(MENAFN) Iran has announced a suspension of its implementation of the Cairo agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Speaking to state television, he clarified that cooperation has...
(MENAFN) Iran has announced a suspension of the Cairo agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi revealed in a state television interview. While cooperation is not entirely severed, it has been...
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Russia is acting as a mediator between Israel and Iran. He mentioned that West Jerusalem has reached out to Moscow for help in communicating its commitment to peace and its intention to avoid...
(MENAFN) Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday it has called in European Union (EU) ambassadors and diplomatic mission leaders to protest what it described as "meddlesome" accusations in a recent joint declaration issued by the EU and the...
(MENAFN) Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement late Sunday, reaffirming its support for any measure aimed at halting “the ethnic cleansing and inhumane war crimes” in Gaza while enabling Palestinians to claim their right to...
(MENAFN) Iran’s parliament took a significant step on Sunday by approving legislation to eliminate four zeros from the national currency, the rial, according to an official news outlet. The bill passed during an open parliamentary session with 144...
(MENAFN) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on Sunday that the cooperation agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog signed in Cairo is now "no longer valid," following the reimposition of snapback sanctions by Western nations. “The...
(MENAFN) Two members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in a targeted assault in western Iran on Tuesday, according to state-run media outlets. An Iranian news agency reported that the attack occurred in the...
(MENAFN) Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, issued a forceful condemnation on Thursday targeting Israel’s interception of international humanitarian aid vessels and the detention of their passengers. Baghaei’s statement came just...
(MENAFN) Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, declared on Sunday that his nation will never bow to U.S. "bullying" on the nuclear issue, reaffirming Iran's commitment to resist external pressure. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Pezeshkian...
Iran's government spokeswoman says Iran does not shape its foreign policy on rhetoric, but concrete action. Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani responded on Wednesday to recent remarks by United States President Donald Trump,...
Iran Air has announced the launch of its flight operations to Pakistan, beginning with a weekly direct flight between Mashhad and Lahore starting October 29, marking the resumption of air connectivity between the two cities. According to the...
Eslami said any decision on withdrawal “would have to be made by the relevant authorities,” adding that “the overall conclusion is that leaving the NPT is not on the agenda.” He said the IAEA “should have condemned the attack on Iran’s nuclear...
Inmates detained inside one of Iran's largest prisons have for the last two days staged a sit-in protest and a hunger strike against the growing number of executions in the country, rights groups said Wednesday. The protest at Ghezel Hesar prison...
Araqchi, attending the 19th Midterm Ministerial Review Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala on Wednesday, addressed the general session to outline Iran’s positions on key global issues. Araqchi emphasized the importance of upholding the...
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The protest at Ghezel Hesar prison in the city of Karaj outside Tehran was triggered by the transfer of up to 16 inmates to solitary confinement ahead of execution, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and US-based Human Rights Activists News...
Ali-Asghar Jahangir's remarks come after conservative politician Mohammad Reza Bahonar suggested there was no binding hijab law, a comment that sparked controversy among hardline figures, which he later retracted. Jahangir said Bahonar had since...
“Conditions for the entry of Iranian refugees have been prepared … provided they have not committed other criminal acts,” Hossein Nooshabadi, the ministry’s director general for parliamentary and legal affairs, told the semi-official ILNA news...
“We believe the decision by prison officials to deny him and his wife visitation on the pretext of hijab is a form of white torture against this prisoner and his family,” the inmates said in a joint letter signed by 12 detainees. Khandan, who is...
