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Iranian female entrepreneur returns from US to empower rural women
Maria Saeedi is an Iranian craftswoman who preferred living in a small village in a desert area in her motherland instead of residing in the US, to empower Iranian rural women. “If I am an Iranian, what I have done for my country? Not considering the duties of the government, what is my responsibility toward […]
Iranians’ Presence in Revolution Anniversary Rallies to Foil Enemy Plots: Minister
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli highlighted the importance of the upcoming rallies marking the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, saying that massive presence of the people would thwart enemy conspiracies. The enemies’ campaign against rallies marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution anniversary and their focus on “sinister goals such as the […]
Currency reconversion not a turning point in economic reformation
One of Iran’s main economic policies, under the framework of the sixth five-year development plan, is modification of banking system and reformation of monetary policies, moving forward toward which the Rouhani administration put forward the plan to shift the national currency from Rial to Toman earlier in December 2016 by eliminating specific number of zeroes. […]
EU Has Failed to Take ‘Effective’ Measures to Save JCPOA, Iran’s VP Says
Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said the European Union has not taken any “concrete” and “effective” measures so far to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, calling on the 28-member bloc to act independently towards Iran. “So far, the EU in general and Germany, France and the UK, in particular, have […]
Space tech development won’t wait for other countries: minister
Iran will not hold off development of space technology and cannot wait for other countries to meet its needs, the ICT minister told the Tehran Times during a press conference at the Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC) on Sunday. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said that Iran did not have a good experience from international cooperation […]
Iran’s Economy to Shrink, Before Ascending in 2020: World Bank
Latest World Bank projections show Iran’s gross domestic product will continue to contract in 2019, before reversing gear in 2020. According to WB’s latest “World Economic Prospects” report published after the New Year, Iran’s GDP is bracing for further contraction in 2019 to reach -3.6% after experiencing an estimated -1.5% in 2018 before stabilizing in […]
Iran natural gas output at 800 mcm/d
Iran’s natural gas output currently stands at 800 million cubic meters per day, a senior energy official said Saturday. The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) CEO Hassan Montazer Torbati added that 97% of the country’s urban population and 82% of the citizens in rural areas are now linked to the national gas distribution network which […]
Spokesman Denies Rumors of Iran’s JCPOA Pullout
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson quashed rumors about Tehran’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and about Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation. In an interview with ISNA on Saturday, Bahram Qassemi strongly denied rumors about Zarif’s resignation, disagreement between the foreign minister and President Hassan Rouhani, and Iran’s pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]
Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in US History
The Democrats’ refusal to approve US$5.7 billion (RM20.4 billion) demanded by Trump for the wall project has paralyzed Washington, with the president retaliating by refusing to sign off on budgets for swaths of government departments unrelated to the dispute. As a result, workers as diverse as FBI agents, air traffic controllers and museum staff, did […]
Beijing-Tehran economic ties durable, growing: China
China and Iran are great economic partners, and the two nations enjoy growing and durable economic relations, the spokesman for the Chinese ministry of commerce said on Saturday. The two countries remain to be important trade partners and, based on the figures, relations between Beijing and Tehran are satisfactory, Gao Feng said in an exclusive […]