News Archive - 18 May 2023

Last week, Moscow hosted a quadrilateral ministerial meeting of the top diplomats from Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Syria on the restoration of relations between Ankara and Damascus, Sputnik reported. According to Cavusoglu, the meeting was constructive. "We have decided to develop a roadmap. In the near future, a committee will...

Iran’s water right from the Hirmand River is a serious issue, President Raeisi said during his visit to the southeastern region of the country to meet Pakistani Prime Minister, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, follow up on the implementation of development projects, and inaugurate several new plans. He further urged the rulers...

Iran’s Supreme Court Chief Ahmad Mortazavi Moqaddam met and held talks with the Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in Moscow. In this meeting, Volodin hailed the high-level relations between Iran and Russia in all fields, which he said are indicative of the political determination of both sides to...

Speaking at the joint news conference with Pakistan's PM on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Polan-Gabad electricity transmission line on Thursday, Iran's President expressed his happiness over boosting ties between Iran and Pakistan. He referred to the deeply rooted ties in the field of common beliefs, culture, religious...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke by phone Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said.  UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian exchanged views on several issues, including Yemen, Afghanistan, and developments in the Persian Gulf region, Dujarric said in a statement. The two...

Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said in an interview with IRNA that Pakistan and Iran are brotherly countries bound by deep-rooted religious, cultural, and linguistic ties. “Both our governments are collaborating closely for the betterment and socio-economic uplift of our peoples,” he said. He added the border markets including Mand-Pishin will not...

“Sadly, the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been arresting and keeping its citizens in custody for some time on a charge and bogus allegation of links with Iranian institutions,” Nasser Kan'ani said on Thursday, refuting the “chain accusations” that the Azerbaijan Republic has leveled against Iran recently. The spokesperson...

Nasser Kan’ani wrote in a post published on his Twitter page on Thursday that the signing of an agreement on the completion of the Rasht-Astara railroad, with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attending the ceremony via videoconference, as well as the inauguration of joint border...

Washington is likely to continue exerting more pressure on Russia and a number of other countries, but they have already adapted to such squeeze plays and will nevertheless continue fostering their cooperative relations, TASS quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Thursday. His comment came amid calls from Washington...

The Tehran-based team defeated Nassaji Mazandaran 4-0 on Thursday night, the final matchday of the league, to win the trophy with 66 points. Sepahan finished runner-up with 63 points after defeating fifteenth-place team Mes Kerman on Thursday. Mes Kerman and Naft Masjed Soleyman were relegated from the IPL. MNA/

Divided into four pots according to their seeding, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups with only two spots available at Paris 2024.  Group A hosts Australia were drawn with Chinese Taipei, Philippines and Iran. AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 winners China are the top seeds and...

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The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made the appeal to European governments to boost the reservoir, which is known as "the European Peace Facility (EPF)," European sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Already, as much as 4.6 billion euros ($4.9 billion) has been drawn from the fund to...

Kan'ani slammed the G7 for such a statement which has made ungrounded accusations against Iran.  Instead of making baseless accusations, they have to stop following the United States’ illegal sanctions which are a violation of the principles of international laws and human rights, the spokesman underlined. He went on...

Kayhan: Hajj aims to forge unity among Muslims against arrogance Etela'at: Raeisi, Putin sign contract to build Rasht-Astara railway Jomhuri-e Eslami: Iran serious about its Hirmand water right Javan: Rasht-Astara railway new path in world Eskenas: Leader: Hajj goal is boosting Muslims unity against arrogant powers Abrar: Iran, S Arabia...

The province is in need of improvements in employment and production, and Raeisi plans to achieve this through ties with Pakistan, the development of border markets, and infrastructure expansion. He stressed the importance of land-use planning data, which highlights the need for more development projects in the region. While he...

Omar Khayyam was born on 18 May 1048 in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade. A literal translation of the name Khayyam means 'tent maker' and this may have...

Lindsey Graham slammed the US administration for failing to stop Iran’s oil exports while addressing a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the US-China relationship on Tuesday. “Iranians are making more money under sanctions not less and China is the biggest reason we're not doing a damn thing about it,” he...

This is one of the six border markets which has been constructed along the Pak-Iran common border, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan. The Mand-Pishin border sustenance marketplace will provide a thriving platform for increasing cross-border trade, fostering economic growth, and opening up new avenues of opportunity for local...

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Thursday, May 18.