Zarif attended Majlis (Iranian Parliament) open session to respond to three questions from Javad Karimi Ghoddoosi, the representative of Mashhad. 'Why did you travel to France with no intelligence and security estimates when the terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) and other enemies of the Islamic Republic were holding a …
Read More »Iranian blood donor saves 400 lives in 38 years
Mohammad-Taher Tajvanchi has started to give blood since the beginning of Iraq’s invasion of Iran in late September 1980.'After the Iraqi air raid on the city, the loudspeakers of the main mosque of the city invited the citizens with enough strength to go to the hospital and donate blood,' Tajvanchi …
Read More »OANA opportunity for media diplomacy: Iranian News Agency Chief
Managing Director of Mehr News Agency Ali Asgari said the untrue image the adversary media have projected from Iran over the past 40 years since the Islamic Revolution is an isolated country struggling with plethora of problems.The campaign against Iran to introduce it as a sanction-crippled country has been intensified …
Read More »Iranian athletes bring home 62 Asian medals
In the last day of 2018 Jakarta Asian Games on Saturday, Iran’s national volleyball team beat South Korea in the finals and won the 20th gold medal for Iran.Also in basketball, Iran stood in the second place and won a silver medal. Iranian Table-Tennis practitioner Noshad Alamian won a bronze …
Read More »Europe firms hit hard by US sanctions on Iran: US media
'With these latest moves, American intentions are clear: cut off Iranian oil from the market entirely and reduce Tehran’s financial power. As oil prices rise, however, the White House’s policy looks set to hurt more countries than just Iran. Will Europe’s economies take the hit – or will they fight …
Read More »Iran, Russia, Iraq, Syria hold security meeting in Iraq
It has been three years that the quadrilateral security committee holds regular meetings to facilitate intelligence coordination among Iran, Russia, Iraq, and Syria to fight against Daesh (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.“Cooperation among the countries benefits all of the members, especially in security and intelligence activities against terrorism”, said Deputy …
Read More »Iran's 1st vice-president congratulates athletes on achievements
Jahangiri extended his congratulations on the superb performance of Iranian sportsmen and women who won 20 gold medals in various fields, and achieving the best team results in volleyball, basketball, kabaddi and water polo.The Iranian delegation gained a total number of 62 medals in the Asian Games 2018,in Palembang and …
Read More »Grammy award-winner Kalhor gets ‘Isaac Stern Human Spirit’ award
According to Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Iran’s kamancheh virtuoso Kalhor and the Xiaoshuijing Miao Farmers Choir were named joint recipients of the award.A founding member of the Silk Road Ensemble, Kalhor has devoted his life to the popularization of traditional Persian music in the West.Michael Stern, the son …
Read More »OANA to counter one-way media current: TASS deputy
'OANA has a rich history and prominent agencies from Asia and Oceania are present in it,' said Mikhail Solomonovich Gusman, speaking to IRNA on the occasion of OANA meeting in Tehran. On the verge of traveling to Tehran to participate in the OANA meeting on Monday, Gusman invited IRNA employees …
Read More »Asghar Farhadi among Toronto film festival’s guests
According to a report, with almost one week left to the inauguration ceremony of Toronto Int’l Film festival, the administrators of the event released the list of guests for the event.The lineup includes veteran Iran director Farhadi and the cast of his globe-trotting cinematic production ‘Everybody Knows’. The flick represents …
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