TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the window of opportunity for the new U.S. administration will not be open forever, urging Washington to shed the failed assumptions of the past and seek to promote peace and comity in the region. - Politics news - The full text of the article released by Foreign Affairs is as follows:Iran Wants the Nuclear Deal It...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – China imposed sanctions Wednesday on 28 former Trump administration officials, including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo. - World news - In a statement released just minutes after President Joe Biden took office, China's foreign ministry said it had decided to sanction those "who have seriously violated China's sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – The Iranian administration agreed to pay the families of every victim of a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran in January $150,000 in compensation. - Politics news - The cabinet of ministers agreed on Wednesday to allocate $150,000 or the equivalent in euros to the families of each victim of the doomed Ukrainian plane crash, Press Shia Agency...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri communicated to relevant institutions the executive bylaws on a legislation recently passed by the parliament which requires the government to take action to have sanctions lifted and protect the national interests. - Politics news - The legislation is also aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Iran...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the legislature will work in cooperation with the administration to ensure a sufficient supply of the coronavirus vaccine. - Society/Culture news - In comments at a Sunday session of the parliament, Qalibaf said the top priority is to ensure the health of people and remove the restrictions in the battle with...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – The administration of US President Donald Trump imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran in a last-ditch attempt to ramp up economic pressure on the Islamic Republic before he leaves office in January. - Politics news - In a statement released on Wednesday, the US Treasury Department blacklisted the Mostazafan Foundation of Islamic Revolution, a large charitable...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his American counterpart’s administration that sought the fall of the Iranian establishment has faced a “humiliating” defeat itself. - Politics news - The US administration that dreamed about the Iranian establishment’s collapse has been toppled humiliatingly, Rouhani said at a cabinet session on Wednesday.He said the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – President of Iran Hassan Rouhani called on the next US administration to learn lessons from the futility of sanctions against the Iranian nation, abide by the law and resume honoring its commitments. - Politics news - Addressing a Saturday session of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, Rouhani lauded the Iranian nation’s unmatched resistance in the face...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Regardless of who would win the US presidential battle, the next American administration will have no option but to surrender to the Iranian nation, President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday. - Politics news - In comments at the opening of a water supply project on Thursday morning, Rouhani said it doesn’t matter to Iran what the final result of the US presidential...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – The director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said the US international prestige “has fallen quite a long way under the Trump administration”. - World news - “The European governments who are genuinely angry with the US administration today would stand by the USA in a crisis tomorrow. I caution against reading too much into the...