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 [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran was in Nigeria last week for the D-8 countries meeting. In this interview, the university professor-turned-president, explained why Iran wouldn’t stop its peaceful nuclear programme, even if all the papers in the world were converted into resolutions and sanctions imposed on the country and why Nigeria [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that development and progress of Afghanistan prepares grounds for restoration of security and stability to the region and the entire world. President Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul in Tehran on Thursday. To attain the goal, all should cooperate to bring [...]

The Iranian president begins an African tour which will take him to Mali and Nigeria, where he is to attend a summit of the Group of Eight Developing Countries (D8). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in the Malian capital of Bamako on Tuesday to discuss issues of mutual interest with the African country’s officials. He will then [...]

Iran’s president calls the US missile attack on the Iranian passenger airliner over the Persian Gulf a black spot in the history of American democracy. On July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes launched two surface-to-air missiles and downed Iran Air Flight 655 en route to Dubai. All 290 passengers onboard, including 66 children, were killed. [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled a humanoid robot, Sorena 2, developed by over 20 of Iran’s top robotics experts. The robot was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday, held to mark Iran’s “Industry and Mine Day.” Over 10,000 man-hours have been put into the new high-tech robot. Sorena 2, which weighs 45 kg [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US will not be able to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, indicating that it is the US that has been isolated. “Today, the global arrogance, headed by the US, assumes that it can isolate Iran, but they, and also all the world people, know that if they review the [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Tuesday that the US plans to isolate Iran will fail. He made the remarks in a meeting with the relatives of martyrs of June 28, 1980, when a bomb attack by the MKO at the headquarters of the Islamic Republic Party killed the then judiciary chief Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad [...]

Phase three of a major steel complex has come on stream in the city of Natanz in the central Iranian province of Isfahan in a ceremony attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The factory is the largest producer of industrial steel round bars in the Middle East, reported IRNA. The plant also turns out other industrial [...]

The Iranian president has warned the Zionist regime of Israel against any potential military action against Iran, saying Tel Aviv is not capable of doing so. “The Zionist regime is too weak to launch aggression against Iran. They long to deal a blow to Iran, but wouldn’t dare even think about it”, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Tehran declaration on a proposed nuclear fuel swap deal has created a new front against “arrogant” powers of the world. “In fact, the Tehran declaration created a new front against the arrogant [powers] in the world and undoubtedly Iran and Syria will be the nucleus of the front,” IRNA quoted [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reiterated Iran’s support for the Lebanese nation and resistance. “Today, Iran supports the people of Lebanon and also the resistance as the policies of both countries are built on resisting bullying powers,” IRNA quoted President Ahmadinejad as saying during a Sunday meeting with Iran’s new Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi in [...]

Despite Washington’s continued push for more sanctions against Iran, US National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer says diplomacy is an option on the Islamic Republic. “As we have said all along, diplomacy remains an option as we move forward with sanctions,” AFP quoted Hammer as saying on Tuesday. “As we have said all along, diplomacy [...]

The Iranian president slams the UN Security Council for approving new sanctions against Iran while “remaining silent” on an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy. Speaking to Iranian state television on Sunday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the UN double standard regarding the two issues indicated the Security Council is “losing its legitimacy.” Ahmadinejad said the [...]

Iran’s president says the Tehran Declaration has created a new climate for international relations based on justice and friendship. “Certain states which had ruled the world for over 60 years believed the future of the world would all be under their control, and that all governments and nations would follow the same path that they [...]

The adoption of a new sanctions resolution against Iran at the UN Security Council has sparked a strong reaction from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “For the Iranian nation, such resolutions count for nothing”, President Ahmadinejad was quoted by ISNA as saying. He said those who are in possession of A-bombs themselves and use their nukes [...]

Amid a US-led push for fresh UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the move will only result in the council losing more of its credibility. Speaking in an interview with Turkey’s Channel 24 on Wednesday, President Ahmadinejad described a decision by the UNSC to impose fresh sanctions on Iran [...]