Iranian Shia Muslims commemorate Tasou’s night, the 9th night of the 10 consecutive mourning days ending up to the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (AS), the third Shia Imam, while observing health protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), all across Iran on August 28, 2020. IRNA/Reza …
Read More »Sports
Iran envoy: US’ unilateralism undermining UNSC authority
"US's contempt for int'l law has reached a new low," he added.US is in violation of JCPOA & UNSCR 2231; deliberately misinterprets 2231 & threatens UN members—including its closest allies—for standing up to bullying," Takht Ravanchi wrote in his Twitter account. "#US's unilateralism is undermining UN. Council's authority is on …
Read More »Top Pakistani religious leader calls for stronger regional ties with Iran
Secretary General of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri leading a party delegation said this during a meeting with the Prime Minister on Friday to discuss security situation during Muharram, regional and international developments.According to a statement released by the MWM Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri called on …
Read More »Zarif: Americans don’t understand law or UN
"After thrice being rejected by SC, US now threatens "sanctioning anyone & any entity that comes between US" & "its snapback" Obviously they don't understand law or UN," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Friday."Maybe they can grasp this: You divorced the JCPOA in 2018. Your name on the …
Read More »Pakistan PM calls for further strengthening of ties with Iran
In an exclusive interview with Pakistani Urdu channel ‘ARY News’ Imran Khan said further development of Pakistan's relations with Iran as a neighboring country is inevitable."Pakistan's current relations with Iran are at a very good level as compared to the past," he said. Expressing his views about Pakistan's relations with …
Read More »Foreign investment in Iran grows despite global slump due to pandemic
Koudeie noted on Friday that the continuous presence of foreign investors in Iran and their volume of investment have tripled in the current year (2020) compared to the previous year despite the hardest sanctions that hit country.He termed as positive the approach of foreign investors to Iran and said the growing …
Read More »Iran, Syria stress boosting cooperation in infrastructure, economic fields
During the meeting, the two sides focused on enhancing cooperation between Tehran and Damascus in the areas of infrastructure and housing in addition to benefiting from the Iranian experience in the field of rapid construction of residential suburbs and water desalination plants, as well as opening wide prospects for cooperation …
Read More »EU no longer wants to see Trump in White House: Pakistan daily
‘Daily Times’ in its editorial comments said Trump administration has achieved nothing, but isolation by pursuing aggressive policies.The paper said Trump administration has tried to kill the Palestine cause – when it officially recognized Jerusalem as Zionist regime’s capital and announced moving the US embassy there. It said the Trump engineered …
Read More »Official: COVID-19 kills 117 more in Iran
Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 117 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 21,137.Some 2,190 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,063 of whom have been hospitalized, she added. Sadat Lari noted that a total of 367,796 …
Read More »Iran shows good faith in cooperation with IAEA
Grossi's Tehran visit, which was faced with Western pre-meditated media hype in the aftermath of the US defeated approach with the UN Security Council on so-called snapback of the UN sanctions on Iran, led to issuing a joint statement in which the demands of the both sides are taken into consideration.The joint …
Read More »