Moscow and Tehran are trying to convert Iran’s Fordow former uranium enrichment plant into a production facility for heavy isotopes, Russia’s Rosatom nuclear energy corporation said in a statement on Friday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Moscow and Tehran are progressing on a deal to convert Iran’s Fordow former uranium enrichment plant into a production facility for heavy isotopes, Russia’s Rosatom nuclear […]
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IOEC planning merger of offshore construction firms overseas
TEHRAN, April 2 (Shana) – Managing director of the Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC) said that the firm has plans to merge its firms overseas in a bid to economize. “In the current year (started March 20), we are planning to cut down charges and expect to halve projects’ expenses in the […]
UK resumes visa service in Iran
“The British Embassy in Tehran and UK Visas & Immigration today resumed visa service in Iran, as promised 6 months after reopening Embassy,” UK’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond posted on Twitter Tuesday. The Iranian Embassy in London and the UK diplomatic mission in Tehran had agreed to resume issuing visas beginning March, following a meeting between UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Iranian […]
Iran lifts currency controls with Russia
Iran said on Friday that it had lifted the currency controls with Russia in a bid which is expected to boost commerce between the two countries. The announcement was made by Masoud Karbasian, the head of Iran’s Customs Administration who said the policy is in line with the government’s push to promote trade ties with […]
Iran lifts currency controls with Russia
Iran said on Friday that it had lifted the currency controls with Russia in a bid which is expected to boost commerce between the two countries. The announcement was made by Masoud Karbasian, the head of Iran’s Customs Administration who said the policy is in line with the government’s push to promote trade ties with […]
John Kerry: ‘You can’t just buy a bomb’
Washington (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday dismissed concerns that Saudi Arabia might seek to buy a nuclear weapon to balance the deck with Iran. “You can’t just buy a bomb and transfer it,” Kerry told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Monday. Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, already tense, have deteriorated in recent weeks […]
India, Persian Gulf top post-sanctions Iran’s new gas destinations
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (Shana) – Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) said that in addition to existing projects with neighboring Pakistan, Armenia, Turkey, Oman and Iraq, there are negotiations underway with the Persian Gulf countries such as Kuwait and the UAE, and India as Iran’s most important new gas markets after […]
Iranian FM points out that US sanctions are illegal as American arms used against Palestinians and Yemenis
Washington are being used against people in Palestine and Yemen, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has stated. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, says that Tehran will continue to enhance its missile capabilities, despite Washington introducing fresh sanctions, following a missile test by Iran in October, Press TV reports. “The US […]
Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will align for first time in a decade
The solar system is all set to give a rare celestial show. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will all be visible from Earth when they appear in a diagonal row before dawn on Wednesday, Jan. 20. It’s the first time the five bright planets, so-called as they can usually be seen easily with […]
62 People Now Own the Same Wealth as Half the World’s Population
62 People Now Own the Same Wealth as Half the World’s Population January 17th, 2016 Via: Independent: Wealth inequality has grown to the stage where 62 of the world’s richest people own as much as the poorest half of humanity combined, according to a […]
Charlie Hebdo Reopens Freedom Of Speech Debate With Cartoons Depicting Death Of Aylan Kurdi
First published in September 2015. Racism, Hatred and Islamophobia depicting children as terrorists. This article is of particular relevance in relation to the followup January 15, 2015 Charlie Hebdo caricature of the death of Aylan Kurdi. WARNING: This report contains some images readers may find distressing. French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has reportedly published its own controversial […]
Iran, Germany ink deal to boost agricultural cooperation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – High-Ranking officials from Iran and Germany signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop cooperation between the two countries in various areas of agriculture. In a meeting in the German capital of Berlin on Saturday, Iranian Agricultural Jihad Minister Mahmoud Hojjati and German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt signed the MoU to enhance […]
Photos: Nasir ol Molk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
The Nasir ol Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, is a traditional mosque in Shiraz, Iran. It is named in popular culture as the Pink Mosque, due to the usage of considerable pink color tiles for its interior design. The mosque was built during the Qajar era, and is still in use under protection by Endowment Foundation […]
“Be Prepared for Good News” on Iran nuclear issue: Diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Iranian diplomat who is in the Austrian city of Vienna for the last phases of negotiations with six world powers over Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program said “good news” will shortly be published on the implementation of a deal finalized back in July 2015. “Be prepared for good news; beautiful moments […]
Obama slams politics of divisiveness in State of Union address
US President Barack Obama has delivered his last State of the Union address, trying to sell optimism to a frustrated nation and warning Americans not to pick Donald Trump as his successor. “As frustration grows, there will be voices urging us to fall back into tribes, to scapegoat fellow citizens who don’t look like us, […]
Israel gets $3.1 Billion “Aid” from Bankrupt USA
The power of the Jewish lobby over the American government was dramatically demonstrated this past week with the passing of an omnibus spending measure which included a massive $3.1 billion “aid” to Israel—even though the US national debt stands at in excess of $18 trillion. The Israeli-based Times of Israel could hardly contain its […]
Shariati commemoration ceremony planned
Sabzvar, Dec 17, IRNA – Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati said that efforts are underway to organize commemoration ceremony for the Iranian ideologue Ali Shariati in 2017 in Sabzvar in cooperation with Mashhad Ferdowsi University’s Literature Faculty and Hakim Sabzvari University. Talking to reporters while visiting Sarbedaran International Congress Exhibition in Sabzvar, he […]
Shariati commemoration ceremony planned
Sabzvar, Dec 17, IRNA – Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati said that efforts are underway to organize commemoration ceremony for the Iranian ideologue Ali Shariati in 2017 in Sabzvar in cooperation with Mashhad Ferdowsi University’s Literature Faculty and Hakim Sabzvari University. Talking to reporters while visiting Sarbedaran International Congress Exhibition in Sabzvar, he […]
Shariati commemoration ceremony planned
Sabzvar, Dec 17, IRNA – Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati said that efforts are underway to organize commemoration ceremony for the Iranian ideologue Ali Shariati in 2017 in Sabzvar in cooperation with Mashhad Ferdowsi University’s Literature Faculty and Hakim Sabzvari University. Talking to reporters while visiting Sarbedaran International Congress Exhibition in Sabzvar, he […]