The latest news and views from Iran, the Middle East, and the world produced and published by IFP either using the contents provided by Persian-language media outlets or through its exclusive dispatches
After the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and the end of anti-Iran sanctions, Tehran started its talks with giant American and European plane-makers, Boeing and Airbus. However, the US is sabotaging the deals, and Iran seems to be turning to alternative options.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said the report by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about Resolution 2231 elicited a harsh response from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Saudi Muftis strongly condemned the suicide bomber who recently blew himself up near the US consulate in Jeddah, but they chose to remain silent towards Karrada massacre which claimed over 200 lives.
An Iranian expert in international affairs referred to the recent gathering of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorists hosted by Paris, and described France as a hostile country whose ambassador should be summoned to the Foreign Ministry.
An Iranian politician believes that British Ex-PM Tony Blair’s apology for invasion of Iraq will remain as an eternal stain of shame in UK’s colonial history and a lesson for other aggressors.
The widely-circulated hashtag expressing Turks’ dissatisfaction with Syrian refugees is mixed up with voices of frustration over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government.
President Hassan Rouhani will not cancel his planned trip to the western Iranian province of Kermanshah despite a recent assassination attempt, which wounded a senior Iranian lawmaker and killed two others in the same province.
Hamid-Reza Moqaddamfar, an advisor to the Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), blasted the recent participation of Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal in the gathering of the terrorist group Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Paris, and described it as another proof of Riyadh’s support for terrorism.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the statement recently issued by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Iran's missile program was a “repetition of the past unfounded claims.”
An Iranian analyst of Turkish affairs says the recent deadly terrorist blasts in Istanbul were a message from Saudi Arabia to Turkey, reminding Ankara of who the boss is.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri underlined the significance of transfer of technology knowhow in foreign contracts, and described it as a necessity within the frameworks of Resistance Economy.
Iran is a land of philanthropy and benevolence; however, sporadic crimes are seen here and there, from time to time. Iranians hold Golrizan ceremonies to raise donations for inmates of unintentional crimes.
Iranian media have been publishing conflicting reports on Saturday, July 9, about the participation and championship of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s daughter Zain al-Sham in a horse-riding competition held in Tehran. Here is IFP’s coverage of what different sources told Iranian news agencies.
An Iranian member of Parliament voiced his discontent over the government’s decision to cut the country’s defence budget as much as 50,000bn rials [$1.4bn] for the current Iranian calendar year, and described the move as being wrong, inappropriate, and against prudence.
Statistics indicate that Iraq’s death toll from terrorist attacks within the past six months has amounted to 7,128 people, which means almost 40 Iraqis have been killed each day.
An Iranian disabled gymnast performed gymnastics flips as a tribute to defenders of the Holy Shrine [those who are fighting terrorism in Iraq and Syria].
After the release of Iraqi Enquiry, also known as the Chilcot report, and the remarks by British ex-PM Tony Blair who claimed full responsibility for the wrong decision to invade Iraq in 2003, Iranian news website Entekhab has published photos which show what Blair’s decision did to Iraqi people. Here’s IFP’s coverage of the photos.
Iraqis are expressing hatred and disgust against the UK-made fake bomb detectors, which have failed to curb many ISIS terrorist attacks in Iraq, especially the most recent one in Karrada that claimed the lives of 250 civilians.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi blasted recent remarks by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as indicative of a new plot being hatched against Tehran.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed gratitude to the people and organizations involved in containing the fire that broke out at Bou Ali Sina petrochemical refinery complex on Wednesday, July 6.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed the recent remarks by German Chancellor about Tehran’s ballistic missile program, stressing that the Islamic Republic will strongly continue developing the program.
