TEHRAN, June 02 - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says any threat or possible act of aggression by enemies will be met with a firm and crushing response.
TEHRAN, June 02 - The companies interested to work with Iran are waiting for the EU to announce instructions on how to counter US sanctions on Iran in order to continue their commercial ties with the country, said the deputy president of the Iran-UK Chamber of Commerce on Saturday.
TEHRAN, June 02 - Armenian Analyst and head of Iranology department at Yerevan University Vartan Oskanian said on Saturday that expansion of economic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia will be to the benefit of both countries.
TEHRAN, June 02 - The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) has picked the Islamic Republic of Iran as the third greatest country in Asia, thanks to the remarkable performances of its international masters and grandmasters at continental and international sports events.
TEHRAN, June 02 - Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Karbassian said, “China accounts for 50% share in the world in terms of production and business of minerals and is a proper choice for being replaced with the companies that breached their promise within the framework of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).”
TEHRAN, June 02 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the growing ties with Italy in recent years, expecting that a much-awaited credit line would facilitate the implementation of agreements between Iran and the major member of the European Union.
TEHRAN, June 01 - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the European Union has made some progress on measures to protect the bloc's companies from US sanctions on Iran but they are still insufficient.
TEHRAN, June 01 - The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc and China share commitment to preserve a nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers in 2015 and to work for its continuation.
TEHRAN, June 01 - French oil major Total said Friday the probability of winning an exemption from US sanctions against Iran to continue a major gas field project was very faint.
TEHRAN, June 01 - The chairman of the Iranian parliament's Hajj and Pilgrimage Faction announced that the number of pilgrims that plan to participate in this year’s Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia has increased by 5,000 compared to the last year.
TEHRAN, June 01 - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh called on the UAE to include a separate agenda item for the June OPEC meeting entitled “OPEC Ministerial Conference support to the Member Countries that are under illegal, unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions”.
TEHRAN, June 01 - Iran plans to take delivery of three more Airbus planes by the end of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2018 – March 20, 2019) in a major deal that it signed with the European aviation giant in December 2016, a lawmaker said.
TEHRAN, June 01 - Iranian discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi has managed to collect a bronze medal at the fourth leg of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League in Rome, Italy.
TEHRAN, June 01 - The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has announced suspension of its relations with the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), also known as the Greek Football Federation, following cancellation of a friendly match between Iran and Greece as part of preparations for the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Russia.
TEHRAN, May 31 - The United States imposed sanctions on several Iranian individuals and organizations, including Evin Prison and the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), over “human rights abuses” and “censorship.”
TEHRAN, May 31 - A top Iranian commander said the police forces have confiscated more than 13 tons of illicit drugs along the country's border regions over the past two months.
TEHRAN, May 31 - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will go to the parliament next week to brief lawmakers on the latest developments in the process of talks with the European parties to the JCPOA on maintaining the 2015 nuclear deal in the wake of US withdrawal from it, an MP said.