Iran: Saudi Arabia and U.S. must be held accountable for human tragedy in Yemen

Iran on Friday hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his latest comments about the Islamic Republic's role in the Middle East, saying countries such as Saudi Arabia which have waged war on Yemen with a support by the U.S. must be held accountable for human tragedy in Yemen.

Vaezi meets grand ayatollahs in Qom visit

TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi has held talks with a number of grand ayatollahs during his trip to Qom, Tasnim reported on Thursday.

Iranian diplomat meets with Brazilian FM

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Gholam-Reza Ansari has met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira, the official website of the Foreign Ministry reported.

Iran calls OPCW move ‘politically motivated’

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alireza Jahangiri has said the recent move by the organization is “politically-motivated”.

‘We’ll surely beat enemies through patience, resistance’

Rouhani: We must turn threats into opportunity

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iran must turn sanctions threats into opportunity by relying on domestic capacities now that the United States has withdrawn from the international nuclear agreement and plans to reintroduce sanctions on Iran.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, Zarif tells Pompeo 

TEHRAN – on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to U.S. Secretary of States Mike Pompeo’s comments on demonstrations in Iran, saying it is better that Pompeo take a look at the situation in his country ranging from its support to “terror-sponsoring regimes”, “blind support” for Israel to “separation of immigrant families and caging of their babies”.

‘It won’t take much time for Iran to defeat sanctions’

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on Thursday that Iran ranks first among the regional powers and that the U.S. is trying to take revenge against Iran through sanctions.

Iran reopens UF6 factory

TEHRAN – Iran has reopened a UF6 facility in the central province of Isfahan which had been shut down in 2009 for lack of enough yellow cake, the facility’s input material.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Trump worried about the Congress 2018 midterm elections

Public opposition to the policies of Donald Trump, the controversial president of the United States, is still on the rise. Polls conducted in the United States indicate that many of the American citizens who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections, are now regretting their choice.

By Ramin Hussein Abadian

Netanyahu’s childish game against Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making desperate attempts to distract the public from his corruptions, a tool used way too many times.

General urges support for government to foil plots

TEHRAN – Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the Leader, said on Wednesday that all authorities have the duty to help the government resolve economic problems and foil enemies’ plots.

ATR gives up delivering planes to Iran: report

TEHRAN – Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR says it must give up delivering the remaining aircraft ordered by Iran because of new U.S. sanctions and that it will try to reclassify 12 aircraft if it does not obtain a waiver.

FATF is a colonial contract: grand ayatollah

TEHRAN – Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has denounced the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as a “colonial contract” with the aim of infiltrating economies of the signatories, saying it is in contradiction with Islamic laws.

Heavy sentences await economy disruptors: Iranian Judiciary

TEHRAN – Mohammad Mosaddegh, the deputy to Iranian prosecutor general, announced on Wednesday that heavy sentences, including death penalty and up to 20 years in prison, await those who seek to disrupt the national economy and agitate the foreign currency market.

Iran, Afghanistan agree on transboundary waters, says ambassador

TEHRAN — Iran and Afghanistan have reached an agreement on water right of Heray Rud River, Hamoun wetland and Helmand River, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Iran Nasir Ahmad Nour has said./

By Seyed Zafar Mehdi

Team Melli end World Cup campaign on a high note

TEHRAN - When Karim Ansarifard scored the last-gasp equalizer against Portugal; ecstatic, adrenaline-fueled scenes were witnessed at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, where thousands of young football fans had gathered to watch live feed of the match.

Iran's top judge vows severe punishment for economic disruption

TEHRAN – The Judiciary chief on Tuesday lashed out at those who are “disrupting the economy” by funneling their huge assets into foreign currency and gold market, threatening that they will face “severe punishment” if their acts is recognized as “corruption on the earth”.

Tehran bazaar rioters arrested, prosecutor says

TEHRAN – Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, the Tehran prosecutor general, has said that the “main provocateurs” who planned Monday’s protests in Tehran’s bazaar have been arrested.

States behind Iranophobia seek to sell more arms in Middle East

In an address to the UN Security Council on Monday, Iran’s ambassador to the UN condemned states which spread Iranophobia with the aim of selling more arms in the region, Mehr reported.

110,000 undocumented Afghans studying in Iran

TEHRAN — Some 110,000 undocumented Afghan students are going to schools in Iran, head of the international affairs department of the Ministry of Education has said.

Climate change alarm bells ringing: Temperature rises across Iran over spring

TEHRAN — All Iranian provinces experienced an average 0.8 degrees on the Celsius scale temperature rise over spring compared to the long-term mean, the director of the national center for drought and crisis management, affiliated to Meteorological Organization, has said.

$9.5b needed to retrofit, rebuild dilapidated schools in Iran

TEHRAN — A sum of 400 trillion rials (nearly $9.5 billion) is needed to retrofit and rebuild dilapidated school in Iran, head of a charity association tasked with building schools has said.

‘More social support for drug-addicted women needed’

TEHRAN –More women are referring to rehab centers and this means that social support for drug-addicted women is vital, said Saeed Sefatian, head of the drug demand reduction working group at the Expediency Council.

83% of Iranian single-parent families headed by women

TEHRAN – About 83 percent of Iranian families are parented by women and 17 percent by men, the Statistical Center of Iran reported.

By Reza Simbar

Adjustment of European's package with Iran national interests

TEHRAN - The Islamic Republic expects the European Authorities to put forward their package of proposals to save the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 from which the U.S. has withdrawn.

Police officers being equipped with body cameras

TEHRAN – Officers in all of Iran’s police stations are being equipped with body cameras, a commander said on Monday, Tasnim reported.

Interior minister due in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday

TEHRAN – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli was expected to start an official visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday in a bid to boost bilateral relations in diverse fields, security in particular.

Nuclear deal still ‘firm’ despite U.S. illegal exit, FM spokesman says

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said he regards the 2015 nuclear deal a “firm” agreement, which is still in place despite the U.S. government’s “illegal” withdrawal from it.