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Government

Rouhani: People Are for a Strong, Effective Parliament

IFP Editorial Staff -
President Hassan Rouhani said the Iranian nation have favoured a strong and effective Majlis [Parliament] for over a century.
Asia

Indonesian Minister Due in Iran for Oil Deal

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh will meet his Indonesian counterpart in Tehran on Monday to discuss fresh energy cooperation, Shana news agency says.
Parliament

Leader: Resistant Economy, Islamic Culture New Parliament’s Main Priorities

Golrokh Askarieh -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on the new Iranian parliament, which opened this morning, to make “the materialization of the resistance economy and Islamic culture” as its main priorities in its 4-year term.
IFP Exclusive

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 28

IFP Editorial Staff -
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Nuclear

IAEA: Iran Has Stayed Within Nuclear Deal Limits

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a quarterly report on Iran that the country has stayed within the limits of a nuclear deal reached with world powers last year on its stockpiles of uranium and heavy water.
Custom

5th Festival of Traditional Games in Marivan

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The fifth edition of the International Festival of Traditional and Local Games was held on Thursday May 26 near Lake Zarivar in Marivan, Kurdistan...
Europe

Iran Strikes Major Petchem Deal with ADKL

Golrokh Askarieh -
Germany's Abels Decker Kuhfuß Lenzen (ADKL) won a €2bn contract for developing a major petrochemical project in Iran's southwestern city of Masjed Soleyman.
Asia

Former Indian Envoy: PM Modi’s Visit Was a Major Bilateral Step

Golrokh Askarieh -
The former Indian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan believes that the recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran was a major turning point in bilateral ties between the two Asian countries.
Local

Iran’s New Parliament Opens

Fatemeh Askarieh -
New lawmakers attended the first session of the 10th Iranian legislature on Saturday morning, with high-ranking officials in attendance.
Cinema

Farhadi’s ‘Salesman’ Team Warmly Welcomed in Tehran

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The cast and crew of Asghar Farhadi’s acclaimed The Salesman, which won two awards at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, arrived in Tehran early...
Nuclear

Iran Downplays US House Heavy Water Vote

Emad Askarieh -
Iran has downplayed a vote at the US House of Representatives to bar the American government from purchasing heavy water from Iran in the future.
Foreign Policy

Spokesman Rejects Saudi FM’s Allegation against Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari rejected recent remarks made by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir on Iran’s military presence in Iraq, saying that the Islamic Republic’s advisory mission there has been undertaken at the request of Baghdad.
Religion

Iran Gives Saudi until Sunday for Hajj Agreement

Emad Askarieh -
The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Saudi Arabia refuses to accept Tehran's conditions in a deal that guarantees preserving the dignity of Iranian pilgrims during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.
Local

Enemies Capitulated to Iran’s Nuclear Might: Leader

Emad Askarieh -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran’s capabilities in the area of nuclear technology made enemies surrender and accept the country as a nuclear power.
IFP Exclusive

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 26

IFP Editorial Staff -
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Crisis

ISIS Carrying Out Chemical Experiments on Prisoners

Emad Askarieh -
ISIS [also known as Daesh or ISIL] has moved its chemical weapons operations to densely populated residential areas, and is testing homemade chlorine and mustard gas on its prisoners, residents of the Iraqi city of Mosul have claimed.
Healthcare

Iranian-Made Haemodialysis Machine Ready to Be Released

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Ali Taheri, the head of electronics and software department at Arya Teb Firouz Medical Equipment Company, announced that Iran has joined the eight countries in the world that can mass-produce hemodialysis machines.
Iran in Pictures

Rose Harvest

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran’s Central Province, with its large fields of flowers and medicinal herbs, is one of the major sources of herbal extracts in Iran. Here,...
Healthcare

Mandatory Food Standards Implemented to Help Control Non-Communicable Diseases

Golrokh Askarieh -
Measures have been taken to implement the National Document for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that was introduced in October 2015, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Healthcare

Life Expectancy in Iran Rises to 73 for Men, 76 for Women

IFP Editorial Staff -
Hassan Eini-Zinab, a university professor specializing in demographics at the University of Shahid Beheshti, noted that Iranian men had an average life expectancy of 42 in 1950, but it gradually increased, reaching 73 by 2011.
Economy

Speaker Larijani: One Third of Previous Parliament’s Decisions Focused on Economy

Golrokh Askarieh -
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that in the past four years, the body especially focused on the economy, allocating almost one third of its decisions to economic issues.
Crisis

US Policies Move Iraq towards Disintegration: Analyst

IFP Editorial Staff -
Nosratollah Tajik, a senior Middle East expert and the former Iranian ambassador to Jordan, believes that the policies followed by the United States in Iraq will definitely lead to the Arab country’s disintegration.
Asia

Afghan Official Thanks Iran for Sheltering Refugees

Golrokh Askarieh -
Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar expressed his gratitude to Iran for its support for Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the Islamic Republic over the past decades.
Energy

Iran Exports First Consignment of Gas Oil to Iraq’s Kurdistan

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran has exported the first consignment of its gas oil to Iraq’s Kurdistan, a local official said.
IFP Exclusive

Academic’s Open Letter to Aref about Parliamentary Presidency

IFP Editorial Staff -
Sadegh Zibakalam, a well-known professor of political sciences at the University of Tehran, wrote an open letter to Mohammad Reza Aref, the leading reformist figure in the next Iranian parliament, and reminded him of a responsibility which he believes is more important than the parliamentary presidency.
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