Politics

Iran’s Foreign Ministry criticized White House on a recent US court decision that has ordered Iran to pay over $10 billion in damages to families of victims who died on 9,11 even though there is no evidence of Tehran’s connection to the terrorist attack.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with a number of New Zealand political and economic officials including the country’s prime minister as well as the ministers of trade and primary industries.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has extended an official welcome to his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang, who is in Tehran for bilateral talks.

Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari condemned the terrorist attack in Ankara, which has so far claimed 34 lives.

The foreign ministers of Iran and New Zealand on Sunday emphasized the importance of expanding bilateral relations, particularly in the economic sector.

A top Iranian military commander said the country will not hesitate to employ whatever capacities available in the world to defend itself, except the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) whose application is forbidden by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati deplored some Arab political bodies’ move to label the Lebanese Resistance Movement, Hezbollah, a terrorist group, urging them to refrain from taking such unilateral stances.

Iran does not tolerate any aggression against Ahl al-Bayt shrines, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, referring to navy's capabilities and power, said that the enemy has a passive role in the Persian Gulf.

A couple of weeks after the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran, the country’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced on Saturday that the ministry will start preparations for Iran’s 2017 presidential elections in early fall.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in New Zealand capital, Wellington early Saturday as the fifth leg of his Asia-Pacific tour.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed the notion that some countries could enjoy security at the expense of insecurity for the others, stressing that security has become a “globalized” issue in the contemporary era.

A senior Iranian military official underlined that the country’s defensive programs, including its missile capabilities, would never be subject to any negotiation.

Moscow says it is set to deliver Russian-made surface-to-air S-300 missile defense systems to Iran before the end of this year.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says extremism and insecurity cannot be contained in a single locality, country or continent.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praised the tranquility and peace in which Iran’s elections were held recently, saying that while other Middle Eastern nations are experiencing insecurity, the polls were held in full security.

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh underlined that the IRGC will never stop its efforts to preserve security of the Iranian nation, describing it as a “red line”.

An exhibition entitled Iranian Civilization - Past and Future was held in the Foreign Language Centre of Algeria University, with the goal of spreading and reinforcing cultural and scientific relations between Iran and Algeria.

A photograph published earlier today showing a number of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders and journalists standing in front of an indigenous ballistic missile has been sarcastically compared with a recent photo of a number of Iranian officials jubilantly standing in front of an airplane made by the French giant plane-maker Airbus displayed in Tehran.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Iran says the Israeli regime’s arsenal of nuclear warheads is “a real threat” against regional and international peace and security.

Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said there is no “serious obstacle” in the way to transfer Russia’s S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, adding that Moscow is determined to carry out its military deals with Tehran.

Iran's Revolution Guards test-fired two ballistic Qadr H missiles on Wednesday morning, from northern Iran and hit targets in the southeast of the country.    

Spokesman of Iran Atomic Energy Organization Behrouz Kamalvandi said the country is in need of nine atomic power plants in the next 10 years given that in 2025 it should generate at least 100 thousand megawatt electricity.

Iran on Tuesday announced that it had exported 32 tons of heavy water to the United States in what could be a landmark progress in the commercialization of the country’s nuclear energy program.