An ATR passenger plane belonging to Aseman Airline crashed close to Semirom, south of Isfahan Province, on Sunday when it was flying from Tehran to Yassouj.All 66 passengers and crew members of the plane lost their lives in the incident.Due to the bad weather, rescuers and mountaineers are trying to …

The meeting included talks on defensive, military and also regional issues.'There are considerable capacities for Tehran-Baku defense and military cooperation,' General Hatami told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) upon arrival in this Azeri capital.Hatami, who is in Baku at the invitation of his Azeri counterpart Zakir Hasanov, said the …

Border guards in Parsian region, Hormozgan Province, seized the two Qatari fishing boats in Iran's water, said Colonel Ali Asghar Khorram, the border commander of the Iranian province said. Ten people onboard the two boats were also arrested, he said.It has been realized through investigations that the two boats had …

'There are considerable capacities for Tehran-Baku defense and military cooperation,' Brigadier General Amir Hatami told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) upon arrival in this Azeri capital.Hatami, who is in Baku at the invitation of his Azeri counterpart Zakir Hasanov, said the two neighboring nations are determined to develop defense …

The event is aimed at promoting cultural engagement between Iran and Malaysia, and a better understanding of the public and the artists in the southeastern Asian country of Iran film industry, Ali Mohammad Sabeqi, Iran's cultural attaché in Malaysia told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday.The film festival …

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'The most important reason for America’s imbroglio in Iran was the misperceptions US officials had of Iranian society,' Hussein Mousavian, a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University and a former spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiators said in an article published by Al-Monitor website.He also said If …

Mohsen Momeni told Islamic Republic News Agency late Tuesday that rescue forces were engaged in collecting dead bodies until the end of Tuesday but operations to transfer them down the heights would be carried out on Wednesday.Transfer of the bodies was not possible due to severe weather conditions, but it …

Director of Iran Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Relations Department Jafarzadeh said that based on the international standards, the country designing and manufacturing a plane can send a representative to participate in investigating the cause of a plane crash. For the same reason, a team from the designer and manufacturer of …

'The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic airplane accident today near Yasuj, Iran,' Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN chief said.'The Secretary-General extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran,' the statement …