Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanani said that imposing sanctions on Iranian media shows the absurdity of the West's slogan on freedom of expression. Reacting to Canada's new sanctions against Iranian media, Kananiwrote on his Instagram page that the US administrations sanctions frenzy has gone viral and is quickly spreading to its friends....

MNA The tragic death of an American black man by the US police has been reflected in Iranian media. Most of the Iranian dailies covered the racist action of the US Police which has caused a ripple of protests throughout the country. George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died in Minneapolis last Monday while he was being restrained by the police. ...

MNA Some European governments have gone beyond planting opportunistic elements to put pressure on the Iranian media and government regarding the freedom of the Iranian press amid the pandemic, and have now reached a point where they make baseless claims without any evidence. Political pressures hiding behind freedom of the press faade The ...

Press TV - One day after the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the dailies across the country reacted to the tragic loss of one of the most admired figures in Iran, a man regarded as a hero and a symbol of national and religious pride. Writing for the Tehran-based Kayhan newspaperon Saturday, Iranian foreign policy expert ...

Al-Monitor - Though protests in Iran over a gasoline price hike due to subsidy reductions appear to have slowed down, they continued for a fourth day Nov. 18. Meanwhile, internet in the country was nearly completely shut down for a fourth straight day as well, restricting the information traveling to and from the country regarding the size of the protests ...

IRNA Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday said the country's devoted media journalists are portraying the real image of Iran's power of deterrence. In a statement on the occasion of the national Reporters' Day, IRGC said the works of Iranian media over the past four decades have played a major role in showcasing the country's ...

Al-Monitor - Given that Saudi Arabia is Irans main regional rival, Iranian censors have allowed the Iranian media to extensively cover the disappearance and possible murder of The Washington Post columnist and Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. In addition to daily headlines about the missing journalist, the ...

Al-Monitor - The "sudden" and "enigmatic" resignation by Nikki Haley from her position as US ambassador to the United Nations hit the headlines of most Iranian papers Oct. 10, as they reviewed her anti-Iran stances and particularly her vehement opposition to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Pejoratively describing the US diplomat ...

Al-Monitor - After ups and downs and weeks of debate between critics and supporters of the Iranian president over whether he should attend this year's UN General Assembly meeting, Hassan Rouhani delivered his speech in New York on Sept. 25. Both sides now seem to be applauding his performance. At the newsstands, the general coverage by Iranian papers ...

AP Iranian media are reporting that a water heater has exploded in Mashhad in the countrys north, causing a building to collapse and killing 10 people. Five others were injured and hospitalized in the Saturday incident, according to the reports, which did not elaborate. It was one the most deadly such incidents in Iran. Many Iranians use gas-...

Al-Monitor - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadis comments that his country would abide by US sanctions has taken Iranian media by surprise. "As a matter of principle we are against sanctions in the region,"Abadi said at a press conference Aug. 8. "Blockade and sanctions destroy societies and weaken regimes."He added that they are a "strategic mistake"but ...

Al-Monitor- Iranian officials and the normally divided Iranianmedia have uniformly rejected and ridiculed the May 21 speechby US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlining 12 demands ofIran that in essence wouldfundamentallytransform the Islamic Republic. Iran Newspaper, controlled by President Hassan Rouhani's administration, headlined its article ...

IFP- Irans top security official has underlined the need to constantly fight corruption, urging local media to accurately report proven cases of corruption at all levels. Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the need to constantly fight corruption as the key contributor to diminishing public trust in ...

Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Turkish-Iranian business tycoon Reza Zarrabs testimony in a US court has received extensive coverage in Iranian media; however, this coverage doesnt stem from his real charge in the United States, which is bypassing the sanctions against Tehran, but rather because he has been linked to a controversial billionaire tycoon ...

Al-Monitor- On Nov. 22, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani traveled to the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi for a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts. The summit has been described as highly important for the future of Syria, particularly given the three leaderscall for a Syrian congress to be formedto discuss the future of the ...

Al-Monitor- The independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan is a hot issue in the Iranian press, with ongoing coverage of the vote and its aftermath. Along with the Iranian government, most media outlets are reacting negatively to the plebiscite, worried that such demands will spill into theKurdish part of Iran. Kayhan daily, whose editor-in-chief,...

Press TV- Iranian media on Saturday celebrated the countrys biggest credit line deal in recent years with South Koreas Eximbank, saying it marked a new opening in attracting foreign investment. The framework agreement between Iranian banks and Korea Eximbank was signed in Seoul on Friday, under which the Korean side will provide an 8 billion ...

Al-Monitor |Rohollah Faghihi: In the hours after the May 22 terrorist bombing in Manchesterthat claimed at least 22 lives, Iranian media sought to cover developments second by second and published analyses about it. On May 23, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi said, We believe that the roots and the ideological origin of the terrorist ...

Iranian Diplomacy- Friday was the most frantic election day Iran has seen in its history, with reports of long queues formed at ballot boxes, occasionally snaking through several streets outside the voting center, hogged the medias attention. On social networks, Principlists media submitted back to back complaints about shortage of voting cards,...

April 20, The Iran Project - Paying due attention to the United Kingdom is deeply rooted in the Iranianmass media and many factors are involved in this end. The history of relations between Iran and Britain, the ups and downsin relations of the two countries and the impact of this smallisland on Iran during the past several years ago are considered ...