Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has approved a proposal to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Washington over a US court ruling on the confiscation of the Central Bank of Iran's assets, the Iranian Justice Minister announced.
A recent meeting of Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, the daughter of ex-president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, with a Baha’i leader in Iran drew criticism from several clerics and officials in Iran, including Ayatollah Rafsanjani himself.
To much of the world and certainly to English-speaking readers, he is the poet of beautiful Rubaiyat (quatrains), but Omar Khayyam is also known and loved by Iraniand as a great philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer.
The Chancellor of Mazandaran Medical University, Ghasem Jan Babaei, said that the Samsung Company from South Korea is to build a 1000-bed hospital in the province.
South Korea and Iran will sign a memorandum of understanding on environmental cooperation in Seoul later this week, the South Korean Environment Ministry said on Monday May 16.
The number of Iranians going on pilgrimage to Iraqi holy cities has risen by 40% in the current Iranian month, which began on April 20, in comparison to the corresponding period last year, an Iranian official announced.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is scheduled to pay an official visit to the Iranian capital on Tuesday May 17 for talks on the enhancement of economic cooperation between the two nations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the Tuesday May 17 meeting of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Vienna as an opportunity to emphasize the necessity for honouring the ceasefire in war-torn Syria.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Yazd, a desert provincial capital, is home to its own unique Persian architecture. The historical city is nicknamed the “City of Wind-Catchers” (Shahr-e Badgirha)...
A senior Iranian official has dismissed a recent report that European banks had asked Iran to provide guarantees to compensate for possible future penalties imposed by the US for resuming banking activities with Iran. Text from IRNA, translated by IFP.
A senior Iranian judiciary official called on Western countries not to violate and undermine a recent deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.
The government’s Special Workgroup on the US Seizure of Central Bank Assets has drafted a report of the developments on the US encroachments on the Central Bank assets.
The president of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Hans-Martin Hinz, will attend a ceremony to mark International Museum Day, which will be held at the National Museum of Iran on May 18.
Iran plans to increase its oil swap capacity in the Caspian Sea and other regions, Deputy Petroleum Minister for International Affairs Amir Hossein Zamani Nia said. He made the remarks at the first international conference on “Rail-Ports and Rail-Oil” in Tehran.
Mountain Heaven, a tour operator which specializes in Alpine chalet holidays in France and Switzerland, is branching out to launch escorted ski trips to Iran next winter.
The Head of Environmental Organization said on Sunday May 15 that the government has adopted a low-carbon economy, and is earnestly seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Deputy Administrator of China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) Zhang Yuqing said the country's firms are ready to purchase 50% of Iran’s oil exports.
Iranian Intelligence Minister, Mahmoud Alavi, met Kurdistan Region President, Massoud Barzani, in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region, on Sunday May 15. He reiterated Tehran’s support for the autonomous region in the north of Iraq.
