Home / 2017 / April (page 10)

Monthly Archives: April 2017

Former media official released from jail

Former media official released from jail

Speaking to IRNA, Mohebbi said that Saharkhiz was released on Tuesday after finishing his term in prison. Saharkhiz, whose file is known as Iran’s first file of political crime, is charged with insulting one of the heads of the three branches of government. Iran’s Parliament passed political crime bill last …

Read More »

Good chances provided in FIFF: Expert

Good chances provided in FIFF: Expert

“This festival gives me the chance to watch the latest Iranian movies and good movies of Asia and the region and select them for Valladolid International Film Festival before they make their way to Cannes Film Festival,” Director of Valladolid International Film Festival Javeir Angulo said.'I watched two really good …

Read More »

Putin's envoy to meet SNSC's secretary on Thursday

Putin's envoy to meet SNSC's secretary on Thursday

SNSC Secretariat announced that Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Alexander Lavrentiev is due to meet Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of SNSC on Thursday to further the joint political, military, and security initiatives. Lavrentiev will reflect President Putin’s viewpoints on new regional developments, new exigencies in developing all-out collaborations to fight terrorism …

Read More »

Iranian Sharif University, Malaysia USM ink MoU

Iranian Sharif University, Malaysia USM ink MoU

A Malaysian academic delegation headed by Vice-Chancellor of USM Asma binti Ismail made a visit to Sharif University on Wednedsay. Addressing a meeting with Sharif University Chancellor Mahmoud Fotouhi, Ismail expressed USM’s great willingness to hold master’s and PhD courses with Sharif University.USM with 30,000 students is one of the …

Read More »

Iran’s presidential elections to be held in 103 countries

Iran’s presidential elections to be held in 103 countries

Talking to reporters, Iranian deputy foreign minister for consular, parliamentary and Iranian affairs Hassan Qashqhavi said over 2.5 Iranians living abroad are eligible to cast their voted. Qhashqavi, who also heads the Supervisory Body Overseeing Iran's Presidential Election Abroad, said 279 polling stations will be open for the elections. “We …

Read More »

Human presence put in Fars prov at 35,000 years ago

Human presence put in Fars prov at 35,000 years ago

According to RICHT Public Relations Office, Head of the exploration team Hassan Moradi has recently said that the first season of archeological explorations has been conducted in that area in southern Iran with an aim of preparing archeological map and finding the position of the remaining works in the region.Although …

Read More »

Iran, Serbia, Venezuela defense ministers meet in Moscow

Iran, Serbia, Venezuela defense ministers meet in Moscow

The meetings were held on the sidelines of the 6th Conference on International Security currently underway in Moscow. Dehqan and his Serbian counterpart Zoran Djordjevic reviewed the latest regional and international developments. The two ministers also called for reinforcement of military cooperation between Iran and Serbia. Meanwhile, Dehqan and his …

Read More »

Iran Air to receive first Boeing jet next year

Iran Air to receive first Boeing jet next year

Farhad Parvaresh said that the plane is scheduled to be delivered to Iran in early April, 2018.Referring to the purchase contract between Iran and ATR, Parvaresh said that four planes will be delivered in the next three weeks. After the JCPOA, Iran signed some contracts with airplane makers to buy …

Read More »

Iranian, Indian defense ministers stress fight on terrorism

Iranian, Indian defense ministers stress fight on terrorism

The Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, and his Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley, talked on regional and international issues on the sidelines of the 6th Conference on International Security.Referring to the common cultural points between Iran and India, and geopolitical and geostrategic importance of the two countries, Dehqan …

Read More »