Iran’s Aseman Airlines Signs Deal to Buy at Least 30 Boeing Jets
April 04, 2017
By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Tim Hepher
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - Iran's Aseman Airlines has signed a tentative deal to buy at least 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets, in the first new business with the...
Iran’s Re-engagement With The World at Stake in Friday Presidential Vote
May 17, 2017
By Parisa Hafezi
- Rouhani seeks to energise reformist vote
- Many disappointed at lack of jobs and change
- Hardliners unite behind cleric Raisi (Adds Mousavi's decision to vote)
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranians vote for president on Friday...
U.S. Treasury Chief Says Reviewing Iran’s Aircraft Licenses
May 24, 2017
By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is reviewing licenses for Boeing Co and Airbus to sell aircraft to Iran, department head Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday, telling lawmakers he would...
France Condemns Attacks on Iran Parliament, Mausoleum
June 7, 2017
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned an attack claimed by Islamic State militants that killed at least 12 people in the Iranian capital Tehran.
"We strongly condemn the attacks...
UPDATE- Powerful Saudi prince sees no chance for dialogue with Iran
May 02, 2017
By Sami Aboudi and Omar Fahmy
- Iran seeks to control Muslims, says top prince
- Says any contest should happen in Iran, not Saudi
- Saudi land push in Yemen could cause heavy casualties
- Time on Riyadh's side...
Iran Kills Members of Sunni Jihadist Group in Southeast
June 14, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian forces killed two members of a Sunni Muslim jihadist group in the city of Chabahar on Wednesday and arrested five others, the intelligence minister said, as security forces stepped...
Expert Warns of AIDS Epidemic in Iran
December 05, 2016
Dr Masoud Mardani, dean of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University Medical School and a member of the Iranian Research for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), has warned that the country could face an AIDS epidemic unless a...
ISIL’s Retreat from Mosul: The Nasty Consequences
June 6, 2017
By Ahmad Rafat
The Battle of Mosul is a joint military offensive launched in October 2016 by Iraqi government forces, Iranian-backed Shia militia, and the Peshmerga military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan. Its aim...
Turkey’s Erdogan Decries Isolation of Qatar as ‘Inhumane’, Against Islamic Values
June 13, 2017
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday denounced the isolation of Qatar as "inhumane and against Islamic values", and said the methods used against the Gulf state were unacceptable.
Erdogan's defence...
Iran Says London Attacks “Wake Up Call”, Urges Uprooting Terrorism sources
June 4, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday the London attacks were a "wake-up call" and urged Western states to go after ideological and financial sources of terrorism, state media reported, in a thinly veiled...
