Zangeneh, who left the meeting after the opening remarks to depart for Tehran, told reporters that the statement entails articles to extend the agreement to reduce production by one million and 200,000 barrels of OPEC and non-OPEC members, as well as OPEC and Non-OPEC cooperation charter.After nearly 7 hours of …
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Iran to broaden relations with world countries: Energy minister
Ardakanian made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan in Tehran on Tuesday in the 16th Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission meeting which was held at the ministry of energy.Economic and commercial potential between Iran and Armenia is very high and the two sides' should …
Read More »Iran asks ICC to investigate war crimes in Yemen
"The request is submitted with the aim of seeking international justice for the Yemeni victims by bringing those individuals responsible for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community in line with the international campaign against impunity which Yemen has been suffering from for a long time offering …
Read More »Iran marks anniversary of US attack on passenger plane
The plane, Airbus A300, flying over the Persian Gulf, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile from USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988. The attack claimed the lives of 290 civilians, including 66 children, 53 women and 46 foreigners.The flight 655, that took off from Bandar Abbas Airport in the …
Read More »No explosion over past 24 hours in Shushtar County: Governor
“No explosion has been reported in the Shushtar County over the past 24 hours,” Shush Governor Hossein Panbe Dane Pur told IRNA on Monday. He said the situation in the county is normal, rejecting reports about explosion in the area as “totally baseless”. Shushtar County is some 90 km away from Ahvaz, …
Read More »UNESCO World Heritage Committee Conference commences with Iran’s participation
At the inauguration ceremony, Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director General, Byong Hyun, Chief Executive Officer, more than 2500 officials and representatives from 180 countries, as well as Akbar Rezai, representing the UNESCO Division of the Iranian Foreign Ministry were present.The delegation of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran …
Read More »Central Bank’s logical measures improve currency situation
Having said that, in the ceremony commemorating the National Industry and Mining Day on Monday, Larijani noted, "The enemies wanted to disturb the internal conditions of the country; there was instability in the currency market; for solving these issues and overcoming the challenges, many hours were allocated to discuss the …
Read More »‘Peace Birds’ return to Iran by German, Italian tourists
Karin Maria Zimermermann from Germany and Ferancesco Testa from Italy bring the peace birds back to Iran.The white symbolic peace birds were unveiled last fall by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the central northern Province of Semnan, and were then sent to across the world, to symbolically deliver the message …
Read More »UN chief slams spread of hate speech
In recent months, we have seen Jews murdered in synagogues, their gravestones defaced with swastikas; Muslims gunned down in mosques, their religious sites vandalized; Christians killed at prayer, their churches torched.Beyond these horrific attacks, increasingly loathsome rhetoric is being aimed not only at religious groups but also minorities, migrants, refugees, …
Read More »Iran condemns Philippines terror attack
An explosion on Friday (June 28) at a base in Jolo Island, southern Philipines, claimed the lives of five people. Several others were also injured in the blast.The terrorist group ISIS claimed the responsibility for the attack. Abbas Mousavi, spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry, condemned the suicide attack and expressed …
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