Middle East Headlines

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Head of the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI) announced the start of cooperation with the Department of Standards Malaysia....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Accompanied by a high-ranking economic and banking delegation, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, March 16....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its monthly report announced that Iran's production of oil increased in the second month of 2023 (February) by an average of 17,000 barrels per day (bpd)....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Military forces from Iran, Russia and China are going to stage a joint naval war game in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean on Wednesday....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A member of the Inter-Parliamentary Council of the Iranian Parliament said the country has welcomed South Korea's proposal for enhancing economic relations with Iran....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, which boasts...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad said that the Iraqi prime minister has promised to solve the problem of Iran's access to its FOREX resources in Iraqi banks....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Navy's 86th flotilla of warships has officially broken the record for the distance an Iranian flotilla has sailed in international waters....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) said on Tuesday that Iran and Iraq have agreed to resume the construction operation of the ShalamchehBasra Railway and relaunching of the hybrid TehranKarbala train....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The acting minister of industries and commerce of Afghanistan emphasized the need for strengthening economic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The volume of trade exchanges between Iran and Iraq in the 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year of 1401 (March 21, 2022 to February 21, 2023) registered a 20 percent growth compared to the last year's corresponding period....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Informed sources said important bilateral talks are taking place between Iran and Bahrain to restore the relations between the two countries....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said the recent agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore diplomatic ties highlights the shared desire to "resolve disputes through communication and di...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian voiced Tehran's support for any political solution to the crisis in Yemen that would ensure a lasting ceasefire and lift the humanitarian blockade on the Arab country....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The foreign minister of Russia hailed the achievement of an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia on the resumption of relations after seven years....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed the need for the countries sanctioned by the US to cooperate with each other and form a united front to destroy the weapon of sanctions....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria, and Turkey are set to meet in Moscow on March 15-16, as part of efforts to normalize the relations between Ankara and Damascus....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Highlighting the role of the Iran-Iraq Joint Commission in the removal of trade barriers between the two countries, the Iranian minister of economy said that Tehran and Baghdad will witness the considerable growth in bilateral trade next y...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Reiterating Iran's openness to normal relations with neighboring and regional countries, including Jordan and Libya, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry highlighted the significant role of the capacities of Iran and Egypt in...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq are poised to enhance their relations in trade and economic fields....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq, expressed gratitude to Iraq for its efforts to facilitate recent dialogue with Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani on Monday night....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Arrangements are being made for a meeting between the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia following the recent agreement on the resumption of diplomatic ties between the two states, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaa...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Suitable ways have been paved for the promotion of trade between Iran and Belarus, Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Seyed Reza Fatemi Amin said....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed a summit in Beijing this year for the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and Iran, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Noting that the power grids of Iran and Pakistan were connected, the Iranian Minister of Energy said that the electricity transmission line between the two countries was designed and constructed in less than a year with a capacity of 200 m...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Aleinik expressed his country's willingness to take advantage of Iran's experiences in dealing with the illegal sanctions imposed by the Western governments....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Hans Grundberg, the UN's special representative, praised the recent agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic ties, saying it has positive implications for the entire region, especially Yemen....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry reminded the US that the exchange of prisoners is a totally humanitarian issue which should not be subject to political games....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi described plans for stronger relations with neighboring countries as an essential element of his administration....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The volume of electricity exchange between Iran and Pakistan will surge by about 200 megawatt....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) According to the statistics released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, known as RAI, the rail transit volume of the country in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022 to January 21, 2023) topped 1.2...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission will hold business-to-business (B2B) meetings in May....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry published footage from the French police's use of brute violence against protestors, taking a swipe at the West for preaching about human rights and violating them at the same time....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Ministry of Interior said over 100 individuals involved in recent incidents at schools that resulted in the ailment of some students have been identified, arrested, and investigated in 11 provinces....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's non-oil trade with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)'s member states in the first 11 months of the current year (from March 21, 2022 to February 20, 2023) exceeded $38.8 billion, a spokesman said....