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After the recent deaths of several soldiers in a bus crash in southern Iran, many Iranians were outraged and shocked, and raised online campaigns to express their solidarity with the troopers and their families, as well as calling for revisions to the rules of compulsory military service.
Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi dismissed as a “pure lie” a recent claim by Saudi ambassadors to Islamic countries that a deal proposed to Iran on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage was not different from those offered to other Muslim states.
A senior Iranian commander has hailed recent victories by the Iraqi government and nation against Daesh terrorists, stressing that Saudi Arabia has no right to interfere in Iraq’s internal affairs.
Mohammed Barkindo, the new secretary-general of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will pay an official visit to Tehran to personally appreciate Iran’s support.
Saudis know that they cannot survive more than a few days under the heavy fire of of agile Iranian fighters equipped with modern weapons, a former Iranian military attaché to Riyadh warned in reaction to a Saudi colonel’s plan for attack on Iran.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour dismissed allegations that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Tashkent as a sign of protest.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly criticized the revocation of the citizenship of a senior cleric in Bahrain, saying Bahraini youths cannot be silenced anymore.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei offered his deep sorrow over the deadly bus accident in southern Iran in which a number of young soldiers lost their lives, and asked relevant officials to prevent similar incidents in future.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces have clashed with Kurdish militants who had infiltrated a northwestern village to stage terrorist and propagandist operations.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 27 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country honors the British people’s decision to leave the European Union, and made it clear that Brexit will not bring about any change in Tehran’s attitude towards London.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei referred to the extremely large incomes paid to certain government employees, and described it as an attack on values, which should be seriously pursued by the government.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Wednesday, June 23, that French National Assembly President Claude Bartolone is scheduled to visit Iran in coming days in a bid to broaden relations between the two nations.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi disclosed more details of recent operations that foiled a series of terrorist attacks across the country and led to the arrest of a number of Takfiri-Wahhabi terrorists.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is scheduled for a very intensive Wednesday, June 22, in Paris, with back-to-back meetings with French officials on the first leg of his two-nation European tour.
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, Iranian political analysts Seyyed Hossein Mousavian and Reza Nasiri warned US President Barack Obama that if the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers fails, the existing mistrust of the US would deepen among Iranian people.
Iran’s Police carried out over 2,500 anti-narcotics operations in the previous Iranian year alone, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said, noting that the operations had led to the seizure of some 617 tons of drugs.
In the past two years, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has had two working trips to Paris, France, but his visit today is an official one that will be an effective step towards bolstering mutual confidence between the two countries. Ali Ahani, Iran's Ambassador to France, gives his comments about the official diplomatic visit.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to Paris on Tuesday June 21 on the first leg of his two-nation European tour. His two-day visit to is made at the official invitation of his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker said on Tuesday June 21 that Bahrain’s decision in revoking the citizenship of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, is a sign of Al-Khalifa’s ‘last breaths’.
