TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri said that the defense industry is a strong support for the armed forces to defend the independence and territorial integrity of the country. He made the remarks in a message on the occasion of Defense Industry Day. Stating that he defense industry is a […]
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The Iranian defense minister said his ministry has gained the necessary expertise and infrastructure to build strategic weapon systems in line with boosting the country’s defense power. “The Defense Ministry can build strategic weapons now, provided it is supported by the Parliament over the budget needs,” Brigadier General Amir Hatami […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called on his Muslim counterparts to condemn an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist regime on the normalization of ties and take every possible parliamentary initiative to counter the deal. Qalibaf on Tuesday sent messages to the speakers of parliaments in […]
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) – 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 […]
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 […]