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...

50010 AfranDeputy Foreign Minister of Myanmar, Maung Myint on Tuesday met and conferred with IRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran.In the meeting Mottaki referred to the two countries stance in rejection of arrogance and injustice, as well ...

50073 AfranIRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni discussed expansion of cooperation in regional and international arenas.The two presidents urged for using current capabilities for consolidation of...

500151 AfranLondon, July 14, IRNA -- The UK government is continuing to press Israel for the return of electronic and media equipment seized during its attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters six weeks ago, according to Foreign ...

500162 AfranTehran, Aug 1, IRNA – The Zionist regime would be eliminated from the earth if it makes a mistake vis-à-vis Iran, a member of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) said Sunday.Tehran “will respond each anti-Iran move of the Zionist regim...

500161 AfranTehran, Aug 1, IRNA – An Iranian expert here on Sunday warned that if the Zionist regime attacks Iran, the regime will be targeted by short-range and mid-range missiles of Hezbollah.A trategic affairs expert, Reza Sadrolhosseini, told ...

50506Gideon Behar, the ambassador of Israel to The Gambia, has disclosed that the government of Israel has more projects and development plans to offer to the Gambia. He explained that these projects would be mainly in agriculture, health and the educa...

500149 AfranThe Israeli Navy reportedly blockades a Libyan-chartered aid vessel which has set sail for the blockaded Gaza Strip, issuing threats against the convoy."Israeli warships are surrounding and threatening the cargo ship. There is a real threat...

501 45In order to focus on consolidating the dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to get involve in the race to 2011 presidency.The advice came from a former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Prof. Tunde Ad...