TEHRAN, October 22 - Iran cannot still understand why Canada unilaterally severed diplomatic relations six years ago, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said after a former Canadian diplomat criticized Ottawa for the current diplomatic blackout.
TEHRAN, October 22 - A number of officials from international organizations and foreign countries met Iranian diplomats at Iran’s Foreign Ministry for talks on various issues, including ways to settle the crises in Yemen and Syria.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Iran’s Army has dispatched combat and civilian service units to the country’s common border with Iraq in order to ensure the security of Arbaeen pilgrims and provide them with a range of services, a commander said.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to attend a parliamentary session on Tuesday to brief MPs on issues related to the country’s aThe presiding board of the parliament decided Sunday to hold a closed session on Tuesday with Zarif and Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi in attendance.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Iran has been working with Russia in a “strategic partnership” format based on mutual interests but is in no such “alliance” with any Eastern or Western power, says Iran’s point man on the Middle East, who has been working closely with the Russian Federation on Syria’s dossier.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Iranian Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari highlighted the facilities provided for pilgrims visiting Iraq during Arbaeen season and said no security problem has been reported along the common borders with the Arab country so far.
TEHRAN, October 22 - A French lawmaker says during a visit to Iran that Europe wants to ensure that at least one Iranian bank will stay connected to the world after the upcoming round of US sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, October 21 - At present, 330 women’s rural cooperative companies, with 61,325 members and a total capital of $614,279 are operating in 2,238 villages across Iran, said a deputy agricultural Jihad minister.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran’s nominal capacity to produce electricity has reached nearly 80,000 megawatts (MW) following the connection of a number of power plants to the country’s national grid over the past weeks.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran’s president nominated four men to run the country’s major economic ministries whose heads have resigned or been impeached by the Parliament in recent weeks.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran’s vice president for legal affairs hailed the Financial Action Task Force’s decision to extend suspension of counter-measures against Tehran, saying it would do a big favor to a European Union-proposed payment system for sustained trade with Iran under US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran has sent a major cargo of oil to China before the re-imposition of the second round of US sanctions that will be meant to target the country's oil exports.
TEHRAN, October 20 -Iran has dismissed the "false and baseless" claim made by the United States about Tehran's efforts to undermine US elections, including next month’s midterms, saying such allegations are rooted in an "unknown delusion."
TEHRAN, October 20 -Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has demanded that Islamabad push for the release of a number of Iranian forces abducted in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on the border with Pakistan.
TEHRAN, October 20 -Iran’s new ambassador to Seoul says there is a “comprehensive plan” aimed at expansion of bilateral ties with South Korea in face of returning US actions.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iran's ambassador to the UN says the US cannot cover up the crimes Israel commits against the Palestinian children, adding Washington is also the killer of 66 Iranian kids.
TEHRAN, October 20 - An unprecedented volume of Iranian crude oil is set to arrive at China’s northeast Dalian port this month and in early November before US sanctions on Iran take effect, according to an Iranian shipping source and data on Refinitiv Eikon.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned a terrorist attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar that led to the deaths of three senior officials of the South Asian country.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry expressed sympathies over a fatal train accident in India’s northern city of Amritsar that killed scores of people at a ritual ceremony.