TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said his administration has prepared a road map to economy for the one remaining year of his tenure. In remarks at a Tuesday meeting of the Economic Coordination Headquarters, President Rouhani said a strategic document on the “economic road map” for the eighth year of his administration has […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A former military intelligence officer with the CIA said the intention of a recent normalization deal between Israel and the UAE, brokered by US President Donald Trump, is to “build an anti-Iran coalition around Israel and Saudi Arabia with the smaller Arab states”. “It (Israel-UAE agreement) is a deal that is intended […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) reacted with outrage to Iran’s strong opposition to a recent deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize relations. In a statement on Sunday, the regional grouping’s Secretary-General Nayef Falah Mubarak al-Hajraf alleged that the position adopted by various Iranian officials, including President Hassan […]
Tehran (ISNA) – Chief of staff of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Vaezi stressed that US President Donald Trump should await consecutive losses if he does not introduce change in his past policies. “The international community once again opposed America’s unilateral policies in the UNSC and supported the JCPOA,” he tweeted on Sunday in reaction to […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The third (post-registration) stage of the research on the coronavirus vaccine developed by the Russian Health Ministry’s N. F. Gamaleya Federal Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology may begin in 7-10 days, its Director Alexander Gintsburg said. Several tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in this research. “On […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American analyst in Madison described a recent deal between Israel and the UAE as a “confession of treason”, saying that both Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi are confessing their treason aloud to the world. “… it is neither a breakthrough nor a peace agreement. Israel and the UAE already enjoyed close […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United Arab Emirates said its decision to normalize ties with Israel isn’t about countering Iran, and dismissed criticism of the pact from Turkey’s president. “This is not about Iran. This is about the UAE, Israel and the United States,” Anwar Gargash, UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, said in a […]
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian National Tax Administration announced tax brackets on buyers of gold coins in the last fiscal year (March 2019-20). As per an INTA bylaw outlining details of the gold tax, all those who bought up to 185 gold coins are eligible for “fixed taxes”. Different rules govern buyers of higher number of coins, […]
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran again raised the lower bound of interest rate corridor (IRC) in the interbank market to further narrow the interbank interest rate spread. In a press release seen on its website, the CBI said it would raise interbank deposits by 1 percentage point to 14% starting today (Saturday). The interbank […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced certain outsiders that attempt to take advantage of Lebanon’s need by imposing their demands as the Arab country is struggling with the aftermath of last week’s huge blast in Beirut. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Charbel Wehbe, held in Beirut […]