It will also indicate that the Islamic Revolution is still flourishing, Tehran Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi said while addressing a large number of worshipers at Tehran University campus during the first Friday Prayers congregation in the Iranian New Year, 1396.Iranians massive participation in the election would also safeguard …
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President Rouhani due in Moscow on Monday
Heading a high-ranking delegation, President Rouhani will leave Tehran for Moscow on March 27, president's deputy chief of staff for communications and information Parviz Esmaeili said.Esmaeili said President Rouhani is slated to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and several high-ranking Russian officials on issues of mutual interests, …
Read More »Iran attends Baghdad book fair
About 200 titles of books have been presented by the Iranian publishers participating in the week-long cultural event with their books on religion and tourism.Some 120 publishers are displaying their works on science, politic, economy, culture, literature and history from different countries including Egypt, Libya. Qatar, Lebanon and the UK.The …
Read More »Iran gives visas at airports to 180 countries: Deputy FM
Qashqavi stressed that Iran has revoked visa requirements for nationals of some countries as part of its plans to boost tourism industry in the country.He underlined that the Islamic Republic of Iran aspires to host 20 million tourists annually by 2025.The official reiterated that introducing Iran’s tourist attractions and capacities …
Read More »Iran, Russia diplomats review President Rouhani’s upcoming visit to Moscow
The meeting was also attended by Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei.Rahimpour and Margulov discussed ways for bolstering and refreshing bilateral ties.The Kremlin said on Thursday that President Rouhani will make an official visit to Russia on March 27–28 upon an invitation by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.At their meeting …
Read More »Iranian embassy strongly condemns attack on British parliament
The attack which was later claimed by the terrorist group of Daesh, was carried out on Wednesday after an assailant plowed a car into pedestrians and stabbed a police officer.The Iranian embassy in a message on its twitter account expressed its sympathy with the bereaved families of the victims.Earlier, Spokesman …
Read More »1st cargo of Iranian oil delivered to Belarus
The tanker had 80,000 tons (600,000 barrels) of oil on board. The Iranian oil will be carried to Belarusian Mozyr oil refinery later to undergo processing stages, Sergey Mikhailovich Grib, Deputy General Director for Commercial Affairs of Belarusian Oil Company was quoted as saying by Rossiya Segodnya. He said that …
Read More »Asghar Farhadi not informed about identity of interviewing Israeli reporter
The Israeli daily Haaretz published a detailed interview with Farhadi on Tuesday. The interview was conducted after the Salesman world premiere in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The Salesman was screened at Cannes Film Festival last summer when it brought two awards for the Iranian Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi and …
Read More »Baghdad ready to mediate between Iran, S. Arabia: Iraqi diplomat
Al-Hashemi made the remarks while speaking in an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. Given its good relations with all regional countries, Iraq is ready to step in and help bring closer the views of Tehran and Riyadh, the ambassador said. He said that any measure by Iraq to help …
Read More »Amnesty International condemns US, UK over Yemen arms
The rights group said the two countries had together sent more than five billion dollars (4.6 billion euros) worth of arms to Riyadh since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015, AFP said.That was more than 10 times their humanitarian aid to Yemen during the same period, it …
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