TEHRAN – Sepahan football team defeated titleholders Esteghlal 2-0 on Matchweek 1 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday.

In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Yasin Salmani scored the first goal in the 52nd minute and Ramin Rezaeian made it 2-0 five minutes later.

Furthermore, Paykan edged past Malavan 1-0 in Tehran, Aluminum lost to

TEHRAN— Iran is reviewing the amended proposals put forward by the European Union, a diplomat familiar with the Vienna talks told IRNA on Friday.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is reviewing the proposals received to ensure that its demands are fulfilled,” stated the diplomat who refused to be named.

The diplomat went on to note that EU’s proposals a

TEHRAN— In a statement released late on Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry responded to the “endless” United States accusations against the Islamic Republic.

These accusations are being made without presenting any “valid evidence,” said the statement issued by Nasser Kanaani, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry. 

Kanaani added, “U.S. j

TEHRAN – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has spoken over the phone with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PJI) secretary general Ziyad al-Nakhalah.

In the conversation, Qalibaf congratulated the Palestinian leader on the recent victory achieved by the Palestinian Islamic resistance against Israel. 

“The Islamic Republic of Iran s