TEHRAN, August 29 - France and Germany are seeking to develop an independent European financing mechanism with the aim of sidestepping US sanctions against countries, including Iran, and asserting the continent’s “sovereignty.”
TEHRAN, August 29 - US lawyers have called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the United Nations' highest court -- to dismiss the Iranian lawsuit calling for a lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic and have insisted that sanctions are legal and needed.
A senior Iranian commander says the country's military advisors will maintain their presence in Syria, giving more details about a military cooperation agreement reached between Tehran and Damascus this week.
TEHRAN, August 28 - Iran has opened its largest wind farm, marking a turning point in its bid to procure electricity from renewable sources such as wind power, solar and hydropower.
TEHRAN, August 28 - European countries are tired of American “bullying” and seek to use their differences with the United States over the Iran nuclear deal as an opportunity to assert their independence from Washington, a commentator says.
TEHRAN, August 28 - Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday were not convinced by President Hassan Rouhani’s explanations about the administration’s performance following the decline of the national currency’s value and controversial economic policies.
TEHRAN, August 28 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers to act faster and in a more transparent way to preserve it after the US move to pull out of the agreement.
TEHRAN, August 28 - A top Iranian navy commander says the country has full control of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and is ready to protect the waters as well as the Sea of Oman.
TEHRAN, August 28 - The presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey will hold their third round of tripartite summit in Iran next week in an attempt to find ways to end the ongoing crisis in Syria, Turkish state television says.
TEHRAN, August 27 - Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says the country's security forces have disbanded two terrorist teams in the western parts of Iran.
TEHRAN, August 27 -The United States has objected to a lawsuit filed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by Iran against the US for the re-imposition of sanctions.
TEHRAN, August 27 - Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna expressed strong opposition to any move that would undermine the principle of war on illicit drugs in the international documents.
TEHRAN, August 27 - The Defense Ministries of Iran and Syria signed an agreement on military and technical cooperation during Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami’s visit to the Arab country.
TEHRAN, August 27 - Iran said Qatar has called for increasing the number of cargo ships travelling to and from Iran in an effort which could be meant to help the tiny Persian Gulf state better fend off the impacts of an economic blockade imposed on it by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies.