One of the carpets hand woven for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia by Iranian artists with the special cup design has been presented to FIFA President, Infantino, at half-time during the Iran-Spain match. Iranian Ambassador to Russia, Mahdi Sanaei, the President of the Football Federation, and former Team Melli player, Mahdi Mahdavikia, presented Infantino with the carpet.    

At a meeting with Syria’s Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Iran’s Central Bank (CBI) CEO welcomed the expansion of baking relations between the two countries and proposed a joint Iranian-Syrian bank.  

The brave battle Iran’s Team Melli put up against the Spanish squad has been widely reported in world media.

In an article entitled “US Foreign Policy in Crisis” Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, has answered the twelve demands of US State Secretary, Mike Pompeo. You can read the full text below.
 

Iran met Spain in its second match at the 2018 World Cup in Kazan, Russia. The game started 22h30 Tehran time.

At a meeting between Parliament speaker and MPs, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, stated about international treaties and conventions: “These treaties are initially cooked up in the think tanks of great powers to defend their interests.

Iran has signed an MoU for the railways with a Swiss company. Persia Digest reports that an article in the MoU will put 21 rail building machineries to tender under Iranian law.