Speaking to reporters after casting his vote for the 11th parliamentary elections and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Experts, Shamkhani said, fortunately, people’s turnout disappointed people.People’s participation conveys the message that the enemy cannot destroy Iranians’ unity by waging psychological war and by taking advantage of opposition media. …
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Zarif briefs reporters on FATF meeting
The international body had given Iran a final deadline of February 2020 to comply with its rules.As the Iranian officials did not agree on the case and the Iranian Parliament failed to ratify legislation on complying with FATF demands, the five-day meeting is expected to determine whether to put Iran …
Read More »Former Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami, casts vote for parliamentary elections
Khatami, who served as Iran's president 1997-2005, proposed Dialogue Among Civilizations to the United Nation about two decades ago.The 11th parliamentary elections and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Experts began in Iran on Friday morning. Overall, more than 57 million people from across Iran are eligible to vote. …
Read More »Supreme Leader: Election guarantees national interests
Anyone who is interested in national interests should take part in the election, the Leader said on Friday after casting his vote for the parliamentary and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Expertselections. The 11th parliamentary election and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Experts began in Iran …
Read More »Mahan Airlines: Flights to China just for humanitarian aid
The company wrote on its Instagram that flights to China over the past days are operated at the request of the government to send humanitarian aid observing all safety standards.Passenger flights to the country were suspended several weeks ago due to the spread of coronavirus. Direct flight from and to …
Read More »Iraq’s health ministry denies any call for closure of borders with Iran
Iraqi ministry announced that it has made no request for shutting Iranian borders due to concerns over spread of coronavirus.Official spokesman of the ministry Seif ol-Badr dismissed the rumor, saying that the ministry will release a statement in this respect. Certain media outlets including Al-Arabiya claimed that Iraqi Health Ministry …
Read More »Two patients suspected of coronavirus quarantined in northern Iran
Javanian told IRNA that the two patients are in quarantine and under medical examination.Two fatal cases have already been confirmed in Qom, 140 km south of Tehran. Head of management center of the Ministry of Health epidemic diseases Mohammad-Mehdi Gooya told IRNA on Thursday that two other cases have been confirmed in …
Read More »Iran hands over APDIM governing council presidency to Pakistan
Hamid Pourmohammadi, Iran’s Deputy Vice President for Plan and Budget Organization and former head of APDIM Governing Council handed over the presidency of the body to Chairman of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal at the beginning of the Fourth Governing Council Meeting of APDIM in Islamabad.Pourmohammadi …
Read More »Iran’s ambassador in Sweden submits credentials
He is slated to present his credentials to king of the country on Thursday.Earlier, Masoumifar served in the capacities of Iran's ambassador to South Korea, chief consul in Shanghai and charge d'affaires in Malaysia. 8072**2050 Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish IRNA English
Read More »Russia announces possibility of Syria trilateral summit in Tehran
Bogdanov told the state-run Tass news agency on Wednesday that Syria's trilateral summit with the participation of Iranian, Russian and Turkish Presidents Hassan Rouhani, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, respectively may be held in Tehran in early March if the Turkish president agrees.According to Bogdanov, the Iranian side has proposed …
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