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US Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to hold talks with representatives of a number of British banks this week in London in a move to allay their concerns about forging ties with Iran.
Criticizing certain economic decisions made during the time of former President Ahmadinejad, President Hassan Rouhani said his government is now paying for past mistakes.
The Iranian Defence Minister announced on Tuesday that the country’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defence Base has been equipped with the S-300 missile system, but at the same time added that the Islamic Republic’s indigenously designed air defence system will be mass-produced later this year.
More than one third of the outgoing Iranian Parliament petitioned President Rouhani on Monday to set a deadline for stopping the implementation of the nuclear deal, citing US malice, IRNA reported.
In an editorial in Kayhan newspaper, Hossein Shariatmadari argues that Iranian officials should shut the strategic Straits of Hormuz, a major route for the transit of oil tankers from the Middle East, as a response to a recent US court ruling that confiscated nearly $2bn of Iran’s frozen assets.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani censured the West’s continued support for terrorist groups in Syria, saying that an arms cargo ship had been recently sent to terrorists in the northern city of Aleppo by certain European countries.
Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Larijani referred to the “US robbery” of Iranian assets, and called on the Foreign Ministry to seriously pursue the issue in the International Court of Arbitration.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that his country is holding talks with the Russians to sell them 40 tons of its excess heavy water.
The Turkish ambassador in Tehran said on Monday May 9 that Turkish foreign policy will not be seriously affected by the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and that such changes will not have an impact on Iran-Turkey ties.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari reaffirmed that the country’s missile policy is defensive in nature and will not be subject to any negotiation with any world power.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi said the government is determined to meet its objective of guaranteeing gender equality.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari announced that the results of legal investigations into the issue of Iranian assets confiscated by the US...
The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, gave a statement about the recent conflict in the Syrian town of Khan Touman, which led to the death of several Iranian advisors, and stressed that Tehran and its allies will react appropriately to terrorists.
Iran has test-fired a high-precision ballistic missile with a range of 2000 kilometres which is accurate to within 8 metres, Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, announced.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Spokesman for the Iranian administration Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said the country’s population is set to reach 84 million by the end of the 6th 5-year development plan (2016-2021).
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson dismissed as ‘utterly false’ rumours circulating on social media that Iran had introduced a new envoy to France, who was rejected.
Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, an Iranian politician who served as the Minister of Culture from 2005 to 2009, says the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, reads English journals directly, without any Farsi translation.
Mohammad Reza Tabesh, a senior reformist figure in the Iranian Parliament, announced that 167 members-elect have joined the “Faction of Hope” in the next parliament, which is due to start work within a month, as reported by IRNA and translated by IFP.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, says that the establishment of security is of foremost importance to the management of various affairs in society.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
