Iran's parliament has endorsed a bill on combating the financing of terrorism as a step towards implementing international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) bill, one of four put forward by the government to meet FATF demands, was passed on Sunday by 143 votes to 120.
Sunday, October 07, 2018 05:30
In 1978 and while Islamic movement of Iranian people led by Imam Khomeini had reached its culmination, the Shah’s regime, disappointed at compromising with Imam Khomeini, tried some political measures to limit his activities or deport him from Iraq.
Thursday, October 04, 2018 12:34
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 02:38
Iran’s Assembly of Experts for the Leadership was established in 1982 under Article 107 of the Iranian constitution. Nearly 90 members are popularly elected every eight years and they should all be Islamic jurisprudence scholars.
Friday, July 13, 2018 12:31
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley announced that the US is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 09:03
President Rouhani made remarks during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Ankara on Wednesday on the sidelines of a tripartite summit of the leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey over Syria.
Wednesday, April 04, 2018 10:29
Imam Khomeini , the founder of the Islamic Republic, returned to Iran on February 1, 1979, after 14 years of exile imposed by the then-Iranian monarch (Shah) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Tuesday, February 06, 2018 12:15
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Secretary General, Saeb Erekat, said the Israeli parliament’s vote on the “unified” Jerusalem al-Quds legislation was the outcome of Trump’s decision and part of new US-Israeli collaboration to dictate a solution and destroy the so-called two-state principle.
Tuesday, January 02, 2018 03:45