VP Jahangiri to leave for Iraqi holy city of Najaf tomorrow

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – The First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri will leave Tehran for the holy Iraqi city of Najaf as the Arbaeen pilgrimage approaches.

Iranian, British economic agents hold meeting in London to discuss bilateral trade ties

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – A meeting dubbed ‘Iran-UK trade relations: opportunities and prospects’ between the economic agents of Iran and Britain was held in London on Friday with the participation of economic agents and representatives of a group of corporations as well as the Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad.

E3 share same stance with US on JCPOA to weaken Iran: Amir-Abdollahian

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Iranian parliamentary official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Iran has given up hope on Europe to implement JCPOA.

FAFT extends deadline for Iran to tighten money laundering regulations

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Global watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), extends suspension of anti-Iran measures until February 2020 to let the country tighten its rules against money laundering in compliance with the global watchdog’s financial standards.

Arbaeen shows high level of security in Iran: Shamkhani

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Iranian top security official Ali Shamkhani said on Friday that the safe journey of millions of pilgrims between Iran and Iraq during Arbaeen processions every year shows the high level of security in Iran.

Sooner or later Ronaldo will beat my record: Daei

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Former Iran national football team forward Ali Daei says Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo will surpass his goalscoring record sooner or later.

HOPE to bring peace, stability to region: China

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Expressing support for the Hormuz Peace Initiative (HOPE) put forward by President Hassan Rouhani, Spokesman for China's diplomatic apparatus said the initiative will bring peace and stability to the region.

Arbaeen has turned into ‘nightmare’ for enemies

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Tehran provisional Friday Prayers Leader Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari said that the great march of Arbaeen has become a nightmare for enemies.

Japan to dispatch its own troops to Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Japan will send its own self-defense troops to the Strait of Hormuz instead of joining the US-coalition to protect commercial vessels passing through key Middle Eastern waterways, the Asahi newspaper reported.

Any delay in taking 4th step of reducing JCPOA commitments 'pure loss'

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – "Any delay occurring in scaling down Iran's JCPOA commitments, waiting for incapable Europeans to take measures, is a pure loss," the Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei wrote in a tweet.

Zarif holds phone conversations with Russian, Iraqi, Syrian counterparts

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate phone conversations with Russian, Syrian, and Iraqi FMs on Thursday.

Allameh Tabataba'i Univ. to host Intl. Conference on “Unilateralism, International Law”

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – The International Conference on “Unilateralism and International Law” will be held by Abrar Moaser International Research and Studies Cultural Institute and Allameh Tabataba'i University on Oct. 21 in the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

UAE moving towards settling differences with Iran: official

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi said that UAE officials have taken some steps to resolve disputes with Tehran.

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Medicine production capacity in Iran, four times more than domestic requirement

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of Health and Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) Mohammadreza Shanehsaz said that medicine production capacity in the country is four to 4.5 times more than the domestic requirement.

Iran soccer team wins bronze in 2019 World Beach Games

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Iranian men’s national beach soccer team claimed the bronze medal of 2019 World Beach Games in Qatar.

US extends sanctions waiver for Iraq's gas, electricity imports from Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – The US Department of State has once again exempted Iraq from its sanctions against the Islamic Republic, allowing it to continue gas and electricity imports from Iran for another three-month period.

Oman welcomes transfer of Iran’s pharmaceutical technology: Minister

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Oman's Minister of Health, Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Obaid Al Saidi said that his country welcomes transfer of Iran’s advanced pharmaceutical technologies to Oman.