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In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday, visiting Omani Interior Minister Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi said the bilateral relations have reached a “premium level.” He also voiced the sultanate of Oman’s readiness to enhance relations with Iran in all fields. The Iranian minister, for his part, hailed Iran-Oman ties as a role model for the other countries. Zarif also touched on the “historical juncture” in the regional developments, stressing that “constructive cooperation and mutual understanding should replace the illusion of rivalry.” He further noted that instability and insecurity in any country will pose a threat to the other parts of the region and even to the world. At the end of the meeting, the ministers signed an agreement on demarcation of sea borders between the two countries. Heading a political and economic delegation, Al Busaidi arrived in Tehran on Sunday and held another meeting with Iranian Interior Minister A, ...ادامه مطلب

 Bahram Qassemi was reacting to comments by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir who accused Tehran on Wednesday of “supplying weapons to Houthis” in Yemen and “destabilizing Arab countries”. “Saudi authorities are bogged down in a bloody quagmire of terrorism and massacre of innocent women and children in Yemen, Syria and Iraq as a result of their egregious strategic errors”, Qassemi said on Thursday. He urged the Saudis to reconsider their approaches toward the region instead of desperate cries and repeated bogus claims. The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman went on to add that notwithstanding Saudi officials’ attempts to cover up the kingdom’s crimes, the world is well aware today that Riyadh is using its petrodollars to kill children in Yemen and that it is the source of incitements in the region. The Saudi foreign minister’s allegations of Iran’s involvement in Yemen come at a time when Yemen’s defenseless people are under massive attacks by a coalition le,iran slams saudi-led yemen campaign,iran slams the saudi-led intervention ...ادامه مطلب

Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Wednesday, Seyed Hossein Mirshojaeean Hosseini said that during the first five months of the current Iranian year (which began on March 20), the administration has approved $7 billion as foreign investment, $1.6bln to $1.7bln of which has been absorbed. In the same period, non-oil exports of the country jumped by 10.22 percent, reaching $19.1 bln, he said, adding that the figure stood at $17.3 bln in the first five months of last year.He further highlighted the growing trend of Iran’s economy during President Hassan Rouhani’s term in office and particularly after the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and other world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Iran has stepped up efforts in recent years to enhance its non-oil exports and reduce dependency on its oil revenues. In 2014, the country’s exports of commodities and natural-gas condensate reached $50 billion, showing a 19 percent increase. There was also a boom i, ...ادامه مطلب

The public is now invited to vote for their winner via www.paralympic.org until September 6. Jamali scored 12 goals overall at the 2016 Inteational Federation for Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) World Championships Qualification Touament, helping Iran take the gold medal and secure their place for the 2017 World Championships. Briton athlete Hannah Cockroft, Turkey’s goalballist Ekrem Gundogdu, and German athlete Heinrich Popow also are favorites to win the monthly award. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Police conducted operations in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmit based on new evidence in the investigation. Nine of the suspects were arrested, 18 are believed to have fled Turkey and the remaining eight are being hunted. A total of 53 joualists have been arrested as a part of a coup attempt probe, according to the Istanbul-based Platform for Independent Joualism. On Monday, police detained 136 suspects in raids on offices at three Istanbul courthouses after detention warrants were issued for 173 judicial personnel over the failed coup attempt, Xinhua reported. Following the July 15 coup attempt, around 26,000 people with links to FETO have been arrested across Turkey. Senior business figures as well as military, police, judges, prosecutors and teachers have been among those targeted. Let's block ads! بخوانید,turkey issues arrest warrant ...ادامه مطلب

"It's (Saudi Arabia's) position that rejects the candidacy of [Change and Reform bloc leader MP] Michel Aoun, and worsened the inteal crisis that we're today experiencing through the Cabinet," Qaouk said during a memorial for a Hezbollah fighter in the Lebanese town of Tayr Filsey in the southe district of Tyre (Sour). He attributed the absence of a president in Lebanon to Saudi Arabia's rejection of Aoun, a position which he said has negatively impacted all state institutions. "As long as the Future Movement is walking behind the Saudi veto, Lebanon will not be stable," Qaouk added, the Daily Star reported. He noted that no faction can be excluded. "Hezbollah advised the Future Movement to salvage the country and change their negative position against Aoun," he continued. Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah signaled in his Aug. 14 speech that Hezbollah is ready to accept Future leader Sa’ad Hariri as Lebanon’s next prime minister if the Future bloc supports Ao, ...ادامه مطلب

“More than $60 billion have poured (into Iran) from other countries like Russia, which can be used for the prosperity of the country,” Larijani said in a speech in the central city of Golpayegan on Monday. The country is passing through pretty hard conditions, he said, adding that many development projects have been halted due to lack of investments. The parliament speaker went on to say that with the help of God, the situation is changing and the grounds for foreign investments have been provided. Earlier this month, the Iranian deputy minister of industry, mine, and trade said the country has absorbed over $4 billion in foreign investment since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013. Iran has drawn in $4.1 billion of foreign investment into its different sectors under President Rouhani, Ali Yazdani, said at a meeting in northe Iran on August 15. He added that over $2 billion of the investment has so far come into operation in the industry sector in the post-sanctio, ...ادامه مطلب

Spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a daily news briefing that the Tokyo Inteational Conference on African Development (TICAD), held in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Sunday, should be a multilateral platform for exchanges and cooperation with the aim of supporting African development. However, Japan tried to derail the summit agenda by discussing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform and maritime security issues, which caused discontent among the representatives of African countries, she said. African countries firmly opposed the politicizing of the TICAD and discussing Asian problems in Africa, and they firmly opposed Japan's intention of imposing its own will on Africa, the spokesperson added, Xinhua reported. Hua said the summit declaration showed that Japan finally had to accept the views of African countries, focus on maritime security cooperation in Africa, and follow the principles on the UNSC reform reached at the 2015 TICAD summit in Yokohama. Japan's Kyodo News,china condemns japan shrine visit,china condemns japan leader on visit to ethiopia,china condemns us-japan exercises ...ادامه مطلب

Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Ansarullah spokesman, said Saturday that the offer aims at depriving the Houthis of their arms in their fight of resistance against the Saudi invasion. “Whoever has a greedy eye on our weapons, we will have a greedy eye on his life,” Abdulsalam wrote in a message posted on Facebook, Press TV reported. Kerry earlier called on Houthis to hand over their weapons including ballistic missiles and to pull back from the capital Sana’a. In retu, the US secretary of state said Houthis and allies can have a share in Yemen’s future unity govement. The proposal comes amid reports that Houthis have stepped up missile attacks on border regions in Saudi Arabia over the past weeks. The attacks are carried out in reaction to deadly Saudi airstrikes that the regime in Riyadh says are meant to undermine Houthis and allies and to restore power to Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, Yemen’s president who has resigned and fled the capital. About 10,000 people have been killed acr,yemen,yemen news,yemen map,yemen flag,yemen civil war,yemen missile attack,yemen cafe,yemen once crossword,yemeni food,yemenite jews ...ادامه مطلب

Addressing a conference on opportunities for Iran-Chile economic cooperation, held in the South American nation on Thursday, Zarif said Iran is ready to get letters of comfort from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury to assure foreign banks of working with Tehran without the fear of punitive reaction from Washington. OFAC administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries or individuals. The comments come against the backdrop of conces that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a lasting nuclear deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany), has not led to any major breakthroughs in Iran’s financial transactions with foreign banks and companies. Back in April, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said major global banks’ reluctance to work with Iran results from Washi,iran ready for war,iran ready for war 2013,iran ready for war 2015,iran ready for nuclear talks,iran ready for decisive battle,iran ready for battle,iran ready for israel,iran ready for talks,iran ready for israel attack,iran ready for isis ...ادامه مطلب

"The euro-based settlement system for South Korea-Iran trade will start on Aug. 29," Yoo Il-ho said as cited by Yonhap news agency recently. "The opening of the system will help further promote bilateral trade and investment (between the two countries),” he added. The finance minister further said the country’s KEB Hana Bank, Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank will handle the euro-based payment system, which uses the euro as a medium of trade, which is widely preferred by Iranian companies. The euro-based payment system is expected to pave the way for Korean businesses to speed up $45.6 billion worth bilateral projects that have been sealed in May during President Park Geun-hye’s visit to Iran following the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions. The sanctions were lifted after Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 reached an agreement on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and started implementing it on January 16. Let's block ads! (Why?, ...ادامه مطلب

Writing in the German daily "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung," Steinmeier said he wanted to avert a "new and dangerous arms race" to ensure peace in Europe and beyond. He said a new nonproliferation deal on conventional arms would be "a proven means for transparency, risk prevention and trust building." In an apparent reference to Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine, Steinmeier accused Moscow of violating basic, non-negotiable principles of peace, breaking delicate bonds of trust, painstakingly built up over decades. "At the same time, we must all be united in the desire to avoid a further twist in the escalating spiral," he wrote in his opinion piece, which was published Friday, Deutsche Welle reported. Even before the Ukraine conflict, there was a sense that a new confrontation was building, Steinmeier said. He then called for a "structured dialogue, with all partners who carry responsibility for the security of our continent." New military capabilities - including the, ...ادامه مطلب

“Today, the most serious danger that threatens humanity is terrorism and extremism,” Modi said in a meeting with visiting Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani in New Delhi on Friday. He further described Islam as “the religion of compassion and mercy”, and said Takfiri terrorists who are acting in the name of Islam have nothing to do with the religion. The Indian premier went on to say that since 1400 years ago, no phenomenon has been able to harm the religion as Takfiri terrorism has done so. Modi stressed the necessity to fight against ideological roots of Takfiri terrorism and said Iran-India cooperation in the fight against terrorism should be put on the agenda of the two countries. Shamkhani, for his part, described Tehran-New Delhi relations as “historical and constructive”, saying that the relationship has never posed any threats to other countries and followed no approach other than helping to promote regional stability and secu,forward india calls to usa ...ادامه مطلب

Residents wakened before dawn by the temblor emerged from their crumbled homes to find what they described as apocalyptic scenes "like Dante's Infeo," with entire blocks of buildings tued into piles of sand and rock, thick dust choking the air and a putrid smell of gas, AP reported. "The town isn't here anymore," said Sergio Pirozzi, the mayor of the hardest-hit town, Amatrice. "I believe the toll will rise." The magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome, where residents woke to a long swaying followed by aftershocks. The temblor shook the Lazio region and Umbria and Le Marche on the Adriatic coast, a highly seismic area that has witnessed major quakes in the past and continued to shake early Thursday with aftershocks. Dozens of people were pulled out alive by rescue teams and volunteers that poured in from ar,rescuers search for korean shipwreck survivors,nepal rescuers search for missing hikers,what some rescuers search for crossword clue,what some rescuers search for,afghanistan landslide rescuers search for missing ...ادامه مطلب

Speaking at a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia in Tehran on Tuesday evening, Larijani described Malaysia as a major Islamic country, saying that Iran attaches great significance to the Southeast Asian country. “Iran has friendly and brotherly ties with the Malaysian parliament,” he said, noting that there have been negotiations between the two sides on various issues, including parliamentary cooperation and economic ties. Noting that Iran and Malaysia have similar viewpoints, Larijani called for closer cooperation between the two countries in all areas. The Malaysian parliament speaker, for his part, emphasized that Kuala Lumpur is fully aware of Tehran’s important role in the Middle East, calling for closer bilateral economic ties. He added that the Malaysian govement would pave the ground for improving trade cooperation with Iran, ...ادامه مطلب