Politics

'Further political, cultural and economic relations between Tehran and Helsinki are necessary,' President Rouhani said during a meeting in Tehran with new Finnish Ambassador to Iran Keijo Norvanto.Cooperation between Iran and Finland remain to be positive and growing, the Iranian President said while receiving the credentials of Norvanto.It is also …

'Terrorism is the biggest enemy of humanity and Islam,' Abbas Naqvi said on Friday in a meeting with the Iranian delegation from the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization.'Cooperation between the two countries is the only way to confront terrorism,' he added, urging all countries to be united against terrorism.Describing his …

In addition to Vice-President Jahangiri, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi and some other senior officials and cultural figures attended the inauguration ceremony. 'The Exhibition in an area of 13,000 square meters hosts 940 media in 600 pavilions, including some 100 monthly journals, 54 weeklies, 52 quarterlies, …

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Addressing the Security Council Open Debate On Women, Peace and Security, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Gholam Ali Khoshroo said that women and girls in many parts of the Middle East witness the collapse of their hopes for a better future.Full text …

His three-leg African tour first took him to South Africa and later to Uganda and Niger, respectively.During his two-day trip to South Africa, Zarif first attended Iran-South Africa Trade Forum and then held talks with the country’s high-ranking officials, including President Jacob Zuma and Foreign Minister Mashabane.When in Uganda, Zarif …

The Iraqi prime minister's office said that the decree aims to prepare the grounds for activity of joint experts of Iraqi federal government forces and the Iraqi Kurdistan region to explore the deployment of Federal Army in all the disputed areas. The measure also aims to prevent war and bloodshed …

Shahr-e Rey Governor Hedayatollah Jamalipoor said that the fire broke out this evening in one of the units of the refinery that was under maintenance.The cause of the blaze was oil leakage, he said.Tehran refinery is located in Shahr-e Rey county in southern Tehran Province.9156**1394Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

'Choosing economic ground for hostility towards Iran is a serious approach taken by the enemy today,' Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali warned in a speech before Tehran's Friday prayer. 'We should get a good understanding of the approach, and the ways to counter the …

'Iran is shining in today's world, and the claims by the unwise and impolite president of the US on Iran and the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is the sign of his jealousy, spite and hostility,' Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said on Friday.In his anti-Iran speech on October 13, Trump …