TEHRAN – Writing on his Twitter page, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran is happy to host talks between senior representatives from the Afghan government and the Taliban, calling them Iran’s “brethren”. “Honored to be host of cordial & substantive dialog between senior Afghan reps. As foreign forces leave Afghanistan, no impediment remains for […]

TEHRAN — On the 39th anniversary of the kidnapping of Iranian diplomats in Lebanon by armed groups aligned with the Zionist regime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement urging the United Nations to pursue legal actions on the matter. The statement reads as follows: “On July 4, 1982, the car of four Iranian […]

TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has elaborated on a range of issues concerning the Ukrainian place crash in Iran. The Iranian diplomats provided thorough explanations to questions on the plane case. He said Iran has done all its duties […]

TEHRAN — In runup to transition of power from President Hassan Rouhani to President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday the ministers of defense, agriculture, communications, the head of the Planning and Budget Organization and the governor of the central bank met separately with President-elect Ebrahim Raisi in his office on Saturday. Reportedly, Raisi will be sworn […]

TEHRAN — An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Sunday that despite the increased tensions in Afghanistan, trade between Iran and Afghanistan has not been interrupted. In his remarks on Sunday, Rasoul Mohajer, the deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy, stated that recent events in Afghanistan have no impact on economic interactions with the neighboring […]

TEHRAN – In a live televised speech on the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s demise, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the strength of the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying that the establishment got stronger by the day despite predictions on part of the enemies that it will collapse. “I start […]

TEHRAN – Parties to a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers announced on Wednesday that they would hold another meeting to discuss the latest developments regarding the Vienna nuclear talks. The meeting was set to be held at end of the fifth round of nuclear talks which are aimed to revive the 2015 […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Kazem Gharibabadi, has given more details about the letter that Iran’s nuclear chief sent to IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi. The letter, sent via Gharibabadi, contained details about Iran’s decision to announce the expiration of a technical understanding between Iran and the IAEA. The letter was […]

TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) has said the stock market is the most important source of capital for development projects and the industrial sector should use this market’s capacities for funding their projects. Speaking in the SEO’s second industry expert desk on Sunday, Mohammad-Ali Dehqan Dehnavi said: “In recent years, […]

TEHRAN – The public relations office of the Hamzeh Seyyed Shohadda headquarters in Wes Azarbaijan Province said in a press release on Sunday that a terrorist team has been disbanded in the south of the province and two of its members have been killed. “The ground forces the Hamzeh Seyyed Shohadda headquarters were caught in […]

TEHRAN – Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi has visited Iran on top of a high-ranking delegation to hold talks with senior Iranian officials for discussing ways of expanding economic ties between the two neighbors. Upon arrival on Saturday, Allawi met with Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand in which the two sides […]

TEHRAN – Hamid Pour-Mohammadi has been appointed as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), replacing Abdolnasser Hemmati, who is running for the upcoming presidential elections, Mehr reported on Sunday citing an informed source. Pour-Mohammadi was previously the deputy director of the Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) for economic affairs. However, the […]