Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Alireza Zakani, two among the six candidates who are competing to become Iran’s next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, have withdrawn from the race.
The new members of the City Council of Tehran elected Alireza Zakani as the mayor of the metropolis.
The Council picked Zakani as mayor in a vote held on Wednesday.
Zakani, 55, has been serving as a member of the Iranian Parliament representing the city of Qom since early 2020. He has also led the Iranian Parliaments Research Center for nearly ...
MNA An Iranian lawmaker strongly rebuked a new resolution passed by the IAEA Board of Governors against Tehran, urging the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol in response.
Iran has voluntarily accepted the Additional Protocol, however, under the current circumstances, our national interests entail the halt of the Protocols implementation,...
Al-Monitor - The Iranian government dismissed the latest in a series of reports that President Hassan Rouhani is resigning from his post. Government spokesman and presidential aide Ali Rabiee dismissed the rumors in an interview with reporters after a cabinet meeting in Tehran Feb. 12. As I have written before, Rouhani will stay with the nation to ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of the Iranian parliaments Special Commission for Reviewing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Alireza Zakani said the country believes that the UNs nuclear watchdog has not fulfilled its duties toward the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian people and their representatives (in the parliament) believe that the International ...
Chairman of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Review Committee Alireza Zakani has sent separate letters to the heads of the three government branches, asking for joint sessions between his committee and the executive, legislative and judiciary branches to discuss the Iran nuclear deal.
In his letters to President Hassan Rouhani, Speaker ...
TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) Head of the Parliament Special Commission for reviewing the JCPOA announced that the commission is ready to hold a hearing session with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.Senior Parliamentarian from Tehran constituency Alireza Zakani made the remarks this morning at the beginning of the meeting of Joint Comprehensive Plan of ...
The 15-member Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Review Committee held its first session in parliament on Sunday and picked Alireza Zakani as its chairman and Mansour Haghighatpour and Vahid Ahmadi as the first and second deputy chairmen.
Hossein Naghavi Hosseini was also elected as the committees spokesman.
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[caption id="attachment_146885" align="alignright" width="184"] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as they walk on a street in Geneva on January 14.[/caption]
In Iran, foreign policy heavyweight Sadegh Kharazi has come out in strong support of the countrys nuclear negotiating team. ...
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The top story of most Iranian newspapers on Monday was former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads disavowal of the actions of his deputy Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who has been found ...
The recent capture of Sanaa by Zaidi fighters was celebrated in the Iranian media as a "victory for the revolutionaries". The Arab press, by contrast, accused Iran of trying to influence events in Yemen after already getting involved in Iraq and Syria. The conflict increasingly threatens to be seen as an exclusively Sunni-Shia power struggle.
"The ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials are angry at their US counterparts for rocking the boat and publicizing a changed text of the agreement signed between Tehran and the world powers in Geneva on Sunday.
The Americans are not allowed to release the White House statement (fact sheet) and show double-standard behavior and repeat this attitude to deprive ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian lawmaker said President Rouhani's trip to New York opened up a new chapter in international relations, and while welcoming Iran's change in tone towards the US, he called on the White House to take serious action to redress its past track record with Iran.
The US needs to show it is serious to make a new start in ...
Two Iranian principlist parties have nominated their prospective candidates for the forthcoming presidential election in June.
The Perseverance Front has chosen former health minister, Kamran Baqeri Lankarani, as their nominee, while the Front of the Epic Makers of the Islamic Revolution (FEMIR) has picked lawmaker Alireza Zakani as its presidential ...
TEHRAN, May 17 (UPI) --Iranian presidential hopefulAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjanihas a history of making "huge" political mistakes, a conservative rival candidate contends.
The 12-member Guardian Council is vetting candidates from a list of about 600 hopefuls who submitted their interest in replacingMahmoud Ahmadinejad, who's ineligible to compete because ...
[caption id="attachment_28614" align="alignright" width="300"] Iranian principlist presidential hopefuls, Alireza Zakani (L) and Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel[/caption]
Principlist Iranian presidential hopefuls Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel and Alireza Zakani have criticized rival hopeful and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for signing up in Iran's June ...
Many Iranian Reformist, Principlist and independent hopefuls say the failure to choose frontrunners could split the vote in the upcoming presidential election,Press TVreports.
Reformist presidential hopeful, Mohammad-Reza Aref, told Press TV on Sunday that the group will pick its frontrunner after the Guardian Council publishes a final list of approved ...
Iran news headlines on Saturdayinclude Iran oil exports to NKorea; Iranian Ground Forces military drill in near future;Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Councilannouncementfor running in presidential election; two Iranian principlist parties nomination for presidency andRussian deputy FM visiting Iran for talks on regional issues.
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