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During a wave of protests that hit dozens of Iranian cities early this year, authorities temporarily banned the app, saying it enabled foreign-based 'counter-revolutionary' groups to stir tensions. (Photo: PIxabay)

Iran minister says 'impossible' to block information by banning apps

'Even if we ban the use of software, other software will be found and information will start to circulate freely again,' Jahromi wrote.

01 May 2018 3:34 PM

The leaders of North and South Korea held a historic meeting along their border on Friday, vowing to pursue a peace treaty and the complete denuclearisation of their divided peninsula. (Photo;AP)

Iran says US ‘unqualified’ to play role in Korean detente

The foreign ministry said meeting between North and South Korea was 'responsible and effective step towards regional and global stability'.

28 Apr 2018 1:42 PM

Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency is reporting that authorities have ordered network providers to stop hosting the popular social-messaging app Telegram.

Iran orders providers to stop hosting Telegram App: report

However, some 10 per cent of users reached it through proxies and VPN services.

26 Apr 2018 2:17 PM

In Iran, Rouhani responded by ridiculing Trump, saying: 'You have no expertise in politics, nor in law, nor in international accords. A trader, a businessman, a high-rise builder, how can he judge about global issues?' (Photo: AP)

Iran rejects any new nuclear deal proposed by US, France

Trump called the existing accord 'insane' and 'ridiculous', despite European pleas for him not to walk away.

26 Apr 2018 10:55 AM

Rouhani spoke to a crowd of supporters in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

US will face grave consequences on withdrawing from 2015 nuclear deal: Iran president

Rouhani said the Iranian nation and government will 'strongly resist' any plots by those who sit in the White House.

24 Apr 2018 4:37 PM

The plane took off late Sunday afternoon and climbed to a cruising altitude of just over 35,000 feet. A little over an hour later, it rapidly gained altitude and then dropped drastically within minutes. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Turkish mogul’s bride-to-be daughter’s party ends in plane crash

A day ago, Basaran posted a picture with seven smiling friends from a Dubai resort.

12 Mar 2018 12:03 PM

Under decades of international sanctions, Iran's commercial passenger aircraft fleet has aged, with air accidents occurring regularly in recent years. (Representational Image)

Plane with 66 aboard crashes in central Iran, all feared dead

The report identified the plane as an ATR-72. It said the plane was flying from Tehran to the southern Iranian city of Yasuj.

18 Feb 2018 1:37 PM

Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of environmentalists. (Photo: File)

West used ‘lizards’ to spy on Iran’s nuke programme: Ayatollah Khameini’s adviser

'The West had often used tourists, scientists and environmentalists to spy on Iran.'

14 Feb 2018 4:29 PM

Mr Rouhani is due to leave for India on Thursday to discuss ‘the latest regional and global developments.’ (Photo: File)

Following Modi’s invitation, Hassan Rouhani to visit India this week

Hassan Rouhani was invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017.

12 Feb 2018 8:21 PM

But Trump's arrival in the White House a year ago, and his regular denunciations of the deal with Iran and the country in general, cooled their ardour. (Photo: File)

Trump is trying to destabilize market, oil, gas contracts: Iran minister

‘Trump is trying to destabilise market conditions for those who want to work in Iran.’

04 Feb 2018 6:34 PM

In December, Ahmadinejad had said: 'Iran is suffering from mismanagement and the Rouhani government (Hassan Rouhani) believes that they own the land and that the people are an ignorant society'. (Photo: AP)

Ex-Iranian president Ahmadinejad arrested for inciting unrest

The country has deployed Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces and Afghan mercenaries in order to stem the anti-government protests.

08 Jan 2018 10:15 AM

‘The enemies have united and are using all their means, money, weapons, policies and security services to create problems for the Islamic regime,’ the supreme leader, Khameini said. (Photo: File)

Iran’s supreme leader says ‘enemies’ like Trump behind protests

In a speech carried on state television, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei broke his silence on the protests for the first time.

03 Jan 2018 4:58 PM

The protests began in Mashhad against high living costs and the struggling economy before spreading quickly to other areas and turning against the Islamic regime as a whole. (Photo: AP)

3rd day of Iran protests: Media blackout, ‘pay the price’ warnings

Videos shared on social media showed thousands marching in towns and cities throughout Iran overnight.

31 Dec 2017 2:31 PM

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran in January 2016 after Iranian demonstrators attacked Saudi diplomatic missions. (Photo: AP/File)

Iran says ‘good relations’ possible if Saudi stops bombing Yemen

Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel, but the two countries have a shared interest in countering Iran.

10 Dec 2017 4:21 PM

‘The provocative and unwise decision by the US... will provoke Muslims and inflame a new intifada and an escalation of radical, angry and violent behaviour,’ said the Iranian foreign ministry. (Photo: AFP)

Trump’s Jerusalem move likely to spark ‘new Intifada’: Iran

Trump's move was a ‘clear violation of international resolutions’ and that Jerusalem was ‘an inseparable part of Palestine.’

07 Dec 2017 11:26 AM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani poses during the inauguration a newly built extension of the Chabahar Port, near the Pakistani border, in southeastern Iran on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Iran’s Chabahar Port, built by India, is to rival Pak's Gwadar

The USD 340 million project was constructed by a Revolutionary Guard-affiliated company, Khatam al-Anbia.

03 Dec 2017 9:28 PM

Protesters beat effigies of Trump with sticks in front of the former embassy compound while what appeared to be a dummy ballistic missile was put on display in a sign of defiance following new US sanctions. (Photo: AFP)

Iranian protesters chant ‘death to America,’ burn US flags

Thousands of Iranians protested in Tehran against Trump’s policies and to mark the anniversary of the 1979 US embassy siege.

04 Nov 2017 5:46 PM

In 2013, then US President Barack Obama and Rouhani spoke by telephone, the highest-level contact between the two countries in decades, prompting an outcry from Iranian hardliners. (Photo: AFP)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani turns down meeting with Trump

‘An intention was expressed by the American side that was not approved by President Rouhani,’ an official said.

30 Oct 2017 2:15 PM

Donald Trump also threatened to "terminate" the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and six world powers unless Congress passed stringent new sanctions. (Photo: AP)

Trump speech: Iranians respond with anger, mockery

Trump's efforts to reach out to ordinary Iranians backfires

14 Oct 2017 6:22 PM

Iran said it has successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from Washington. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Iran tests new medium-range missiles in defiance of US warnings

State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile.

23 Sep 2017 12:03 PM

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