The Iranian president says any Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are bound to fail as long as the main problems of the Palestinian nation remain unresolved. “Tens of rounds of negotiations have been held for more than 30 years and tens of plans have been put forward but they have all failed,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in [...]

Iran has extended a credit line of more than 200 million euros to Bolivia to help the industrial development of the South American country. The agreement included the transfer of technology to Bolivia, Iranian Minister of Industries and Mining Ali Akbar Mehrabian said at a joint press conference with Bolivian President Evo Morales in the [...]

Iran has rejected reports that the survivors of Pakistan’s devastating floods have thronged behind Iran’s borders, trying to enter the country. “We have not received any news concerning the surge of flood-hit people of Pakistan to Iran’s borders and the security officials of the Interior Ministry have not confirmed the case whatsoever,” Iranian Foreign Ministry [...]

The Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Opressed People says Iran’s Foreign Ministry is in charge of leading all matters related to the country’s foreign policies and affairs. Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Cabinet on Monday on the occasion of Government Week. Imam [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad along with the member of his Cabinet on Saturday attended the mausoleum of Late Imam Khomeni to pay homage to him and renew allegiance to his lofty aspirations. The Cabinet ministers, their deputies and advisors accompanied President Ahmadinejad in the ceremony.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said taboos about women attending the Cabinet have broken and his government has helped women play active roles in various arenas. Today, with their active presence in various venues, the faithful, joyful and dynamic Muslim Iranian women have proved this fact, noted the Iranian president in a meeting with the officials [...]

The Iranian government seeks to invigorate Lake Orumieh via plans to add some two billion cubic meters of water to the shrinking lake, a report says. “With the order of the Iranian President [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad], two billion cubic meters of water will be added to the lake between five and ten years,” Mehr news agency [...]

Iran’s special envoy for the Middle East, Esfandiyar Rahim-Mashaei, has conveyed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s message to the Emir of Kuwait. The newly appointed envoy visited the emirate on Wednesday and handed Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah with the Iranian President’s written response to an earlier letter from the Emir of Kuwait. [...]

Iran’s president says the government is fully prepared to deal with sanctions, and will turn them into an opportunity for economic boom and self-sufficiency. “The sanctions are aimed at putting pressure on the Iranian nation”, said Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a joint meeting of government and parliament. “If they say they have no intention of pressurizing [...]

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the construction of a new nuclear site could begin next year, if the president issues the order. “Should the Iranian President [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] issue the order, the construction of one of the new nuclear sites will being as of next year,” Ali Akbar Salehi [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a new Irish ambassador to Tehran Tuesday that unilateral and unfair global structures have expedited a collapse of the current world order. The President also urged the visiting Oliver Grogen that the world was in need of a new order based on justice, friendship and respect. He said the independent approach [...]

The Iranian president says while US accuses Iran of restricting its media the American people and media are the targets of the “worst kind of suppression.” “The worst kind of suppression exists in the United States. During the tenure of [former US president George W.] Bush, they controlled postal packages and tapped phone calls,” Mahmoud [...]

The Iranian economy minister says the Islamic Republic does not welcome the latest sanctions imposed by the Western powers but it will not allow such measures to adversely affect the future of the country. “Although we do not welcome sanctions and are not happy with the resolution issued, we will not sacrifice the country’s future,” [...]

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has criticized the country’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his choice of words, saying the chief executive’s remarks “counter reality.” “The President’s language should be decent, sound and fair,” said Larijani in reaction to President Ahmadinejad’s speech among journalists on Saturday marking Journalist Day, ILNA reported on Sunday. The [...]

Iran’s presidential office has rejected as false reports of a grenade attack on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the western city of Hamedan. Earlier Wednesday, some foreign news sources said Ahmadinejad’s convoy was targeted by a homemade explosive device as he was travelling from Hamadan’s airport to give a speech in a local sports arena. The [...]

The Iranian president has slammed the new sanctions against the country’s energy sector, saying the Islamic Republic will reserve no place for deal-breaking countries. In a Tuesday address in the northwestern city of Hamadan, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pointed out that Iran has always turned sanctions into big opportunities. “We do not welcome [sanctions] but…you help [...]

The Iranian president has expressed gratitude for the “exemplary participation” of Bazaar merchants and businessmen in filing their income statement with the National Tax Administration. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a Thursday statement that the move attests to the solidarity of the nation and the government. “I thank all the Bazaar syndicates and merchants for [...]

Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces warns Western military analysts and chiefs against attacking the Middle East to avoid “humiliation” over their “unwise” move. “We advise American, British and Israeli commanders and analysts against another unwise act in order to avoid [future] humiliation and distress over failures in the Middle East because in this [...]

Iran has unveiled its largest domestically-manufactured telescope, as part of an overall policy to achieve self-sufficiency in the field of technology. Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi unveiled the telescope dubbed Tara on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by a number of lawmakers as well as governors of Isfahan and Markazi province in the [...]

An expansion project for a major chemical company in the west-central Iranian province of Qazvin comes on stream, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on hand. The company run by the private sector produces raw materials for different types of detergents and sanitary items. The project whereby phase two of the company entered service on Monday will [...]