UN Security Council has also held one minute of silence for victims of Tehran terrorist attacks.Earlier on June 7, twin simultaneous attacks hit the Iranian parliament and Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini south of Tehran, killing 17 and wounding 52 more.Daesh (the ISIS terrorist group) has claimed responsibility for the fatal …
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AFC president congratulates Iran’s qualifying for 2018 World Cup
“On behalf of the Asian football family, I would like to congratulate the Islamic Republic of Iran for their convincing and consistent campaign throughout the qualifiers to become the first Asian team to qualify for Russia 2018, ” AFC website quoted Shaikh Salman as saying.“This achievement reflects the hard work …
Read More »Zarif: Political talks best way to solve regional disputes
Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with Slovakia Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák.The strategy to put pressure and the military solution as well are wrong decisions to resolve regional disputes, he said.He pointed to Salafist thoughts of Wahhabism as the root cause of extremism in the region.Meanwhile, Lajčák expressed condolences …
Read More »Iran's oil export from Kharg 87 percent up
“The most important reason for the last year rise (ending on March 20, 2017) in oil exports was the improvement of marketing and sales in the post-nuclear agreement era,” Pirouz Mousavi added on Tuesday.He also noted that there has been a big jump in crude oil storage in Kharg and …
Read More »Takfiri terrorism approved by no religion, ethnicity: Iranian religious scholar
Ahmad Farrokhbal said the entire world condemned the terrorist attack on Tehran, but the world arrogance and the regional reactionary regimes are different.Farrokhbal added the US and the regional Arab reactionary regimes stand is not based on logic and humanity, but it is based on their colonial and reactionary ideas; …
Read More »Nation’s feat in elections must not be spoiled by dividing people
The Leader made the remarks while addressing a meeting with the heads of the three branches of the government, the establishment’s officials and staff and a group of the country’s managers on Monday evening.According to Leader’s official website, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed the importance of the creation of a new climate …
Read More »Iranian officials congratulate qualification for FIFA Word Cup
The speaker of Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) Ali Larijani congratulated the victory in a statement and hoped the Iranian youth will be successful in every international arena.Many other Iranian high-rank officials, including the First Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri, Foreign Minister Mohammd Javad Zarif, head of the Strategic Center at the …
Read More »Iran becomes member of ILO board of directors
Minister of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei also participated in the ILO election which was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Iran is the first country which has become member of ILO board of directors for the third consecutive year.In addition to Iran, Bahrain, South Korea …
Read More »Portuguese coach hailed for his good job in Iran
Referring to Queiroz’s personality, he said that Queiroz (a Portuguese by nationality) has a personality like that of the Iranians and tried very hard like other Iranians for the team to qualify for the Russia World Cup.Iran defeated Uzbekistan 2-0 at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Monday to be …
Read More »Iron Age skeleton discovered in north-eastern Iran
According to the Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT), head of the archeological team Habibollah Rezaei said due to crossing of the pipeline for conduit of oil products of the National Iranian Oil Company from Mazandaran Province to the eastern cities of Golestan …
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