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Qalibaf Elected Iran’s New Parliament Speaker

Iranian lawmakers on Thursday elected Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former mayor of Tehran, as the new speaker of the Parliament. Out of the 267 lawmakers present at an open session of the Parliament on Thursday, 230 voted for Qalibaf and 17 for Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, who headed the Atomic Energy Organization ...

May 28, 2020

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Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami

Iran Never to Show Passivity against Enemies: IRGC Chief

Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hussein Salami hailed Iran’s considerable progress in the defense sector, underlining that the Islamic Republic will never show passivity against enemies’ threats. Addressing an unveiling ceremony of new offensive fast boats in the port city of Bandar Abbas on ...

May 28, 2020

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Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpoor

Some 63 More Iranians Die from Coronavirus over Past 24 Hours

Head of Iran’s Health Ministry Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that 63 more Iranians died from coronavirus over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 7,627. He said that 112,988 people out of a total of 143,849 infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) have survived and ...

May 28, 2020

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Imam Khamenei appoints Larijani Leader advisor, Expediency Council member

Former Parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, has been appointed advisor to Leader of Islamic Revolution and also a member of the Expediency Council. In a decree on Thursday, Leader of Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei appointed Larijani his advisor and a member of the Expediency Council. The Leader’s decree reads, “In ...

May 28, 2020

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Over 100 Domestically-Built Speed Boats Join Iran’s IRGC Fleet

The naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have received more than 100 missile-launching speed boats in the southern waters. 112 new-generation speed boats of different classes, designed and manufactured by Iranian experts, joined the IRGC fleet in the waters of southern Hormozgan province on Thursday, in a ...

May 28, 2020

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Iran to tighten Persian Gulf security belt: General Hatami

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic will boost its security measures in the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf, especially the Strait of Hormuz, with the help of its domestically-built vessels and equipment. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of new offensive speedy boats in the ...

May 28, 2020

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Iran Registers More than 2,000 Coronavirus Infections, 56 Deaths

The novel coronavirus has infected 2,080 people and claimed 56 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said. Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 141,591 ...

May 27, 2020

Middle East

US Has No Right to Intervene in Iran-Venezuela Trade: Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed that the United States has no right to intervene in legal trades between independent states. “Americans seek to intervene in a normal oil trade between two friend countries while this has nothing to do with them,” Rouhani said on Wednesday while speaking in a cabinet ...

May 27, 2020

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Iran’s Newly-elected Parliament Convenes with a Message from Leader

Iran’s newly-elected Parliament convened for the first time on Wednesday with the head of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s office addressing it with a message from the Leader. In the message at the opening ceremony of the eleventh Parliament, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei called on the newly-elected MPs to ...

May 27, 2020

Middle East

Resolving Iran’s Problems Acts against US Oppression: Larijani

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that resolving Iran’s problems is the most significant revolutionary step against US oppression. He made the remarks in meeting with parliamentary deputies of executive bodies and appreciated their efforts to solve problems and having integration with members of the parliament. “I believe ...

May 26, 2020