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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday June 12 that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) had been reached thanks to the guidelines of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the people's resistance and prayers.

An oil official has reported on the signing of seven oil sale agreements with Greek, Spanish, Italian, Swiss, French and Russian companies.

Iraq has called on Saudi Arabia for an explanation after a senior official admitted fundraising may have been going on in the kingdom for Daesh (ISIS) terrorists fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.

Iran’s national freestyle wrestling team subdued Azeri and Indian rivals in their first two encounters at the 2016 Freestyle World Cup underway in Los Angeles.

On Saturday June 11, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly criticized a Canadian court’s ruling ordering the seizure of Iranian non-diplomatic assets under the pretext of alleged role in terrorist activities.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration has agreed to reduce tariffs for the import of hotel equipment to support the country’s hotel and tourism industry.

South Korea is expected to increase its imports of ultra-light oil from Iran by more than 50% in June, a report said.

In a move to gradually introduce electronic tickets to replace the traditional paper version for museums, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has temporarily stopped printing tickets until the remaining ones are sold.

Iranian men and women are marrying later than ever before. Data from the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR) shows that women are now getting married at 27.2 years and men at 31 years, on average. This is a large increase on previous figures, which were 23.8 for women and 28.5 for men.

Head of Cellular and Molecular Research Center at Iran University of Medical Sciences said a team of researchers are currently working on a project to build Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) electrodes for treating Parkinson’s disease and addictions.

A number of experts affiliated to the International and Commercial Department of the Petroleum Ministry urged supply of global market demand for heavy crude oil by Iran.

The Iranian private sector steel industry is experiencing a boom contrary to international downturn, a report said.

The Turkmen or Turkoman horse, the most beautiful horse native to Iran, is bred in Turkmen Sahra region, in the northeast of Iran near...

An Iranian deputy minister unveiled plans for getting a $500m loan from the Republic of Azerbaijan to construct a railroad in the northern part of the country that will later be connected to Azerbaijan’s railroad network.

Iranian Paralympian swimmers have picked up eighteen medals, among them five gold, at the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM) 2016 in Germany.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to attend the 10th Parliament on Sunday for the first time and brief the newly-elected lawmakers on the process of implementing the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers (also known as the JCPOA).

The Central Bank of Iran has ordered banks and credit institutions to allocate a minimum of 10% of their loans to small and medium-sized businesses in a move to help create jobs and boost the beleaguered production sector.

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN addressed the high-level open debate on protecting civilians in the context of peacekeeping operations.

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday June 9 that the economic situation in Iran has been improving since the nuclear deal – officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – went into force.

Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezaei stated that UN Chief Ban Ki-moon's confession that the global body has bowed to Saudi pressures to omit the country's name from the child killers list showed that the world body can easily be bought and coaxed.

French Parliament Speaker Claude Bartolone said that without Iran's engagement, West Asia will not see lasting peace.

Iranian vocalist Habib Mohebian, popularly known as Habib, died on Friday June 10 at the age of 63.

Yadollah Rahmani, an official from the Fars governorate general for the coordination of economic affairs and resource development, said that according to official Custom House statistics, the province has exported $40m of handicrafts and hand woven carpets in the past year 1394 (March 2015-16).

Iran’s representative to the UN said on June 10 that the Islamic Republic has adopted a national strategy designed to end its AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Iran’s SNSC Secretary said that with further military cooperation between Iran, Russia and Syria against terrorism, the three countries can also activate their political capabilities to achieve a comprehensive strategy to stop war and bloodshed.