in Nur-Sultan, the ministers emphasized the need for stronger multilateralism amid the increased challenges, including the pandemic and the destabilizing situation in Afghanistan. The one-day event in the Kazakh capital gathered […]
TEHRAN – “Syria is on the path of development and progress and the Islamic Republic of Iran in this direction, as during the terrorist war against Syria, will support Damascus with all its might,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told reporters upon his arrival in Syria on Saturday. Amir Abdollahian visited Damascus after concluding […]
TEHRAN – A review of the latest statistical data released by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) shows that Qom province with 41.3 percent and Tehran province with 41.8 percent recorded the lowest inflation rates in the twelve-month period ended on September 22. The highest 12-month inflation rate is related to Ilam province with 50.2 […]