Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been prepared, and Iran and Saudi Arabia are due to sign it. According to the MoU, criminals (of both countries) will be extradited so that they receive punishment in their respective countries.”…
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Resalat newspaper referred to the appointment of Prince Bandar bin Sultan as Head of Saudi intelligence and argued under the headline “How the CIA Agent Entered the Equation; The Creeping Movement of Prince Bandar” that he was appointed after consultation between Bandar bin Sultan and Israeli “war…
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Ali Chegini predicted that the volume of annual trade between Iran and Cuba will soon exceed USD 1 billion. He said, “A successful model of relations between two revolutionary, independence-seeking, anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist countries could emerge in the world.” Chegini said that five decades of (American)…
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Jalal Kalantari said in a meeting with the Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister that there is wide-scale potential for economic, scientific and cultural cooperation between Iran and Mexico. Heand reiterated that Iranian businessmen are willing to expand trade with Mexico….
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153 out of the 290 Majlis members issued a statement condemning the death of Vaqif Abdullayev, a dress code activist in a prison in Baku. The statement maintained that Abdullayev sacrificed his life after being subjected to harsh physical and mental pressures in prison to defend…
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An editorial in the state-run Tehran Times maintains that the recent political and military turmoil in the region is following a predictable pattern named, “ARAR” formula — Activism/Rebelism/Army building/Multilateral raid. “A” phase: The pseudo-prodemocracy movement builds up steam and starts to develop; “R” phase: After weeks…
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(Saturday, July 21) The Press TV network resumed broadcasting in England upon the request of some British channels on the Sky Platform at the beginning of July. The British Office of Communications (Ofcom) revoked Press TV’s broadcasting license in January 2012 and removed the network from…
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Iranian students on the physics Olympiad team won two silver and three bronze medals at the 43rd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) that was held in Estonia from July 15-24….
Read More →Ahmad Qalebani, Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company, said that ways of implementing the project sooner were reviewed in a meeting held on Kharg Island. Project contractors and operators also attended the meeting. After Ramadan, the project should go ahead according to a schedule…
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Indian Essar Oil has significantly increased imports from Iran in June despite Western sanctions against Iran that came into effect in July. The private refinery has more than tripled monthly imports from Iran in June to 114,700 bpd — and they were about 70% higher than…
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Three Iranian banks have been banned by India’s Home Ministry from opening branches in India, over concerns about money laundering and financing terrorism. The Ministry has denied security clearance to applications by Parsian Bank, Bank Kasargad and Eghtesad-e-Novin Bank, because of its obligation to guard against…
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Ali Akbar Sha’bani-fard, Governor General of Markazi Province, referred to Russia a very good market for Iranian goods, and Markazi Province will use the existing opportunity to expand commercial exchange and economic cooperation with Russia. He added that Markazi Province has 2,700 industrial units and its…
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Mahmoud Rasoulinejad, CEO of Iran Airport Company, announced that a foreign investor will build Terminals 2 and 3 at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran. According to Rasoulinejad, a foreign investor has expressed readiness to build both terminals. Two entities will cooperate on this project; one…
Read More →The proposed legislation authorizing Iran’s membership in PIANC (Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses), the international association for marine transport infrastructure, was approved by the Cabinet. The President submitted it to the Majlis for approval. …
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Iranian Minister of Defense, Ahmad Vahidi, announced that production of new, high-precision missiles will begin soon, now that the final test phase has been completed. He also said that additional types of new missiles will also be tested, as well as a new model of armed,…
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Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said, “Over the past three years, without having had even a single day off, the IRI Navy has been present from the coasts of Jask to the Mediterranean Sea, and God willing, in near future you will be witnesses to the presence…
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Regional states should enhance cooperation to maintain security in the strategic waterway. Ramin Mehman-Parast said, “We advise regional countries to question the need for foreign military presence and replace it with closer and increased cooperation. Furthermore, we advise countries with military presence (in the Persian Gulf)…
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Iran’s Space Organization President, Dr. Hamid Fazeli, said that a satellite named Amir Kabir had been built and will probably be launched into space by the satellite-launcher Simorgh. Fazeli added that that the Space Organization had commissionedAmirKabirIndustrialUniversity to build this satellite. Dr. Ali Reza Reha’i, head…
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Yadollah Javani, former IRGC head of the political bureau said that two divergent points of view are currently competing in Iran: one being “firm resistance” against the US, as advocated by Ayatollah Khamenei, and the other, “ceding to pressures and re-establishing relations with the US.” Javani…
Read More →According to the report, three members of the Kurdish Green Association, Akbar Gavili, Veria Khosravi and Kamram Rahimi, were charged by the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Hassan Babaai, with actions against the national interest and contacts with opposition parties. Khosravi was sentenced to four…
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