MNA Adviser to Irans Parliament speaker, Mansour Haghighatpour, told Mehr News on Saturday that the recent developments in Iraqi city of Basra which culminated in an attack on Irans consulateare completely suspicious. Speaking to Mehr News Agency on Saturday, Adviser to Irans Parliament speaker, Mansour Haghighatpour, said the attack ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) Vice president of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission called for formation of a truth finding committee to investigate the hajj incidents. Mansour Haghighatpour, while condemning the Saudi administration for mismanagement of hajj rituals, underlined that the continuation of incidents like what happened ...

The 15-member Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Review Committee held its first session in parliament on Sunday and picked Alireza Zakani as its chairman and Mansour Haghighatpour and Vahid Ahmadi as the first and second deputy chairmen. Hossein Naghavi Hosseini was also elected as the committees spokesman. [Footer: Zakani is a principlist Tehran ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Two Iranian lawmakers visited a number of Yemeni citizens injured in recent deadly bombings in Yemen's Capital of Sana'a. Mansour Haghighatpour and Seyed Hossein Naghavi visited in hospital the 52 Yemeni citizens who have been transferred to Iran to undergo medical treatment. Some 500 people were injured in suicide attacks ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iranian FM raps US for theatrical acts in dealing with terrorism Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lashed out at Washington for supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group which is threatening the entire region, saying the United States ...

[caption id="attachment_115296" align="alignright" width="254"] A Fly Dubai aircraft (file photo)[/caption] Iran says a Fly Dubai airliner with about 100 Americans on board made an emergency landing in southern Iran due to the discrepancy between flight plan and pilot transmissions. Iranian officials said the chartered plane, transporting Americans ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran ordered a commercial aircraft chartered by the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan to land in the Islamic Republic so it could pay expenses and complete paperwork, an official there said Saturday. The comments by Mansour Haghighatpour, a member of the parliamentary committee on national security and ...

TEHRAN, March 16 (MNA) Irans Parliament deputy-head of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has said Minister of Intelligence had warned the Foreign Ministry about Ashtons meetings with some convicted seditionists. Mansour Haghighatpour told Mehr News Parliament correspondent that the Commission had met with Intelligence Minister and Takht ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Will Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributors John Lesnewich and Mehrdad Moarefian. (E) = Article in English Excerpts of these translations may only be used with the expressed consent of ...

Iranian FM spokesman, Abbas Araqchi has denied news about some 50 of Iran's embassies working without ambassadors, Iranian Keyhan newspaper reported. "For the time being, all of 100 Iranian embassies and representative offices abroad work under ambassadors and heads of office," he said. It should be noted that yesterday Iranian Mardomsalari newspaper ...