First VP: Iran guards Persian Gulf security, stands against bullying

TEHRAN – First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that Iran’s Armed Forces are guarantors of security in the Persian Gulf region, stressing that Tehran will not bow to the big powers’ pressures and bullying.

VP inaugurates Mapna locomotive unit’s development project

TEHRAN – Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri inaugurated a development project of Mapna Group’s locomotive manufacturing complex in Alborz Province on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

Saddeq Kharrazi says Jahangiri has been sidelined in Rouhani administration

TEHRAN - Sadeq Kharrazi, secretary-general of the pro-reform Voice of the Iranians Party, is of the opinion that Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has been actually sidelined in the administration of President Rouhani.

Jahangiri urges Europe to press U.S. to lift cruel sanctions

TEHRAN – Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri on Tuesday urged Europe to put pressure on the United States to remove its anti-Iran “cruel sanctions” instead of holding futile meetings and mounting pressure on Tehran to salvage the 2015 nuclear agreement.

‘Jahangiri, Aref, Shariatmadari, Dehqan, and Ghazizadeh Hashemi preparing to contest 2021 presidential election’

TEHRAN – Hossein Mar’ashi, a senior member of the Servants of Construction Party, has said Es’haq Jahangiri, Mohammad Reza Aref, Mohammad Shariatmadari, Hossein Dehqan, Ghazizadeh Hashemi are preparing themselves to run for the 2021 presidential election, the Sharq newspaper reported on Saturday.

Iran to offer 3-year oil future contracts to foreign buyers

TEHRAN - Iran is going to offer up to three-year oil future contracts for certain international buyers in an effort to offset the impacts of U.S. sanctions on its oil exports, Shana reported.

Vice president inaugurates water, electricity projects in Fars Province

TEHRAN- Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri inaugurated two steam units of a combined-cycle power plant and a water treatment unit in Jahrom County in southern province of Fars on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

There is limit to patience, Jahangiri tells Europeans

TEHRAN - Iran has remained in the 2015 nuclear deal even one year after the U.S. withdrawal, however, there is a “limit to patience”, Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday.

Jahangiri: Iran is a peace-seeking nation but ready to defend itself

TEHRAN – Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri has said Iran is a “peace-seeking nation” but does not fear military confrontation and will defend itself against enemies in case of a war.

Iran marks International Quds Day

TEHRAN - Iranians poured into the streets in large numbers in different cities across the country to mark International Quds Day, which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

Iran exempts inbound tour operators from VAT

TEHRAN – Iranian travel agencies have been exempted from value-added tax (VAT) in order to encourage the county’s budding tourism sector.

Trump knows nothing about Iranian history: Jahangiri

TEHRAN - Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s military threats against Iran shows that he knows nothing about the Iranian history.

Iran’s sports museum opens in Tehran

TEHRAN – Iran’s sports museum was inaugurated in National Olympic Committee headquarters in Tehran on Monday.

Iran urges intl. bodies not to be silent on U.S. illegal policies

TEHRAN - Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the international bodies especially the World Health Assembly should not be silent on the U.S. illegal policies.

Jahangiri: Iran, Iraq quite firm to deepen cooperation

TEHRAN - Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Sunday that despite the U.S. animosity, Iran and Iraq are seriously determined to expand cooperation.

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Tehran, Baghdad stress developing trade ties in business forum

TEHRAN – Following the visit of a high-ranking Iraqi delegation to Tehran, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) hosted an Iran-Iraq business forum on Sunday.

No peace without eradicating terror ideology, Larijani tells New Zealand counterpart

TEHRAN – In a message to his New Zealand counterpart Trevor Mallard on Friday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said peace will never be achieved as long as ideology of terrorists is not eradicated.

VP inaugurates 2 major industrial projects

TEHRAN- In a one-day trip to the north-central province of Semnan, Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri put two major industrial projects into operation in the west of the province, IRNA reported.

U.S. is lying that sanctions don’t target people, Iran’s VP Jahangiri says

TEHRAN - Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the U.S. officials are lying when they say that their sanctions target Iran’s government and system and not the people, IRNA reported.

VP inaugurates industrial, health projects worth $176.5m

TEHRAN- In his one-day journey to the west-central province of Hamedan, Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri inaugurated several industrial and health projects at the value of around $176.5 million in the province, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Jahangiri: West should thank forerunners in terror fight

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that West should praise Syria and other countries which have been leading the war on terrorism.

Iran, Syria ink 11 long-term strategic co-op agreements

TEHRAN- Iran and Syria signed 11 long-term cooperation agreements during a two-day visit of a high-ranking Iranian delegation led by First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri to Syria.

Iran, Syria strike several economic deals

Iran and Syria sign several key economic agreements focusing on trade, industry, and agriculture.

Iran VP: Without Iran, terrorists would have formed govt. in Mideast

TEHRAN - First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Sunday that terrorists would have formed a government in the Middle East region if Iran had not rushed to confront them.

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Will phoenix rise from the ashes?

Iran has experienced an unprecedented devaluation of its currency, rial, during the current Iranian calendar year 1397, which is going to end on March 20, 2019.

Industrial, energy projects worth $700m inaugurated

TEHRAN- In his two-day visit to the southeastern province of Kerman, First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri, accompanied by some cabinet members, inaugurated several major infrastructure projects worth $690.2 million on Monday and Tuesday, IRNA reported.

Iranians will defeat sanctions through reliance on domestic capacities: Jahangiri

TEHRAN - First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that the U.S. will not reach its objectives if Iranians maintain unity and integrity.

Industrial, energy projects worth $436m inaugurated

TEHRAN - Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri inaugurated major industrial and energy projects worth 18.33 trillion rials (about $436.4 million) in Kashan County, central Iran, on Sunday, IRNA reported.

Can EU make decisions independently of U.S., asks Iran's vice president Jahangiri

Jahangiri: In reality, we haven’t seen any effective performance from the EU”

Much depends on the position of the European Union. European leaders have committed to maintaining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with or without Washington’s support. But Tehran accuses Europe of failing to match its words with concrete action.

Unity essential to overcome sanctions: Jahangiri

TEHRAN – Pointing to harsh economic sanction against Iran by the United States, Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri suggested on Tuesday that national unity is essential to pass this hard time and solve the economic problems.