Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani has left Tehran for Astana to attend a meeting of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The head of the Qeshm Free Zone Organization said Chinese investors welcome the investment packages introduced at Iran’s free trade-industrial zones, Tasnim News Agency reported.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Coordination on Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari has said that Iran's membership in the BRICS bloc of emerging economies can significantly boost capacities of the organization in the fields.

Irans active diplomacy is now bearing fruit following the signing of over 100 documents and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) during Ebrahim Raisis tenure. The active foreign policy of President Ebrahim Raisis administration has yielded positive results. The agreements indicate the expansion of relations between Iran and other countries, which ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi left Tehran for New York on Monday to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Iranian President will attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly to advocate fair international order through economic multilateralism. President Raisi will give an address at the General Assembly ...

Irans presence in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS Plus will promote multilateralism in international relations, says Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani. He made the remarks in a Monday meeting with Kenneth Nbrega, Secretary for Africa, Europe, and the Middle East of the Brazilian Foreign ...

New Delhi, Aug 13, IRNA After the meeting of President Hassan Rouhani to India and his meeting with Narandra Modi on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Ufa, Russia, New Delhi and Tehran have ushered in new era of bilateral relations. The upcoming visit of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to India will also help to ...

A top executive at Irans state radio and televisionhas called for the establishment of independent media to counter the Wests media monopoly, Press TV reports. The Western media hegemony uses information as a tool to pursue its political interests,"Mohammad Akhgari, the director of the World Service of the Islamic Republic of IranBroadcasting (IRIB),...

Tehran, Dec 17, IRNA Agriculture Minister of Kazakhstan Assylzhan Mamytbekov in a meeting with Iranian Agriculture Jihad Minister Mahmoud Hojjati called for bilateral cooperation in the field of Irans experience especially with regard to horticulture development. Hojjati who is in Astana to represent Iran in the 13th Shanghai Cooperation Organization ...

Tehran, Oct 7, IRNA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati arrived in Moscow on Tuesday at the head of a delegation to take part in the 3rd meeting of agriculture ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states. Providing food security for member countries is said to top the main agenda of the meeting. The Moscow meeting is scheduled ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadehis due to participate in the 12th meeting of the prime ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Uzbekistan. Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited the Iranian minister to participate in the event which starts on Friday. The ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to UzbekistanAli Mardanifarstressed Tehran's readiness for sharing its experiences in campaign against drug trafficking with other countries. In a meeting with Head of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Xinfeng in Uzbekistan, Mardanifar ...

President Rouhani asks for international assurances before compromising on country's nuclear programme. Iran wants to end the standoff with global powers over its nuclear programme swiftly but will not sacrifice its rights or interests for the sake of a solution, President Hassan Rouhani has said. Meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ...

President Vladimir Putin on Friday won the support of Iran and China at a regional summit on Russia's initiative for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons, which he said had proved the "serious intentions" of the Damascus regime. Putin attended the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional security group sometimes seen as ...

Islamabad, Sept 13, IRNA -- A senior Pakistan analyst on Friday said that participation of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit would open new vistas of cooperation among regional states. The two-day SCO summit opened in Bishkek on Friday, bringing together heads of member and observer states. The Iranian ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have called for stronger trade ties between the two countries, describing the current level of bilateral trade transactions as insufficient. "The presidents decided to add an impetus to bilateral economic relations and intensify the contacts, the Interfax news agency quoted ...

Iran President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the expansion of the mutual relations and cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Tajikistan. The Iranian president called for stronger Tehran-Dushanbe ties in a meeting with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Friday. During the meeting, which took place on ...

[caption id="attachment_48975" align="alignright" width="180"] Several militants operating in Syria[/caption] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for an end to the arming of the Takfiri militants operating in Syria, expressing concern over the terrorists possession of chemical weapons. We ... believe that arming the extremist and Takfiri ...

 

TEHRAN (Tasnim) President Hassan Rouhani who is in Bishkek to attend the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization emphasized the importance of the conference -- especially in view of the prevailing situation in the region. President Rouhani made the remarks at Imam Khomeini International Airport on Thursday morning before leaving ...