“I have just been informed that next year’s budget has been approved the Council of Guardians and the council has found no other problem with it,” Larijani said. Iranian parliament last Sunday approved the country’s budget for the next Iranian year of 1396 (March 2017-March 2018).The bill was ratified with …
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Regional peace, Iran’s top foreign policy priority: Gov’t spokesman
He said that improvement of ties with world states is the country’s priority and Iran has always tried to boost relations with the world in particular the regional countries.Speaking about the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent letter to the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Nobakht said that the …
Read More »Stronger Pak-Iran ties inevitable for regional peace: Pakistan Parl. Speaker
In his meeting with a women parliamentary delegation of Iran in Islamabad on Tuesday, the Speaker said Iran and Pakistan are intertwined by stronger multi-dimensional relations.Appreciating Iran’s geo-political significance, he remarked that Iran’s role is central to unifying the Muslim world and underlined the need for pro-active parliamentary diplomacy to …
Read More »Creating Asian Parliament faces immense challenges: Iranian MP
Expressing her views in the meeting of the Special Committee for Creation of Asian Parliament (SCCAP) in Islamabad, Fatemeh Zolghadr said Iran supports the idea for the establishment of Asian Parliament.She was hopeful that present forum would be able to provide a more realistic solution for creating integration among Asian …
Read More »Donald Trump snatches 5th Iran’s Wet Gunpowder Award
The Wet Gunpowder Award is an Iranian symbolic award that according to organizers is given to 'ridiculous people whose chaffy character is evident to everyone and when this nature of theirs is accompanied with self-belief turns into an indefinite foolishness for them.'Due to taking different measures by Trump like publicizing …
Read More »Ex-US official: Trump’s anti-Iran remarks rhetorical
Talking to IRNA, Larry Wilkerson, a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, rejected any possibility of military encounter between Iran and the US in the Persian Gulf. Touching upon Trump’s military policy in the Persian Gulf and the …
Read More »Iran, Belarus review developing ties
Speaking in the meeting, Myasnikovich said that grounds have been prepared for expanding all-out ties between Tehran and Minsk.Belarusian speaker stressed on widening parliamentary cooperation, urging his Iranian counterpart to have a trip to Belarus.Oveisi also pointed to the role of parliamentary ties as crucial in developing cooperation in a …
Read More »Kremlin announces Rouhani’s imminent visit to Russia
Asked whether Rouhani will visit Mosocw on March 18, the spokesman did not specify a time but said, “We are making arrangements for his trip to Russia and information to that effect will be disseminated at opportune time.” Meanwhile, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Co-Chairman of Iran-Russia Joint …
Read More »Meeting of SCCAP, APA SCPA kicks off in Islamabad with Iran’s presence
The event was inaugurated by the Chairman of Senate Mian Raza Rabbani and Speaker of National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.Member of Iranian Majlis cultural commission Sayyidah Fatimah Zoulqadr and Member of Majlis commission for foreign policy and national security Hajar Chenarani are representing Iran in the meeting.More than seventy delegates …
Read More »Zarif: Iran ready for cooperation with UNFPA
In a meeting with new envoy of the international entity Leila Siji Judan on Monday, Zarif referred to the record of good cooperation between Iran and the fund, underlining the need for further collaboration between the sides on the basis of values prevailing in the Islamic countries.Given the increasing trend …
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