TEHRAN(Basirat): Around ten percent of Iran’s total land area is covered by forests, which according to the latest figures amounts to 14 million hectares, mostly in the north, on or near the coast of the Caspian Sea, which has a heavy rainfall.

TEHRAN (Basirat) : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country has successfully dealt with the pressure of sanctions, stressing that the US and Israeli plots to harm the Islamic Republic have been defeated.

TEHRAN (Basirat) – Visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed concerns over recent tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia and said he does not want any new conflict to engulf the Middle East region.

TEHRAN (Basirat) :Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi deplored the Friday attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia as “dangerous adventurism” and said a probe into the incident is underway.