Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted on his Facebook wall and twitter (Pres. Obama’s presumption that Iran is negotiating because of his illegal threats and sanctions is disrespectful of a nation, macho and wrong) to the US president’s remark that ‘all options including the military option are still…
Read More →An article in Javan newspaper, much like other websites, newspapers and news agencies in Iran, penned by Ali Akbar Behesti is examining the fate of the slogan “Death to the US”: what will happen with the chant Death to the US if tomorrow, or at next…
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Marziyeh Afkham said that “Iran has proposed that along with Syria, other countries and regimes in the Middle East, including the Zionist regime (Israel) that have not joined the convention yet should join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as soon as possible because…
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Tourism Minister Hisham Za’zu said that Iranian tourism to Egypt is currently suspended for national security reasons. In April, the first Iranian group arrived in Egypt for the first time since the Islamic revolution. Egyptian security apparatuses accused Iran several times of interfering in Egyptian internal…
Read More →Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee (NSFPC) spokesman Seyyed Hussein Naqavi Husseini said that over 95% of parts used in the nuclear industry are manufactured in Iran. He said that “Using indigenous capabilities, our experts have succeeded in developing the nuclear industry to the extent…
Read More →Marziyeh Afkham said that “For us, the end point of the negotiations is (the materialization of) the nation’s nuclear rights, including enrichment, and from our point of view, no negotiation on the enrichment right is acceptable…the right of enrichment is not negotiable at all”. Referring to…
Read More →Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said that sites for constructing new power plants jointly with Russia have been found, and that necessary plans have been made to build the facilities in southern and northern coasts of Iran that would supply…
Read More →Deputy Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Hejazi announced a change in defense policy and that Iran is determined to respond to threats by posing (similar) threats. He added that in order to adopt such a defense policy Iran needs to develop and strengthen defensive…
Read More →The agreement signed by Iraqi Navy Commander Major General Ali Hussain Ali and Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi focused on bilateral cooperation in scientific and research fields, exchange of experience, training and manufacturing of naval facilities and equipment. The two…
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An E’temad editorial written by the deputy head of the central council of Iran’s House of Industry, Mining, and Commerce Hossein Pirmoazzen titled “Effect of Rouhani’s Diplomacy on Economic Diplomacy” discusses the damages incurred by the Iranian economy due to a lack of economic diplomacy under…
Read More →Political activist from Tehran Davoud Aqamirzaie, who was arrested two weeks ago at home, has not made any contact with his family. Aqamirzaie was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents and his personal effects confiscated. No information has been released as to the cause of his arrest…
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Worker rights activist Shahrokh Zamani was sentenced to another six months in prison. Zamani is serving an 11-year sentence in exile in Rajai Shahr Prison after having been charged with anti-regime propaganda, establishment of a socialist organization and activity to establish workers union. The revolutionary court…
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Grand Ayatollah Sanei made separate telephone calls to some of the recently released high-profile political prisoners, Messrs Mohsen Aminzadeh, Mir Taher Mousavi, Feyzollah Arabsorkhi, Alireza Beheshti, and Mrs. Nasrin Sotoudeh. The grand ayatollah also praised the political prisoners, ascribing the “current favorable climate” to their efforts….
Read More →In a joint session of his cabinet with a number of Majlis members, Rouhani presented a report on his UNGA visit, evaluating it as “positive”. The report also referred to Iran’s economic problems, current liquidity, the delayed debts, the government’s efforts aimed at lowering the mounting…
Read More →Former Intelligence minister Ali Yuseni was appointed Rouhani”s adviser for tribal and religious minorities’ affairs. Yunesi had served as intelligence minister during the reformist President Mohammad Khatami’s tenure….
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