An Iranian security official confirmed earlier reports of the deaths of two people in the recent protest gatherings in Lorestan province, but stressed that the Iranian police forces did not fire a single bullet, and foreign agents and Takfiri elements were behind the incident.
As the Turkish police tightened security in the countdown to New Year’s Eve one year after a gunman killed 39 people in Istanbul, the Iranian Embassy in Ankara warned nationals to avoid unnecessary trips to the country or stay away from crowded and insecure areas.
president Hassan Rouhani said improving the economic situation of Iranians tops the agenda of his government, in an attempt to appeal to the public, which has grown increasingly critical of his economic performance.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says the Iranian nation pays no heed to the US officials’ “interventionist” and hypocritical remarks about the recent gatherings in Iran.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, December 30, and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran’s top military commander says the country’s armed forces will never allow the enemies to fulfil their “evil dream” of toppling the Islamic Establishment.
Arezoo Zaredar, a young Iranian architect, has managed to receive the American Architecture Prize (AAP) in the field of Architectural Design and Educational Buildings.
Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri says the US is trying to prevent Tehran from reaping the benefits of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was supposed to be a good opportunity for the country’s development.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has categorically condemned the Thursday terrorist attack on an Afghan cultural centre and news agency in Kabul.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, December 28, and picked headlines from 9 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran says it has received a request from China to establish a connection between Pakistan’s Gwadar port - which Chinese companies are developing - and Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar.
An Italian newspaper has published a report on Iran’s Shah Cheragh Mosque with detailed descriptions about its artistic interior decoration and beautiful light reflections inside the mosque.
The Tehran police chief says the so-called morality police will hold training classes for those who do not observe the Islamic dress code (hijab) instead of arresting them.
Didier François, a senior French political analyst, has praised the key role played by Iran’s IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in the Middle East developments in 2017.
The IRGC aviation security units have managed to foil all hijacking attempts during the past thirty years, turning the country’s air routes and airports into the safest ones in the region.
Germany’s intelligence services have identified a Takfiri terrorist network made up of 40 women amid the rising growth of female extremists with hundreds of Facebook followers who are filling the gap left by their imprisoned husbands.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s lawmakers on Wednesday passed a motion with a double urgency status, obliging the country’s administration to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as “the everlasting capital of Palestine”.