Zarif said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday that the Russian vaccine for COVID-19, Sputnik V, was registered in Iran on Monday, hoping that the vaccine will be bought and jointly produced in the near future.The Sputnik V vaccine was yesterday also registered …
Read More »All Afghan groups should participate in peace effort: FM spox
Talking to reporters in a ceremony in Tehran, Khatibzadeh noted that Iran’s public diplomacy is experiencing a new phase of diplomacy, and that the aim of a trip by Taliban’s delegation to Iran is holding talks on peace process in Afghanistan.Taliban political delegation headed by Abdul Ghani Baradar has arrived …
Read More »Iran elected as president of APDIM governing council
The 5th Meeting of the APDIM Governing Council affiliated with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was held online on Tuesday in the presence of Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP.At the meeting, the members …
Read More »Iran, Russia sign information security agreement
The agreement is a turning-point in the cyber security cooperation of the two countries.Among the benefits of the agreement is coordination and collaboration between Iran and Russia in regional and international communities in order to guarantee national and international security. In the UN Information Security Group, Iran and Russia have …
Read More »Russian FM: Iran, Russia discuss construction of new units for Bushehr power plant
In a joint press conference with Zarif, Lavrov described Tehran-Moscow relations as friendly and said that Iran and Russia work together in all areas.He added that Iran and Russia talked about plans to build new units at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Russia hopes that the United States will return …
Read More »Spokesman says Judiciary not looking for ban on social media
"The cyberspace is like the real space, it belongs to the citizens of the country. It is among the public rights to utilize social media so that the Government needs to exercise management on organization of the social media, Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili said in a press conference.Nowadays, some crimes worse than COVID-19 are spreading in cyberspace, such as selling weapons, Drug sales in cyberspace, massive fraud and suicide propaganda, especially for the …
Read More »Iran after forming 6-party union in region: FM Zarif
The main aim of my regional tour is the formation of such a union, Zarif told IRNA upon arrival in Moscow this morning.Zarif said Russia and Iran enjoy deep strategic relations, adding that he plans to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on regional developments, particularly the recent tension …
Read More »COVID-19 causes 79 more deaths in Iran
Lari said that another 79 people have lost their lives due to the deadly virus during the past 24 hours in Iran.According to her report, the number of the total death toll reached 57,560. Elaborating on the latest situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran, Lari said that 6,420 new cases …
Read More »“Tehran in no rush for US decision on JCPOA”: Iran’s UN envoy
"It's up to the US to decide what course of action to take. We're not in a hurry," Ravanchi told NBC News on Monday.In his first interview since President Joe Biden was sworn in last week, the ambassador told NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel that Iran has not spoken …
Read More »Iran FM in Russia for regional, bilateral talks
Upon arrival, Zarif told reporters at the airport that his travel to Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey is taking place to upgrade cooperation among the six countries and coordination on other regional issues as well.Zarif said that Iran attaches importance to multilateral cooperation in the region. In Moscow, Zarif …
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