Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, warned Tuesday that not joining the Financial Action Task Force, the international coalition that combats money laundering and terrorist financing, would “harm the national interests of the country.”

His comments to the Iranian Labour News Agency came just days after Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the body that vets legislation, issued an unprecedented statement saying Iran’s"...

R oads and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami inaugurated a 50,000-ton container wharf on Negin Island in Bushehr Province.

The project was carried out by the Islamic Revolution Mostazafan Foundation with an investment of 900 billion rials ($7 million).

Mostazafan Foundation (a foundation for the oppressed and war disabled established in 1979 as per the decree"...

NNA - Minister of Industry, Wael Abu Faour, met Monday at his office with Minister of Environment, Fadi Jreissati, with who he discussed an array of common affairs between the two ministries and the means to bolter bilateral cooperation.


Abu Faour later met with Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammed Jalal Firouznia, who came on a protocol visit.


The pair discussed the bilateral relations between Lebanon and Iran.

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Latest Expat Insider survey reflects the wide praise Bahrain has received across 50 factors in all areas of expat life, including the ease of settling in, working abroad, family life, personal finance, and overall quality of life.

The Secretary General of the Bahrain Federation of Expatriate Associations, Ms Betsy Mathieson, issues a statement endorsing the latest Expat Insider survey which ranked Bahrain as the best country for expats.

The"...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Shi’ite Iran is determined to strengthen its brotherly ties with neighboring Iraq, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday before his “historic” first visit to the country, state television said on Monday.

The visit is a strong message to the United States and its regional allies that Iran still dominates Baghdad, a key arena for rising tension between Washington and Tehran.

“We"...

A bill proposed by the Interior Ministry that put online taxi firms’ survival at stake and could wipe out thousands of jobs has been dismissed by Cabinet.

If ratified by the parliament, the bill would have obliged ride-hailing companies to get work permits from municipalities. It was rejected by the Cabinet on Sunday, Iran e-Commerce Union spokesperson Reza Olfatnasab told Financial Tribune in a phone interview.

“The"...

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad is set to arrive in Tehran later today for an official three-day visit.

During his stay, the Pakistani minister will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to confer on bilateral relations.

On March 6, he will participate in the inauguration ceremony of Rasht-Qazvin railway line, on an"...

TEHRAN- The seventh meeting of the coordination council of International North South Transit Corridor (INSTC) kicked off on Monday in Tehran, IRIB reported.

As reported, Iranian Transport Minister Mohammad Eslami, Deputy Transport Minister Shahram Adamnejad along with senior officials and delegations from the member nations attended the opening ceremony.

During the two-day"...

Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Sanaei, said Iran and Russia’s economic relations have hit $500 million worth of trade, saying the level could be raised even higher given the two countries’ vast potentials.

Sanaei made the remark in a national conference on multilateralism in Iran’s foreign policy on Sunday.

“Unfortunately, the previous round"...

TEHRAN- According to the latest ratification of the parliament, Iranian oil ministry is permitted to issue up to $3 billion of sharia compliant bonds, known as Sukuk, Shana reported on Wednesday.

Once being approved by the Iranian cabinet, the oil ministry can issue rial-dominated or foreign exchange-reliant Sukuk via the Iranian state-run companies.

The parliament’s"...