TEHRAN, October 24 -India and Afghanistan are pushing ahead with plans to open a new transportation corridor between the two countries via Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar despite US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 24 -French carmaker Renault has reported its first loss since pulling out of Iran in July, just as the US was about to impose its first round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, October 24 -Senior diplomats of Iran, Russia, and Turkey hold consultations in Moscow amid efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Super saves by keeper Alireza Beiranvand have sent Iran’s Persepolis into the final of the AFC Champions League tournament for the first time.
TEHRAN, October 23 - Iran’s minister of petroleum says Saudi Arabia has submitted to US pressure, violating an OPEC agreement reached in June not to raise its production.
TEHRAN, October 23 - An official says the Iranian government needs no more wheat imports thanks to favorable crop harvest and procurement from local farmers at a time of diminishing grain stocks around the world.
TEHRAN, October 23 - Sri Lanka, which is dependent on Iranian light crude, has sought advice from India on its strategy on purchasing oil from the country in the light of tightening US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 23 - Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour traveled to Pakistan Monday to pursue the issue of a number of Iranian border guards who were recently kidnapped and taken into Pakistan by Takfiri terrorists.
TEHRAN, October 23 - Saudi energy minister says his country would not be able to compensate for possible oil disappearance from global markets once the US re-imposes its sanctions against Iran.
TEHRAN, October 23 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed confidence that the Islamic Republic will manage to overcome sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.
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.