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Energy

Iran Poised to Catch Up with Qatar Gas Production by March 2017

Emad Askarieh -
Iran says its gas recovery from the supergiant South Pars gas field will catch up with that of Qatar before the end of the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 20.
Foreign Policy

Tehran Saudi Embassy Attackers Are in Prison: Minister

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Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati reaffirmed the immunity of diplomatic missions in Iran, and announced that the culprits behind a recent attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran have been imprisoned.
Crisis

Local People Kill ISIS Rapist in Mosul

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A group of civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul killed a terrorist who had raped a woman in the ISIS-held city in north of the country.
Hard News

IRGC: Bahrain’s Call for War against Iran More like a Joke

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An official from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that contemplating a war against Iran was “out of Bahrain’s league”, and suggested that...
Middle East

Tehran Slams Riyadh for Politicizing Hajj Pilgrimage

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari censured Saudi Arabia for its attempts to politicize the issue of Hajj pilgrimage and its refusal to cooperate with the Islamic Republic to facilitate the travel of Iranian pilgrims to the Arab country for the upcoming Hajj.
Europe

Impact of Iran-EU Ties on Saudi Arabia’s Behaviour towards Tehran

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Mehdi Zakerian, an Iranian academic, believes that Iran’s improved ties with the European Union can have an impact on the country’s ties with other regional states, particularly Saudi Arabia.
Americas

Next President Revoking JCPOA Would Undermine US Credibility: American Academic

Golrokh Askarieh -
An American university professor said the abrogation of a lasting nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers by a potential Republican winner of the next US presidential election would damage other countries’ trust in the US.
IFP Exclusive

Should Iran Boycott Hajj Pilgrimage Given Saudi Arabia’s Stonewalling?

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Hundreds of Iranian pilgrims were killed last year in a deadly crush in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during the Hajj pilgrimage. Earlier, two Iranian teenagers...
IFP Exclusive

Culture Minister: Major Hajj Pilgrimage if Saudi Cooperates

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Ali Jannati, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said his Ministry and the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization are trying to arrange this year's Hajj pilgrimage, if Saudis cooperate.
Foreign Policy

Iran Supports Yemen Talks in Kuwait: Deputy FM

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Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian voiced Tehran’s support for the upcoming start of negotiations in Kuwait to end a deadly war in Yemen and restore peace to the crisis-hit country.
Crisis

Arab League, Germany, Iran reject Netanyahu claim over Golan Heights

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Islamic Republic of Iran, Germany, the Arab League and the United States have joined Syria in rejecting Tel Aviv’s claim over the occupied Golan Heights, a day after the Israeli premier said the region will be part of Israel "forever”.
Crisis

Palmyra after ISIS (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
IFP: The city of Palmyra, in Syria, was recently recaptured from ISIS . During their occupation, many antiquities were destroyed, including artifacts from the...
Int'l Relations

Larijani congratulates Assad on parliamentary Election

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has congratulated Bashar al-Assad on the successful holding of Syrian parliamentary election.
Crisis

Iran Welcomes Ceasefire in Yemen

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian acclaimed a UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen, but at the same time voiced concern about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country.
Energy

Iran’s OPEC Governor to Attend Upcoming Doha Oil Talks

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, Iran’s OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) governor, will represent the country’s Oil Ministry in an upcoming meeting on crude output of fellow OPEC members plus Russia in the Qatari capital.
Energy

Iran Has No Plan to Join Oil Output Freeze: CBI Chief

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Chief Valiollah Seif stressed that the country has no intention to cap its crude production, adding that OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members are to blame for the tumbling oil prices.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM slams Riyadh’s ‘destructive’ moves at OIC

Emad Askarieh -
Iran has slammed Saudi Arabia’s "destructive" move to include statements against the Islamic Republic and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in the draft declaration of the 13th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Hard News

Iran advisors helped kill 200 terrorists in Syria: Commander

Emad Askarieh -
Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan says four military advisers recently "martyred" in Syria had helped kill as many as 200 terrorists.
Crisis

De Mistura arrives in Iran ahead of Syria peace talks

Golrokh Askarieh -
UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura is in Tehran to discuss the Syria conflict with Iranian officials ahead of the upcoming peace talks in Geneva.
Crisis

Wrong Approach to Terrorism behind EU’s Troubles: Iranian Diplomat

Golrokh Askarieh -
An Iranian deputy foreign minister attributed the pressing problems that have gripped Europe to the wrong policies that certain states adopted regarding terrorism.
Crisis

Dr. Nathan Gonzalez: “Wahhabi” Approach Is One that Does Not Respect Cultural Heritage

Golrokh Askarieh -
An American journalist and scholar believes it’s the Wahhabi ideology of the ISIL terrorists that drives them to commit such crimes as destroying the ancient sites in the Palmyra city.
Middle East

Iran Eyes Regional Cooperation on Nuclear Industry

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran has plans to promote cooperation with the regional countries, particularly the Persian Gulf neighbors, on the employment of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said.
Energy

Iran-Iraq gas pipeline ready for use: Official

Golrokh Askarieh -
The pipeline set up to take Iran's natural gas to the neighboring country Iraq is ready for operation, says managing director of the Iranian Gas Transmission Company.
Foreign Policy

Iranian Deputy FM in Turkey to Attend OIC Meeting

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi is in the Turkish city of Istanbul to take part in a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Interviews

International politics of Middle East is bewilderingly complex: Bruce Hall

Golrokh Askarieh -
Rodney Bruce Hall, a professor of international relations at the University of Macau, says, “The contemporary international politics of the Middle East is bewilderingly complex.”
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