Iran raps Israel refusal to join CW pacts
An Iranian official says Israel’s refusal to join international treaties on disarmament causes instability and insecurity in the region.
View ArticleIran to hold Islam World Martyrs confab
Iran is planning to hold the first edition of International Congress of Islam World’s Martyrs in the country’s capital city of Tehran.
View ArticleIran victims attend OPCW conference
Iranian victims of chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war have travelled to The Hague to share their story at a conference of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),...
View ArticleIran navy repels ten pirate attacks
Iranian Navy commander says the country’s naval forces have since, last summer, repelled ten pirate attacks and freed two vessels seized by pirates.
View Article10 nabbed over Iranian prosecutor killing
Security forces have apprehended 10 of the perpetrators behind last month’s assassination of the prosecutor of the city of Zabol in southeastern Iranian Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province.
View ArticleHow to watch Press TV
Following a move by the European satellite provider Eutelsat SA to take Press TV off the air in a flagrant violation of freedom of speech, Press TV viewers can continue to watch the news channel via...
View ArticleIran urges int’l fight against narcotics
Iran has called on international organizations and all countries across the globe to work together closely to combat narcotics.
View Article'Aseman ready for direct Iran-US flights'
Iran Aseman Airlines has expressed readiness to launch direct flights between Tehran and New York should the diplomatic efforts between Iranian and American officials bear fruit.
View ArticleKazem Motamednejad passes away
Iran’s father of communication sciences professor Kazem Motamednejad has passed away at the age of 79 at the capital city of Tehran.
View ArticleIran starts building 1st commercial plane
Iran has started building its first commercial passenger airplane, a twin-engine turbojet aircraft, which can accommodate 150 passengers, Press TV reports.
View ArticlePope slams ‘global scandal’ of hunger
Pope Francis has denounced the ‘global scandal’ of hunger, urging members of all religions to join a ‘wave of prayer’ to bring attention to the plight of the needy and homeless.
View ArticleIran sends 2nd monkey into space
Iran has sent a live monkey into space and returned it to earth safely aboard an indigenous bio-capsule.
View ArticleMaliki offers condolences to Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has offered condolences to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over the Friday killing of more than a dozen Iranians in a terrorist attack in Iraq.
View ArticleUN warns of growing electronic waste
The United Nations has warned about the flood of toxic electronic waste in the world, as the global annual volume of so-called E-waste is expected to grow by 33 percent in just five years, posing great...
View ArticleIran students to get apology from Dutch
The Dutch National Ombudsman Alex Brenninkmeijer has called on the Netherlands’ government to apologize to Iranian students and scholars over barring them from entering the universities of the European...
View ArticleEU hands UN emergency aid for Syria
The European Union (EU) has given three United Nations (UN) agencies 147 million euros in emergency aid for Syria, which has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011.
View ArticleUS man jailed in Iran satellite case
A Maryland citizen has been sentenced to eight years behind bars for allegedly assisting Iran to launch its first research satellite. Nader Modanlo was handed the sentence on Friday by a US federal...
View ArticleShia Muslims to commemorate Arbaeen
Millions of Shia Muslims in Iran and around the world are preparing to commemorate Arbaeen, the end of a mourning period for the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH).The Arbaeen ceremony is...
View ArticleMillions of Iranians mark Arbaeen
Millions of Iranians are holding mourning rituals on Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam.
View ArticleRouhani sends Pope Christmas greeting
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated Pope Francis and followers of the Catholic Church on the birth of Jesus Christ. In a message to the Pope on Wednesday, President Rouhani stressed the...
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