Iran Eshrat Kordestani with 8.83 meter record bagged a gold medal.Batul Jahangiri and Shahla Hadidi received bronze medals.Many of the host nation’s star athletes are competing in Tunis, an event that has seen the number of competing athletes increase each year.9376**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

'Given the fact that the narcotics discoveries and illegal entrances take place at the Pakistani border, we need to strengthen the security at the border,' Brigadier General Qasem Rezaee told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).He also said that he is going to visit Afghanistan to follow up the previous agreements …

'The stance is transparent, and there is no ambiguity, and this is what I've said from the first day,' Bijan Zangeneh told reporters in this Austrian capital city where the 174th ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held.According to the US Bloomberg news and media …

'The governor-general of the province ordered the police to investigate the incident seriously,' said Jilani Farhad in a phone call with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) about the assassination of Jafar Tavkkoli.Farhad added that the people of Herat organized a sit-ins and protests in front of the governor-general's office …

Hamid Movahedi, Iranian coach of Pakistan’s under 19 volleyball team talking to IRNA said that the team has arrived in Tehran with lot of energy and is ready to show its talent in the tournament. The event will be held from June 29th to July 6th in the north western …

The Public Relations Office of the Research Center of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted Salah Salimi, head of the archaeology team, as saying that the plan for the survey and identification of the ancient metal working sites was implemented exclusively in the two cities of Mahabad and Sardasht and …

Feng made the remarks Saturday in an exclusive interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).China will continue economic and trade ties with Iran, he said adding that US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal will have no effect on economic relations between the two countries. China is against economic unilateralism …

If the deal doesn't provide Iran with its goals, keeping it will be impossible, said Ali-Akbar Salehi at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo, Norwegian capital.Speaking to some NUPI scholars and researchers, some foreign ministry authorities, and representatives of some other Norwegian institutions about regional and international issues, …

This comes as the decision to be made by French companies in this respect is of utmost importance as major firms from the European country are currently cooperating with their Iranian counterparts in implementing a number of the Middle Eastern state’s oil and auto-manufacturing projects. Their exit from Iran can …

The United States is turning into a 'rogue state' by repeatedly violating international law, and Iran will not negotiate with such a state, Zarif said on Thursday in response to the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent call for renegotiations on Iran's 2015 international nuclear agreement, according to Xinhua.'The …