The implementation of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers started on January 16, 2016. Now in its first anniversary, the agreement is under severe pressure of Iranian and international hardliners.
Iran and Saudi Arabia can work together to help end regional conflicts, but Riyadh needs to see the realities on the ground before relations between the two countries could go back to normal, the Iranian foreign minister says.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 15 them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
It was recently claimed that the late ex-president Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani had collaborated in assassinating a former Iranian Prime Minister in the 1960s. But what was the real story?
The extreme happiness of a number of Iranian statesmen over receiving only one Airbus plane is both surprising and ridiculous, said a senior Iranian conservative journalist.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there have been no contacts between Iran and the new US administration that will be sworn in on Friday.
The Lieutenant Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, referring to the January 2016 arrest of US sailors by Iran in the Persian Gulf, said the air defense base’s warning alerts forced the enemy fighter jets attempting to save the sailors to back off.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the liberation of Syria’s strategic northwestern city of Aleppo as a major step towards stability in the Arab state, saying the gain prevented the Middle East from having to face an uncertain future.
Iran, Russia and Turkey have not sent any “joint invitation” to the US for taking part in the upcoming conflict resolution talks on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic won’t lose anything in case the US President-elect scraps the nuclear deal as he has vowed to.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 29 them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Sabah Zanganeh, a senior Middle East analyst, believes that Riyadh has no choice but to change its regional policies, and Oman can play an important role as a mediator to moderate Saudi Arabia’s policies towards Iran.
The late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will be commemorated at this year’s Hong Kong edition of Art Basel, a massive Swiss art fair and one of the premier events of the international art world.
A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic supports political initiatives on Syria, which seek to address the real demands of the Syrian people and preserve the war-stricken country’s territorial integrity and independence.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced the country’s opposition to participation of Washington in the Syria peace talks planned to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, next week.
Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says the victories earned on the battlefields in Syria are the result of coordination between the Arab country and the Islamic Republic as well as other important factors.
Iranian President says Tehran is prepared to help Riyadh resolve its regional problems, particularly the crisis in Yemen, if Saudis make correct decisions.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to the US President-elect Donald Trump’s opposition to the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, and stressed that JCPOA is a win-win deal that benefits all sides, including the US.
The Iranian Parliament authorized the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to increase the country’s bandwidth by 30 terabytes per second during the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2016-21).
