IFP- A senior Iranian conservative figure has criticized the Guardian Councils decision to disqualify the Zoroastrian member of Yazds City Council Sepanta Niknam, who had been elected by popular vote.
Former chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Ezatollah Zarghami, published an image of Niknam on his Instagram page and wrote,...
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Iran seals its status as truce guarantor in Syria
Iran has officially become a country along with Russia and Turkey guaranteeing the truce in Syria, Head of the Russian delegation and Presidential Envoy for Syrian Settlement Alexander Lavrentyev said on Wednesday.
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Tasnim Former head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Ezzatollah Zarghami announced on Wednesday that he would seek the presidency in the May election.
Ending months of speculation, Zarghami said he has finally accepted the calls for standing as a candidate for the 12th presidential election, slated for May 19.
In a short statement,...
Al-Monitor- With the Iranian presidential elections in May, rivals of incumbent Hassan Rouhani continue to assess possible candidates. In recent weeks and months, one new name has repeatedly surfaced in the Iranian media: Ezzatollah Zarghami.
The former director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)holdsa bachelor's degree incivil ...
IFP- Former head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Organisation, Ezzatollah Zarghami, in a post in his Twitter account, requested President Rouhani to direct some of the witty remarks he utters to silence his domestic critics, at Donald Trump so that he stops scorning and disrespecting Iranians.
Trump does not get the meaning of ...
One month ago, during to a visit to the Principlist news agency Tasnim, former director of IRIB, Irans state-run TV and radio broadcasting, Ezatollah Zarghami denied any plans to run for president for now. Andnowis a short span of time in Irans political scene, especially when it comes to elections. For the moment, I feel obliged to reinforce the revolutionary ...
September 29, The Iran Project A few days ago, the Supreme Leader of Irans Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei ended some speculations among Principlists that the former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is eyeing to participate in Irans 2017 presidential elections, saying it is not in his and the countrys interests to run for presidency....
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Comments by the Supreme Leader that if Europe imposes new sanctions on Iran, Tehran will retaliate and slap sanctions on Europe too dominated the front pages of Iranian ...
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Marie Donovan, Warren Marshall, and Dianna Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online.
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[caption id="attachment_128127" align="alignright" width="174"] New president of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Dr. Mohammad Sarafraz[/caption]
Mohammad Sarafraz has been officially inaugurated as the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Mohammad Mohammadi-Golpayegani,...
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 37 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Nuclear talks between representatives of Iran, the EU and the US in Muscat, Oman dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday.
Abrar:Iraqi Vice-President ...
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
A decree by the Supreme Leader naming Mohammad Sarafraz as a replacement for Ezzatollah Zarghami, the outgoing president of Irans national broadcaster, dominated the front ...
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
News about the opening of the 20th Exhibition of Press and News Agencies on Saturday was on the front pages of many Iranian newspapers. Also grabbing headlines were the ...
[caption id="attachment_128127" align="alignright" width="143"] New president of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Dr. Mohammad Sarafraz[/caption]
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has, in a decree, appointed Mohammad Sarafraz as the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
Before assuming ...
IFP has scanned the front pages of Iranian newspapers released on October 20 and has picked items from 26 of them.
A ceremony to celebrate the National Exports Day in Iran, attended by the first vice-president, and comments by senior nuclear negotiator Seyyed Abbas Araghchi that the parties involved in the talks are determined to finalize a deal by ...
Iran says it will sensitively and vigilantly observe the red lines during the nuclear negotiations with the six major world powers.
In a Tuesday meeting with head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Ezzatollah Zarghami, and his deputies, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed to ongoing regional and international ...
A scheduled live television interview with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was delayed by more than an hour on February 5 after what the official IRNA news agency said was a block by the state broadcasting chief.
The exact reason for the delay was not immediately clear. But Rouhani's Twitter feed later placed the blame on Ezatollah Zarghami, the ...
Tensions betweenIrans hardliners and the centrist government ofHassan Rouhanierupted publicly on Wednesday when the state broadcaster blocked the presidents live address to the nation for an hour but backtracked after the president took the row to Twitter.
While many Iranians were waiting for the speech, state-run television aired songs from the 1979 ...
Irans President Hassan Rouhani in an unprecedented move accused the state television company of attempting to block his address to the nation, which delayed the broadcast by almost an hour.
Rouhani said on Twitter that the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting head, Ezatollah Zarghami, was obstructing his discussion with the people. The dispute, which ...
[caption id="attachment_29774" align="alignright" width="180"] Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Ezzatollah Zarghami[/caption]
The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) says Iranian channels have been taken off air from 27 satellites 66 times over the past three years by those claiming to be the advocates of freedom ...
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