50007 AfranIranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday underlined Tehran's readiness to improve all-out ties with the south African state of Zimbabwe.Fortunately, the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Zimbabwe are moving forw...

 Iran's leading automaker, Iran Khodro, has unveiled its fourth domestically-built car — dubbed Dena — which will hit the markets in April 2012.Iranian Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian told Press TV on Saturday that the ...

50023 AfranKuala Lumpur, March 29, IRNA – First Vice- Speaker of Iran’s Majlis Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabi-Fard said Monday Tehran will continue its programs to gain access to peaceful nuclear technology.Abutorabi-Fard made the remark while addressin...

50032 AfranThe Chair of Iran's Red Crescent Society asserted that in the recent report of the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies, Iran was ranked fifth in disaster management. Ahmed Esfandiari said emergency encampm...

50017 AfranTehran, March 17, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Navy sent Wednesday a vessel (the 7th one) to the Gulf of Aden to fight pirates and protect the country’s shipping lines from piracy.A number of Iran’s Navy commanders as well a...

500126 AfranTehran, June 15, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Tuesday that Tehran, despite all pressures, will continue its peaceful nuclear activities within the framework of the international and IAEA rules and regul...

50036 AfranTehran, April 6, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday that Tehran has planned to host the G15 Summit of leaders on May 17 to help promote mutual and regional cooperation.Speaking to reports in his weekly brie...

50036 Afran The Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday called on the nuclear states to disarm in a bid to bring about an atmosphere of peace and security in the international community. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the call in a ceremony to inaugur...

50021 AfranHe made the remarks while addressing the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Culture Ministers which started in Sanya resort in Hainan Province south of China this morning. He said the SCO meeting undoubtedly plays a ...

50024 AfranTehran, March 31, IRNA – Presidents of Iran and Senegal in a telephone conversation discussed important issues of Islamic world.According to the Presidential Office website on Tuesday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Senegalese count...

Shiraz was one of the most important cities in the medieval Islamic world and was the Iranian capital during the Zand dynasty (1747-79), when many of its most beautiful buildings were built or restored. Through its many artists and scholars, Shiraz ...

500136 AfranA ship carrying Iranian humanitarian aid will set sail for the besieged Gaza Strip next Sunday, an IRI Red Crescent Society spokesman said Tuesday.Abdora'uf Adibzadeh said the ship ferries a 1100-ton load of aid, including 50 tons of medici...

50046 AfranTehran, April 10, IRNA -- Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Saturday that Iranian Christians have a bright record in presenting the nation’s image to the world.In a meeting with the Archbishop of th...

50051 AfranIn a meeting with members of the IRI parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, Rabbi Mashallah Golestaninejad said, "I have repeatedly declared that we are against pro-Zionism rabbis and the books containing their decrees ...

50047 AfranTehran, April 11, IRNA -- Minister of Defense Ahmad Vahidi inaugurated Iran’s first advanced medium-range air defense missile system in a ceremony held on Sunday.The system, called ‘Mersad’ (Ambush), would hit any modern aircraft flyin...

50050 AfranTehran, April 11, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday derided US President Barack Obama for posing nuclear threat to the international community."President of a state stands before the podi...

50034 AfranIslamic Republic of Iran's Naval Force has foiled a Somali pirates' attack on an Iranian oil tanker.The IRI's Naval Force announced on Tuesday that the Somali pirates attacked on the Iranian oil tanker at 5:45 local time in Aden Gulf by four...

500138 AfranDeputy IRI Foreign Minister in Arab Affairs Mohammad Reza Sheybani said that the plan to send a relief aid ship to Gaza Strip by governmental or non-governmental organizations is still on the agenda.According to Foreign Ministry Media Depar...

50059 AfranSpeaking at Tehran's nuclear disarmament conference, Secretary of the IRI Supreme Council of National Security Saeed Jalili said the world was eager to know whether the US and its allies were not able to fight terrorism or didn't want to."If...

50013 AfranIRI's Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in a meeting with Algerian Ambassador to Tehran, Sofian Maimouni on Saturday highlighted the geographical situation of Iran and Algeria in the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea region and...