Tehran Times

‘Sultan of coin’ and his accomplice executed in Iran

TEHRAN – A notorious person, who got the nickname of the “sultan of coin”, and his accomplice were executed on Wednesday morning.
Claim that medicine not sanctioned is a ‘big lie’: Iran

TEHRAN – An official from Iran’s Food and Drug Administration has repudiated as a “big clear lie” the claim by Washington that medicine is exempted from sanctions.
Korea wants to set a successful example of aid to refugees: ambassador

TEHRAN - Ryu Jung-hyun, the ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Iran, says his country wants to set a successful example of humanitarian aid to refugees.
Zarif says Pompeo must take responsibility for his own words to starve Iranians

TEHRAN - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must take responsibility for his own words by announcing that the U.S. is seeking to starve Iranians through sanctions.

Politics

Zarif: U.S. cannot stop Iranian flights, tankers

TEHRAN – The Americans cannot stop Iranian flights or block the movement of Iranian tankers at sea, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.
Iran, Europe to continue nuclear cooperation

TEHRAN - Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has said that Iran and Europe will continue their nuclear cooperation in the next two years.
Defense chief: Iran to give crushing response to any aggression

TEHRAN – Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that Iran will give crushing response to any act of aggression.

Supreme Leader lauds Asian Para Games medal winners

TEHRAN - Medal winners of Iran's sports delegation, who participated in Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia, met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday.
Iran’s participation at AFC Asian Cup at risk

TEHRAN - Iran national football team could miss the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in January over a law interfering in the national soccer federation’s independence.
Iran could host 2022 World Cup teams, but no decision taken yet

TEHRAN - Qatar is considering offers from other countries to host teams during the 2022 World Cup, but no decision has been taken yet, the head of the organizing committee told AFP on Monday.

“Sacralization or Secularization” introduced

TEHRAN – The book “Sacralization or Secularization” written by Yahya Jahangiri is introduced and discussed during a ceremony at the Tehran Book House on Wednesday.
“The Last Fiction” stands first at Peruvian filmfest

TEHRAN – Acclaimed animated movie “The Last Fiction” by Iranian director Ashkan Rahgozar was picked as best film at the 3rd Ajayu International Animation Festival in Puno, Peru, the organizers announced on Saturday.
Photos, docs display 73 years of ties between Iran, UN at Tabriz exhibit

TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos and documents featuring major events occurring over 73 years of relations between Iran and the United Nations opened Monday at a gallery in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz.

Kish Island to host Iran’s intl. maritime exhibit in mid-Dec.

TEHRAN- Iran’s 20th International Maritime and Offshore Technologies Exhibition (IRANIMEX 2018) is planned to be held on Kish Island in south of the country from December 17 to 19.
Brazil calls for expansion of trade ties with Iran

TEHRAN - Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello, the former Brazilian president and the chairman of the Brazilian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, voiced his country’s interest for expansion of ties with Iran in various areas especially trade, transportation, banking, agriculture and environment.
SWIFT’s Iran ban not to harm foreign trade: CBI

TEHRAN- The blacklisting of Iran from the Belgium-based international financial messaging system (SWIFT) will cause the country’s foreign financial transactions and trade no harm, the public relations department of the Central bank of Iran (CBI) announced.

Intl. KANS Awards announces winners

TEHRAN – The winners of the international Knowledge Application and Notion for Society (KANS) Awards announced during a ceremony in Tehran on Monday.
Precipitation reaches record high in Tehran

TEHRAN — Raining set a record high in Tehran on Monday, constituting 10 percent of the annual precipitation in the city, Tasnim news agency reported.
480 social work clinics active in Iran: official

TEHRAN- Some 480 social work clinics are operating in the country, said Welfare Organization deputy director for social affairs.

U.S. new sanctions will impact Iranians: Dorsey

TEHRAN - James M. Dorsey, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, says the new U.S. sanctions will affect the lives of the Iranian people.
Macron so far has augmented French isolation

TEHRAN - French President Emmanuel Macron has recently criticized the unilateral pullout of the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) but at the same time expressed pleasure that Washington has allowed France and the other JCOPOA signatories to stay in the Iran nuclear deal.
Elections were a referendum on Trump: Anna Eskamani

TEHRAN - State House Representative, Anna V. Eskamani, says that the recent elections in the U.S. were a referendum on President Trump.