President Rouhani: Iran stands by Afghan people, Gov’t
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said in a phone call with his Afghan counterpart on Monday that Iran’s policy is expanding ties…
Regional Affairs
Turkish delays in fixing damaged gas pipeline unacceptable: NIGC
Financial Tribune – The National Iranian Gas Company has officially notified Turkey’s Botas, the gas importing company, about its lack of cooperation…
Iran, Turkmenistan to reopen borders next week as COVID-19 restrictions ease
IRNA – Following gradual easing restrictions due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to…
Iran, Pakistan weigh plans to broaden parliamentary ties
Tasnim – Senior lawmakers from Iran and Pakistan discussed ways to promote interaction between the parliaments of the two Muslim nations, with…
Trump administration seeks to sell more arms to Saudi Arabia
The Wall Street Journal | Warren P. Strobel & Courtney McBride: The Trump administration is planning to sell nearly $500 million in…
Iran changes tack in Iraqi politics after mastermind’s assassination
Reuters | John Davison, Ahmed Rasheed: Two diplomats are quietly leading Iran’s push to influence politics in Iraq, in a departure from the…
Growth in exports via border crossing with Iraqi Kurdistan
Financial Tribune – Some 228,000 tons of commodities worth $271 million were exported via Tamarchin border crossing, located in Piranshahr County in…
Shalamcheh border to be reopen next week: Iraqi official
MNA – After over 50 days, the Iraqi officials voiced readiness to reopen the Shalamcheh border crossing in Basra province (southern Iraq)…
Iran trade relations with Oman flourishing against all odds
Financial Tribune – Almost all countries closed their borders with Iran following the spread of the new coronavirus. However, Oman increased its…
Erdogan dashes hopes of Turkey-Israel reconciliation
Al-Monitor | Amberin Zaman: The resumption of El Al cargo flights to Turkey does not mean that relations between Israel and Ankara…
Hezbollah leader vows crushing response to any Israeli attacks
Tasnim – Leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said the group will give a firm response to any potential Israeli attacks…
Iran after lifting unilateral sanctions against Syria
IRNA – Iran’s Senior Assistant to Foreign Minister in Special Political Affairs Ali-Asghar Khaji called for removing unilateral and inhumane sanctions against…
Claim of torturing, detaining illegal nationals at Afghanistan borders ‘rejected’
MNA – The Director-General of Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the Ministry of Interior Mehdi Mahmoudi on Wed. categorically…
Iranian delegation discusses border incident with Afghan officials
Tasnim – An Iranian delegation visiting Kabul held talks with senior Afghan officials on a recent incident at the common border that…
Envoy condoles over death of Tajik famous figures, elites due to Covid-19
MNA – In a message on Tuesday, Iran’s Ambassador to Dushanbe Mohammad Taghi Saberi expressed condolences over the death of a number…
Expert rejects report on rift between Moscow and Assad as fake news
TASS – According to the expert, this fake news is invented in order to “create difficulties for the Syrian leadership and sow…
Cross-border trade between Iran, Afghanistan returns to normal
Tasnim – An Iranian official said all border crossings with Afghanistan have reopened and trade exchanges between the two neighbors have returned…
ISIS is back and this time the west is ill-prepared to take it on
The Guardian | Hassan Hassan: Despite losing its caliphate and its leader, recent attacks show the militant group has begun to recover…
Zanganeh criticizes Turkey’s lack of coop. on repairing joint gas pipeline
MNA – Iran’s oil minister on Monday criticized Turkey’s lack of cooperation with Iran on having the blasted Iran-Turkey natural gas pipeline…
Iranian delegation to visit Afghanistan on border incident
Tasnim – An Iranian delegation is visiting Kabul on Tuesday for talks on a recent incident at the common border that resulted…
Zarif congratulates Lebanon on liberation anniversary
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in separate messages to Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah…
Iran, Turkey presidents call for reopening air, land borders
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday that the air…
Iran congratulates Lebanon’s liberation day
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Lebanon on the anniversary of liberation of its southern regions from Israeli occupation back in…
Virus lockdown forces Iran into its first virtual Quds Day
The New York Times | Farnaz Fassihi: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei openly acknowledged, apparently for the first time, Iran’s support for armed Palestinian…
Iraqi prime minister stresses PMU should be Iraqi institution under state authority
Al-Monitor | Ali Mamouri: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is seeking to reorganize the Popular Mobilization Units under the framework of the…
Pakistan air plane crash claims 97 lives
IRNA — Pakistani authorities confirmed on Saturday that 97 passengers were killed in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash in the southern…
Quds to be liberated soon: Amir-Abdollahian
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said al-Quds and al-Aqsa Mosque will be liberated soon through…
Iran sympathizes with Pakistan over fatal plane crash
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered condolences to Pakistan over deaths of scores of…
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei denounces Israel as “tumor” that will be eliminated
Reuters – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Palestinians on Friday to continue their uprising against Israel, suggesting the Israeli…
Leader offers 7 guidelines to liberate Palestine: continuing “resistance” and resisting “normalization”
IRNA – The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the importance of “resistance until referendum” in solving…
US intel report sinks Pompeo’s bluster with admission Iran & US both want peace in Afghanistan
RT – US military intelligence has admitted Iran has no plans to “actively oppose” the peace process in Afghanistan, directly contradicting one…
Liberation of al-Quds ‘Closer Than Ever’: Hezbollah leader
Tasnim – Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said the liberation of Jerusalem al-Quds from the Israeli occupation is…
Report: Iran-backed militia members enter Syria via Iraq
Al-Monitor – The news from a Syrian pro-opposition group contradicts statements by some Israelis that Iran may be pulling back from Syria.…
Iran’s Shamkhani congratulates Lebanon on liberation day
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani congratulated the Lebanese nation and government on the anniversary of the…
Death knell of Israel heard in Tel Aviv: Iran’s Top General
Tasnim – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the anti-Israeli resistance in Palestine and…
Gen. Soleimani predicted looming victory against Israel in letter to Palestinian cmdr.
Press TV – In a letter addressed to a Palestinian resistance leader before his martyrdom, Iran’s top anti-terror commander assured the Palestinians…
International Quds Day 2020: An opportunity to support the oppressed
Press TV – With the Quds Day arriving, Muslims, non-Muslims, and all freedom-seeking people across the world are preparing to mark a…
Resistance front leaders deliver speech to mark Quds Day
Press TV – Muslims, non-Muslims and all freedom-seeking people across the world are bracing to celebrate the glorious Quds Day, a day…
Rouhani: Iran ready to barter goods with Kazakhstan
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone call with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for boosting Tehran-Astana relations and…
Iran security chief slams US for pursuing ‘unacceptable’ political agenda in Afghanistan
Press TV – Iran’s security chief has slammed the US for pursuing an “unacceptable” political agenda in neighboring Afghanistan, emphasizing the need…