TEHRAN,Jan.16(MNA)--Iran’s fifth five-year socio-economic development plan, which ends in 2015, has envisaged transferring up to 200,000 employees of the state-run sector to the private sector, the

TEHRAN,Jan.16(MNA)--A number of European companies have announced readiness to buy Iranian oil in advance, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) director for international affairs said, adding th

TEHRAN,Jan.16(MNA)--Some 11 million tons of goods will be transited via Iran by the end of the current calendar year (March 19, 2012), the deputy roads and urban development minister anticipated, s

Paris, Jan 16, IRNA – Islamic Republic of Iran's new ambassador to France, Ali Ahani, said on Sunday that Tehran is not pursuing the closing of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf region.

Qom, Jan 16, IRNA – Tehran's substitute Friday prayers leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said here on Sunday that it goes without saying that the US and Zionist intelligence services were invo

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – A senior military advisor to the Supreme Leader warns that if Iran is threatened it has different tools to “defend its national interests.”

Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA – Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said that his ministry is going to inaugurate several defense and satellite-launching projects during Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies

TEHRAN,Jan.16(MNA) – Iranian presidential media adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr was sentenced to one year in prison and banned from membership of political parties, groups, and associations for five ye

TEHRAN,Jan.16(MNA) – Iranian MP Parviz Sorouri of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Sunday that the deviationists and seditionists have launched a smear campaign aga

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