August 12, The Iran Project North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho trip to Iran and meetings with senior officials; IRGC Ret. Gen. dismisses propaganda introducing Iran as mastermind of Yemeni attack on Saudi vessels; Iran finishes 1st at Intl. Army Games Depth Competition; Iran Envoy Mahmoud Vaezi submits Irans President message to Turkish counterpart; US crude sanctions against Iran could make maintaining the worlds oil supply very challenging, IEA says; Iran, US officials won't meet on sidelines of UNGA meeting: FM Mohammad Javad Zarif; Guardian Council approves CFT amendment bill; Pres. Rouhani signs into law CFT amendment bill; Iran slams US sanctions on Turkey, vows full support; Caspian Sea ministerial meeting kicks off in Kazakhstan and Irans president arrives in Kazakhstan to attend Caspian Sea summit are among major headlines dominated the countrys media outlets in the past week (August 06August 12).
Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi on Sunday strongly denied awarding some 2500 US Green Cards to Iranian officials and their children during nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and G5+1.
The Irans Revolutionary Guards and Armys UAV teams that are participating in the International Army Games 2018 underway in Kazakhstan have competed at night combat contest.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the US administration is no more able to prove its trustworthiness for any negotiations after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and a number of other international treaties.
A retired general of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) blasted western media efforts to portray Iran as the mastermind of the last week attack by Yemens Ansarullah movement on two Saudi warships in Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but his remarks prompted media hype after they were released with misquotes.
Fighting against arrogance in the Islamic Revolution and among our people is a rational and reasonable movement that enjoys a scholarly source of support. And it is also a wise movement contrary to what some people want to pretend. Such people pretend that this is a merely slogan-based and emotional movement that is not reliant on reason and rationality. On the contrary, the movement of the people of Iran is one that is reliant on rationality.
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei visited the sacred grave of Imam Reza (as) in Iranian northeastern city of Mashhad to attend an annual dust clearing ritual.
Iranian Navy team of divers claimed first place in the Depth Competition event at the 2018 seven-nation Army Games in Nowshahr on Thursday after nine days of fierce competition.
Top Iranian diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif says no meeting between Iranian and US officials is scheduled to be held on the sidelines of this years UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York.
Irans Guardian Council has approved an amendment bill on combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) as part of standards set by the FATF, according to the Councils spokesman.
The foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states convened in Kazakh city of Aktau on Saturday to finalize the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea.
In an official decree, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed into law the CFT amendment bill which was passed by the parliament and approved by the Guardian Council this morning.
Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh send a letter to Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy & Industry of United Arab Emirates and the President of the OPEC Conference, to monitor a fault by JMMC in the implementation of the decisions taken at 171st Meeting of the OPEC Conference, as well as resolution No.174:513.
AU.S.plan to impose targeted crude sanctions againstIrancould significantly impact global supply and exhaust the worlds spare oil capacity cushion, according to the latest monthly report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). US sanctions wont affect Turkey ties with Iran: FM Cavusoglu
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlt Cavusoglu says his country is resolved to expand ties with Iran despite US threats to punish governments that violate recently-restored economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
In response to a letter by Head of the Judiciary Branch, seeking permission to take especial measures in order to confront economic corruption, Ayatollah Khamenei approved the request and wrote: Punishment of convicts of economic corruption must be carried on urgently and justly; and appropriate meticulousness must be given to the designation of sentences by courts.
A gas field development contract with Frances Total (TOTF.PA), and Chinas state-owned CNPC remains unchanged, a senior Iranian oil official said according to the oil ministry news agency SHANA on Saturday hours after state new agency IRNA quoted him as saying CNPC had taken Totals share in the project.
Less than a month after a surge of unrest in Iraq over poor public services, particularly power cutsand rampant corruption, residents in southern areas of the Arab country have once again staged protests.
The chairman of Yemens Supreme Revolutionary Committee called on Ottawa to open its embassy in Sanaa after Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador and recalled its envoy over claims of interference in its internal affairs.
Israels minister for military affairs admits that Syrian ground forces are recovering from the losses they suffered during over seven years of battles against foreign-backed terror groups, saying the Arab state is now building up a formidable army beyond its pre-crisis size.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for launching a credible and transparent investigation into a recent airstrike by the Saudi-led military coalition that killed dozens of schoolchildren in northern Yemen.