Warsaw summit failure reflects anger over Trump’s Iran policy
February 15, The Iran Project – Lack of participation at the two-day Warsaw Conference, organized by the US in the Polish capital…
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US accuses ex-intelligence officer of giving Iran secrets
The Wall Street Journal | Aruna Viswanatha and Dustin Volz: A former U.S. Air Force special agent gave highly classified information to Tehran and…
IRGC intelligence vows harsh blows to US, proxies
Tasnim – Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization warned the US and its mercenaries to brace themselves for…
Twitter removes Leader’s anti-Trump remarks
FNA – Twitter removed a post on the Arabic account of Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei where the Leader had said…
Rouhani blames Iran’s ‘toughest economic situation in 40 years’ on US
RT – Iran’s president said on Wednesday that the country is facing its toughest economic situation in 40 years. “Today the country…
Trump has undone the years of progress in US-Iran relations achieved under Obama
blogs.lse.ac.uk |Hossein Mousavian: Three years ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran had met its nuclear related commitments under…
American paper advises Trump to interact with Iran
IRNA – Hard-line advisers to the US president seek to isolate and weaken Iran, but ‘engagement is a better option’, an American…
Oil prices in 2019 may hinge on Iran-US showdown
The Wall Street Journal | Russell Gold: The number of electric vehicles is growing. Consumer discomfort with plastic bottles is rising. Diplomats…
Iran calls for release of Press TV anchor in US custody
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday called for immediate release of Press TV anchor who is presently in…
Intel: Why Iran is shrugging off Pompeo’s speech
Al-Monitor – Iran has reacted to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech in Cairo with both ridicule and disdain, with Supreme…
Iran confirms it has detained US navy veteran Michael White
The Guardian – Iran has confirmed it is holding a US navy veteran, Michael R White, at a prison in the country, making…
Leader: Some US officials claim insanity, but are ‘first class idiots’
MNA – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Wed. that some US authorities claim insanity, but they are in…
US claims Iran tried to influence elections
IRNA – The leader of US intelligence agencies on Friday claimed other countries, including China, Russia and Iran have sought to influence…
Californian farmers waged ‘War’ on Iranian pistachios and won
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: The great pistachio war began—unintentionally—fifty years ago. In 1971, the United States changed its tax codes…
Iran, US have stiff competition in global pistachio market
IRNA – Global pistachio market is dominated by Iran and the US who are in stiff competition to gain a bigger share…
George HW Bush after shootdown of Iranian airliner by US navy: “I Never Apologize for US”
Tasnim – Iran Air Flight 655 was a civilian jet airliner shotdown by US missiles on 3 July 1988 as it flew…
Rouhani: Iran nation to give crushing response to US on Islamic Revolution anniv.
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Iranian nation will give a response to the United States’ hostile acts on…
Leader’s military advisor: Americans unable to dominate Iranians’ fate, economy
IRNA – Americans are not able to dominate Iranians’ destiny and economy, a senior military advisor to Supreme Leader of the Islamic…
Ayatollah Khamenei: US always defeated in face-off with Iran
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a face-off has been going on between the US and…
Rouhani: Iran’s victory over US in recent months unprecedented
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani said that the victories which Iran has achieved over the United Sates over the past three months…
Another Iran-US faceoff, this time on FATF
Iranian Diplomacy – Tehran is struggling against the Washington-Tel Aviv-Riyadh axis, this time in FATF annual meeting, while trying to remove its…
US sanctions on Iran show “spitefulness” toward Iranian people – foreign ministry
Channel NewsAsia – New U.S. sanctions against Iran are part of a psychological war, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday,…
The United States and Iran: It’s like “50 First Dates”
The New Yorker | Robin Wright: Last week, I went to a roundtable hosted by the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, near the…
New bill seeks to bar funds for US war on Iran without congressional approval
Sputnik – Eight US senators have introduced legislation to prohibit the federal government from spending any money that could lead to war…
What are prospects of limited engagement between Iran, US in Afghanistan?
Al-Monitor | Mohsen Shariatinia: The administration of US President Donald Trump has in recent months increased its efforts to advance the peace…
Nikki Haley comments on Iran show US acting like ‘rogue regime’ with ‘no respect’ for EU – analysts
RT – US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s assertion that Iran is the “biggest issue” for the US today is ridiculous…
Rouhani says Iran does not wish to go to war with U.S. forces in the region
Reuters – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Tehran had no intension to go to war with U.S. forces in the…
Iranians have ‘very sharp, very dark’ memories of US-backed terrorists
Sputnik – Following the deadly attack in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday morning, which killed 25 and wounded 53 during…
US to find options for new sanctions against Iran if sees no changes – Bolton
Sputnik – The United States will find new options for sanctions against Iran if renewed previous sanctions do not lead to changes…
US reacts to Ahvaz terror attack, stopping short of denunciation
IRNA – Following the terror attack in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, spokesman for the US National Security Council, Garrett Marquis, reacted…
IRGC official: US to lose any war it starts with Iran
Press TV – A top commander of Iran’s Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says a US war against Iran is no longer a possibility…
America’s hate rooted in 1979 Islamic Revolution
Alwaght – Prominent American linguist, philosopher, and social critic Avram Noam Chomsky says hatred towards Iran is “a deep-seated part of modern…
Every madman thinks all other men mad: Iran’s FM spokesman to US’ Bolton
ISNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi responded to US’ National Security Adviser, John Bolton’s claims about Iran’s intention to meddle…
Is Pompeo’s Iran Action Group admission to defeat?
Alwaght – The US Department of State has recently formed the so-called “Iran Action Group”, to more seriously continue its decades-long unceasing…
Iran nuclear deal: developments since US walkout
AFP – Key developments since the United States quit the 2015 Iran nuclear deal three months ago and reimposed sanctions: – US…
US forms ‘Iran Action Group’ to run aggressive policy toward Tehran
Press TV – The US State Department has formed an “Iran Action Group” to coordinate and run an aggressive US policy toward…
Official: Flight of American airplanes over Iran’s sky ‘Legal’
Tasnim – Reza Jafarzadeh, the head of public relations at Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said that according to the aviation regulations, the…
Interior minister: US not dare confront Iran
IRNA – Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday that US never dares confront Iran, because it knows very well…
Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as a dream, without value
Reuters | Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: Senior Iranian officials and military commanders on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks without preconditions…
Professor estimates how soon US, Iran might sit at negotiating table
Sputnik – A tweet by US President Donald Trump has drawn a heated response from a senior Iranian military commander, leading to…