Petro Refinery factory in western Iran on fire

Gohar Petro Refinery factory in the western Iranian province of Lorestan has been engulfed in fire.

Iran says “not to budge an inch” on own rights in Persian Gulf gas field

Referring to Iran's joint oil and gas fields with the neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf, the Iranian Minister of Petroleum stressed: "We will not budge an inch on Iran's exploitation rights in the Arash gas field."

Iran after recovering payments owed by Bahrain too: Vice president

Iranian Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan says the Islamic Republic is also pursuing the recovery of payments owed by Bahrain besides those of South Korea.

IRGC Navy starts drills to defend island in Persian Gulf

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has begun drills simulating the defense of an island in the Persian Gulf that the United Arab Emirates lays claims to.

Iranian president urges implementation of agreements with Syria

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed the need for Iran and Syria to implement the agreements they signed during his recent visit to Damascus.

Iranian security chief: US, Israel use terrorism as a tool to create crises in region

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian has warned of the US plots to revive terror cells in the region.

Iran’s Raisi accepts sports minister’s resignation

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted the resignation of the Minister of Sports and Youths Affairs Hamid Sajjadi.

Iran government organizations, schools to close for two days due to heat

The Iranian administration has declared two forthcoming days holidays due to unprecedented heat.

Iranian daily attacks Raisi administration’s proposed hijab law

An Iranian daily has censured a motion prepared by the President Ebrahim Raisi administration to fine women who don’t wear their hijab properly or to close down businesses that offer goods and services to those women.

“Iran’s new missile Abu Mahdi uses AI for determining flight direction” 

A spokesman for Iran’s Defense Ministry says enemies must not contemplate creating insecurity in the region because if they threaten the Islamic Republic, they will have to move beyond the reach of the country’s Abu Mahdi missiles. 

Iranian and Syrian FMs demands end to US military presence in Syria 

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran believes that the US’s immediate pullout from Syria will be highly conducive to stability and security in the region.

Video shows moment of mountain slide in Iran’s treacherous Road

Footage has appeared of the moment a part of the Alborz mountain range collapses along the famed Road 77 in northern Iran.

Syria’s foreign minister travels to Iran

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has travelled to the Iranian capital of Tehran on an official visit.

Iranian, Iraqi interior ministers meet at border crossing

The interior ministers of Iran and Iraq, Ahmad Vahidi and Abdul Amir al-Shammari, have met at a border crossing between the two countries, discussing border security.

Training aircraft crashes in Iran’s Karaj, two killed

An aircraft used for training pilots has crashed in Iran’s Karaj near the capital Tehran, killing the trainee and the coach.

Meet the world’s hottest spot! It’s in Iran

Earth’s hottest spot is in the Lut Desert, or Dasht-e Lut, a large salt desert straddling the two Iranian provinces of Kerman and Sistan-and-Baluchestan.

Tehran: Iran to pursue own rights, interests in Arash gas field

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran always supports the amicable settlement of border and maritime disputes, including those over the Persian Gulf Arash gas field with its neighbors.

Iran’s president raps deadly terrorist blast in Pakistan

In a message to the Pakistani prime minister, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, extended his condolences to the friendly and brotherly state of Pakistan over the deaths of a number of people in a bomb blast in the country.

“US’s Robert Malley snitched by traders of sanctions”

The editor-in-chief of the Tehran-based Jomhuri Eslami  newspaper said former American Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, had negotiations with Iranian officials, and that efforts were made to stall the talks.

Iranian women rap desecration of Holy Quran

Thousands of Iranian Women gathered in Tehran to condemn in the strongest terms the burning of the Holy Quran in the European countries of Sweden and Denmark.

Iran has abided by its commitments under nuclear deal: Official

The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the country has adhered to its obligations under a 2015 nuclear deal with originally six other countries.

Acclaimed Iranian director to shoot next movie in Los Angeles: Report

A report says acclaimed Iranian director and screenwriter Asghar Farhadi will be producing his next film in Los Angeles.

Flooding hits town in drought-hit region in Iran

A town in Iran’s Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province has been hit with flooding, and dozens of villages have been cut off.

“Iran missed an opportunity to attract huge Russian investments” 

A member of the Presiding Board of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce says Iran missed an opportunity to attract the investments of Russian businesspeople after the war in Ukraine.

Iranian MP: JCPOA will definitely be revived 

The deputy head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament says the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, will definitely be revived.

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