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Photo Exhibition in Tehran Marks Nelson Mandela’s Birthday

Fatemeh Askarieh -
A photo exhibition was held on Monday, July 18, in Negarestan Garden in Tehran to mark the birthday anniversary of Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist.
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OPEC Secretary-General to Visit Iran in Near Future

IFP Editorial Staff -
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.
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Tehran Resumes Oil and Gas Exports to Egypt

IFP Media Wire -
Parviz Sahafzadeh, an official with the Iran’s Petrochemical Employers Association, while describing new oil talks with the Egyptians, reported on the resumption of Iran’s liquefied gas exports to the North African country.
Africa

Ivory Coast Welcomes Iran’s Peace Ambassadors Mobile Museum

IFP Media Wire -
The first Iranian private mobile museum, affiliated to the Pars Children Culture-Building International Institute, was warmly welcomed in Ivory Coast.
Africa

VP Orders Enhancement of Ties with Indian Ocean Littoral States

Golrokh Askarieh -
First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri ordered administrative agencies to enhance ties with Indian Ocean littoral states on Saturday May 28.
Africa

Iran and Algeria Seek to Widen Bilateral Ties

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iran and Algeria stressed boosting bilateral ties in all fields.
Africa

Iranian Cars to Enter North African Market

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria have signed over a dozen memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on the production of Iranian vehicles in the North African state.
Africa

Africa A Foreign Policy Priority for Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s Hassan Rouhani received the Togolese and Bangladeshi ambassadors to Tehran.
Africa

Iran and Ivory Coast Discuss Medical and Health Ties

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian and Ivorian officials in a meeting in Abidjan on Sunday conferred on ways to further broaden relations between the two countries in medical, health and hygiene fields.
Africa

“I’ll Come Back Again as a Tourist” – Zuma Falls in Love with Isfahan

IFP Editorial Staff -
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s President, said, “After I leave Iran, I’ll surely come back and travel to Isfahan as a tourist. My recommendation to people is to not to ignore Isfahan as a tourist destination.”
Africa

Leader Underlines Closer Ties among Independent States

Emad Askarieh -
Independent states should establish closer ties regardless of efforts underway by the hegemonic powers to disrupt the trend, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Sunday.
Africa

Iran, South Africa Ink 8 MoUs

Golrokh Askarieh -
In a ceremony held in Tehran on Sunday, high-ranking officials from Iran and South Africa signed eight memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to broaden the relations between the two countries in a range of fields.
Africa

President Rouhani Welcomes South African Counterpart in Tehran

Golrokh Askarieh -
President Hassan Rouhani officially welcomed his visiting South African counterpart Jacob Zuma in Tehran on Sunday.
Africa

Bright prospect for Iran-South Africa cooperation

Golrokh Askarieh -
Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian says today Chinese, Indian and Turkish companies are turning into big economic and trade players in South Africa which further underlines the need for targeted and efficient planning of Iran’s private sector in the South African market and investment of that country in Iran.
Africa

Iran Opening Petrochemical Offices in Africa

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Head of Marketing Department at Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company Diako Abbasi said plans are underway to open new petrochemical offices in Africa.
Africa

1st Iranian Tanker in Post-Sanctions Setting calls at African Port

Golrokh Askarieh -
An Iranian oil tanker has called at an African port for the first time since the removal of US-led sanctions on Tehran's nuclear program, an official said.
Africa

Iran Eyes Investment in Zimbabwe Ostrich Breeding

Emad Askarieh -
Zimbabwe’s Small to Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development Minister Sithembiso Nyoni said on Tuesday that Iran has expressed interest in partnering in a project to breed up to 2,000 ostriches in the African country.
Africa

Syrians, Not Others, Should Decide for Syria’s Future: Leader

Emad Askarieh -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei blamed hegemonic powers, the US in particular, for the sufferings of the people of Syria, and reiterated that the Arab country’s fate cannot be decided by non-Syrian sides.
Africa

Ayatollah Shahroudi raps Riyadh for irrational stance on Nigeria

Emad Askarieh -
Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said killing innocent Shiites in a country that has about 15 million Shiites and an apparent Muslim government is a painful crime against Islam.
Africa

Iran urges justice for perpetrators of Nigeria Muslim killings

Emad Askarieh -
Ali-Akbar Velayati expressed “deep regret and sorrow” over the Nigerian army’s recent “brutal attack” on Shiite Muslims in that country.
Africa

Iranians Stage Rally in Protest at Shiite Killings in Nigeria

Emad Askarieh -
A group of Iranian people held a rally in front of the Nigerian embassy in Tehran on Tuesday to condemn the heavy crackdown against Shiite Muslims in the African country in recent days and the Nigerian army’s massacre of dozens of Shiites.
Africa

Who pulls the strings behind clampdown on Nigerian Shiites?

Emad Askarieh -
The Nigerian government is in cahoots with the Western powers, the Zionist regime and Takfiri-Salafi groups to push the Shiites to the sidelines or eliminate them.
Africa

Iran calls on Nigeria to respect religious figures, sites

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry says Iran hopes that preservation of calm and national unity in Nigeria in battling terrorism is prioritized while rash and unconstructive measures are avoided.
Africa

Iran condemns terrorist bombing in Nigeria

Emad Askarieh -
The massacre of innocent women and men is an inhumane unjustifiable act, Afkham said.
Africa

Islamic Movement Leader Describes Boko Haram as Failed Plot of Spy Agencies

Emad Askarieh -
Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky underlined that the Boko Haram terrorist group doesn’t exist and it is a failed plot hatched by Nigeria's spy agencies.
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