Iran Daily


35th Fajr International Film Festival inaugurated
The 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) began on Friday with the participation of about 350 guests, including filmmakers, sellers and filmmaking students.

Electioneering begins in presidential vote
Campaigning began on Friday for Iran’s upcoming presidential election with incumbent Hassan Rouhani facing off five other challengers in a grueling race.

Fears engulf French election after policeman shot in Paris
The killing of a policeman on Paris’s Champs Elysees, claimed by the Daesh terror group, rocked France’s presidential race on Friday with just two days to go before one of the closest races in recent memory.

Iran crowned in Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships
Iranian men and women collected nine golds, three silvers and a bronze to be crowned champion in the 9th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Kazakhstan on Friday.

Further clashes in Venezuela after deadly unrest
Venezuelan riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests by President Nicolas Maduro’s opponents, further inflaming tensions.

Zarif slams ‘worn-out’ US accusations
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif censured “worn-out” accusations leveled by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson against the Islamic Republic, urging Washington to honor its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Decisive days on the horizon
President Hasan Rouhani said decisive days are ahead of us and we should not forget that it takes to pass the difficulties to achieve improvement.

Pentagon chief says Iran deal ‘still stands’
The US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday said Iran is sticking to the terms of the nuclear deal, adding that the 2015 agreement between the Islamic Republic and world powers “still stands and that’s all I can say about it.”

Tehran censures US for anti-Iran allegations
Iran’s UN ambassador rejected recent US allegations against Tehran over its role in the region during a UN session examining the situation in the Middle East and Palestine in specific, as the US was trying to force the United Nations Security Council turn its attention away from Israel, and instead target the Islamic Republic.


Tehran Times

List of qualified presidential candidates released
Iran’s Interior Ministry announced on Thursday the final list of qualified presidential candidates.

Iran’s current account surplus jumps in 2016: World Bank
The World Bank in its recent report of Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) announced that Iran’s current account surplus rose to 6.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016 from 2.7 percent in 2015.

Protectionism threatens global economy’s upturn: poll
The global economy is in a broad-based upturn with core inflation at last on the rise, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters, but the worldwide gains remain under threat from trade protectionism.

Israel deterred from launching new war on Lebanon: Hezbollah deputy chief
Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says its high level of defense readiness has so far deterred Israel from launching a new act of aggression against the country, warning that any such war would end in a “guaranteed loss” for the regime.

Iranian scientist receives ASCE’s prestigious Huber Prize
Dr. Kaveh Madani, Centre for Environmental Policy, will receive the Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Intl. Quran Competition opens in Tehran
The 34th International Quran Competition opened at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla during a special ceremony on Wednesday evening.

Zarif advises Tillerson to learn from past
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has advised U.S. counterpart Rex Tillerson to take lessons from the failure of former U.S. officials’ hostile policies against Iran.

Iran condemns terrorist attack in Paris
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday offered his condolences to the French people over a terrorist incident that took place in central Paris, during which one police officer was killed and two others critically wounded.

Russia hopes U.S. will realize Iran nuclear deal is viable
Moscow hopes Washington will realize that the Iran nuclear deal is viable after reviewing it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS on Friday.