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Zarif meets Swiss state secretary in GenevaTEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Wednesday morning with Swiss State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl in Geneva to discuss a range of issues, including the latest developments in the Middle East. During the meeting, the two sides also discussed recent developments in Tehrn-Bern ties, as well as the fate of the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Tasnim reported. Zarif travelled to Geneva for a ministerial meeting of the Astana Process for peace in Syria. The chief Iranian diplomat also met with his Russian ... ادامه مطلب

US dirty war on Iran targets its scientistsUS war on Iran by other means is all about wanting the nation colonized as a vassal state, its sovereignty eliminated, its oil, gas, and other resources looted, its people exploited as serfs. Illegal US sanctions are weapons of war by other means, what Iranian officials call economic terrorism. They’re all about crushing its economy and immiserating its people. War by other means also targets Iranian scientists, notably distinguished stem cell expert Masoud Soleimani. He heads Tarbiat Modares University’s Hematology Department, his academic credentials and scientific standing as an eminent expert in his ... ادامه مطلب

Assassination plot on Maj. Gen. Soleimani ‘foiled’TEHRAN_ The Director of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Intelligence Service, Hojjatoleslam Hossein Taeb said that the terror plot against Chief Commander of IRGC Quds brigade, General Soleimani was thwarted. Several years of orchestrating and planning of Hebrew-Arabic intelligence services for assassinating Chief Commander of IRGC Quds brigade, General Soleimani as well as creating religious war was foiled, he added. He made the remarks on Thu. in 23rd Supreme Assembly of IRGC Commanders and said, “after the failure of various seditions and conspiracies to surrender Islamic Republic of Iran, launch of bipolar war ... ادامه مطلب

Iran basketball win Portugal four-team tournamentTEHRAN – Iran national basketball team claimed the title of the Oliveira de Azeméis International Tournament. Team Melli defeated hosts Portugal 74-70 in their third match. Iran had already defeated Denmark and Slovakia in the tournament. Iran will leave Portugal for Russia to take part in a four-team tournament with participation of Russia, Greece and Hungary, scheduled for Aug. 8 to 11. Mehran Shahintab’s team will also partake at a tournament in China, where they will face Nigeria, Montenegro and Poland from Aug. 19 to Aug. 25. Iran have been drawn with world’s second-ranked Spain, ... ادامه مطلب

Over $6b of loans paid to SMEs, semi-finished projects in 3 monthsTEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade announced that in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), some 256.17 trillion rials (nearly $6.1 billion) worth of bank loans have been offered to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and semi-finished industrial projects with an over 60 percent physical progress. Over 37500 projects and production units received bank loans in the mentioned time span, IRNA reported on Monday. Last week, the industry ministry released a report which indicated that banks and credit institutions ... ادامه مطلب

Zarif: Europeans should be concerned over failure to ‘assert’ themselvesTEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that European countries’ failure to establish an effective financial channel to trade with Iran is a “source of concern” since “they have not been able to assert themselves” despite having a larger collective economy than the United States. Zarif made the remarks in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria broadcast on Sunday, as he was asked by Zakaria “Are you surprised by how week the Europeans have been? They talk about providing an alternative payment system. They sort of set one ... ادامه مطلب

بجنورد- سرپرست دفتر نظارت و بازرسی انتخابات خراسان شمالی گفت: فعالیت های انتخاباتی کاندیداها در استان رصد می شود. به گزارش خبرنگار مهر، ملک محمد حسن زاده پیش از ظهر سه شنبه در نشست با اصحاب رسانه خراسان شمالی اظهار کرد: با توجه به اینکه هنوز ثبت نام کاندیداهای انتخاباتی آغاز نشده نمی توانیم برخی از اقدامات تبلیغاتی زود هنگام کاندیداها را تخلف محسوب کنیم اما تمام کارهای آنها مورد رصد قرار می گیرد. حسن زاده با بیان اینکه دو انتخابات مهم مجلس شورای اسلامی و میان دوره ای مجلس خبرگان رهبری را پیش رو داریم، افزود: هیات های نظارت ... ادامه مطلب

Russian diplomat urges Europe to save nuclear deal Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Tuesday urged Europe to save the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “The Russian side confirmed that it is necessary to bolster joint efforts of all participants in the JCPOA, including Iran and the EU trio countries in favor of saving the agreements and ensuring their full implementation on the basis of abidance by their commitments by all the involved parties and with due regard for the principle of reciprocity on which the Plan of Action was based ... ادامه مطلب

Iranian parliament studies motion to charge foreign ships in Strait of Hormuz TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament plans to approve a motion that would allow the country to begin charging foreign ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz for providing their security. Amirhossein Qazizadeh Hashemi, a member of the parliament’s presiding board, said on Sunday that 10 motions have been proposed by a parliamentary faction, including the motion to charge foreign ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Since Iran is the true provider of security in the region and international waters, the parliament believes that based on international norms ... ادامه مطلب

‘RAI determined to develop transport of goods from ports via railway’TEHRAN- The head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said development of railways for transport of cargos from ports is a top agenda of RAI’s activities. Making the remarks in an interview conducted by the news portal of Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), Saeed Rasouli also announced about the serious will of RAI for expansion of rail transportation. Last week, the official said that 59 kilometers of railroads are planned to be built for connecting the major cargo hubs in the country to the national railway network ... ادامه مطلب