Iran News

Iran is serious about extraditing hostage-takers from Pakistan, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said, adding that Tehran has already sent to Islamabad several documents proving the Iranian nationality of the criminals.

A large network counterfeiting bank notes, traveler’s checks, bank drafts and governmental papers and documents was disbanded by Iranian intelligence forces here on Tuesday.

The Islamic Republic of Iran will celebrate the start of official flights by its home-made fighter jet ‘Saeqeh’ on Thursday.

Iran said a warning by the French foreign minister that the world should brace for war with Iran damages the credibility of France and is out of line with EU policy.

Iran has massively cut down its dependence on the dollar in the face of US pressure over its nuclear program and now 70 percent of its foreign assets are saved in other currencies or in gold, an official said on Monday.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hamid Reza Asefi stressed the need for Tehran and Abu Dhabi to endorse the required agreements to support the two countries’ labor force.

Lieutenant commander of the ground force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said IRGC will stand against every threat posed by the world powers to the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran’s policy on Lebanon is based on supporting consensus among the Lebanese and encouraging all the relevant parties to move towards mutually agreed solutions.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Tehran is prepared to attend the next round of talks with the US if it is requested by the Iraqi government.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Tabriz in Iran’s northwestern province of Eastern Azarbaijan Sunday morning.