Iran Mission to UN reacts to US newspaper’s hostile article
In reaction to an article published by an American newspaper, Iran Permanent Mission to UN said that encouraging leaders to initiate war,…
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Russia slams US over threat of escalation with Iran at IAEA
Russia has lambasted the United States for threats to confront Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) next month unless the Islamic…
US shocked by IRGC heliborne operation in abortive act of piracy: Iran commander
A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has slammed a recent “desperate” attempt by the United States to seize…
US bereft of military option, pursues war avoidance approach against Iran: General
The head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization says the US is left with no military option to resort to in encountering Iran,…
Threats have never worked against Iran; US to blame for JCPOA state: Spokesman
ran’s Foreign Ministry says the use of threats against the country has never worked and what the United States refers to as…
US caught between fleeing and facing defeat in Yemen: IRGC chief
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States is stuck between two “evil” choices of staying…
‘Pursuing failed path’ of Trump regime: US sanctions 4 Iranians, mulls group of Iran hawks
The United States has sanctioned four Iranians over an alleged plot to kidnap a so-called American-Iranian journalist based in New York. In a statement…
US brings nothing but poverty, backwardness to nations across globe: IRGC chief
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States has brought nothing to various nations across the…
Iran’s Govt. spox. rejects receiving letter from Joe Biden
Regarding the rumors that Biden sent a letter to Iran, Government Spokesman said that this is just the speculation of the media…
Iran will not initiate war but will determine magnitude, depth of battle in case of any aggression: IRGC chief
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran is not a warmongering country but warns that in case…
Envoy refutes US anti-Iran allegations about attacking Iraq, Syria
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi rejected allegation made by US ambassador against Iran with regard…
US warns Venezuela, Cuba to reject Iranian ships claimed to be carrying arms: Report
The United States has reportedly threatened Venezuela and Cuba against letting in two Iranian ships that are claimed to be headed to…
US should know Vienna talks not about new round of bargaining: FM spox
Stating that all trade-offs and bargaining ended in July 2015, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that US should know that the Vienna…
IRGC drones capture strikingly precise footage of US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released strikingly precise and close footage of an American aircraft carrier captured by the elite…
US admitted past mistakes but took no serious step to lift bans: Pres. Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani says the new US administration has admitted that the pressure policy pursued by its predecessor against Iran was wrong,…
Iran says not interested in escalation of tensions with US
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says Tehran is not interested in escalation of tensions with the United States, and unlike Washington,…
Rouhani: World indebted to Iran for helping defeat Trump thru resistance
President Hassan Rouhani says the people in the world are greatly indebted to the Iranian nation for helping to bring about the…
Iranians respond to threats, pressure with resistance, Zarif says
oreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Iranian people respond to pressure and threats with resistance, and that anyone who threatened the…
Opportunity for US not everlasting: Iran govt. spox
The spokesperson for the Iranian government reminded the new US administration that the opportunity to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal…
Desperate plotting against Iran will fail: Zarif
Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad-Javad Zarif said in a Twitter message on Thursday that the terrorist bombings in Baghdad and Netanyahu’s…
Those seeking to defeat Iran, overthrown in disgrace, says Pres. Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that those seeking to defeat Iran are now overthrown in disgrace, a reference to former…
Trump, Pompeo relegated to dustbin of history in disgrace: Iran FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reacted to the end of Donald Trump’s tenure as the US president, saying the hawkish president…
Iran’s president says Trump brought oppression, corruption in 4 years
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the outgoing US President Donald Trump did bring nothing to the world but oppression,…
Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, other top US officials
Iran slapped sanctions on outgoing US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo along with several current and former members…
Fingers on trigger to defend Iran, says IRGC chief
Stating that the hands of IRGC forces are always on the trigger, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Chief Commander said that IRGC forces…
US must stop hostility, recognize Iran as regional power, UN envoy says
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the United States should stop its hostility toward Iran and recognize the Islamic Republic as…
FM Zarif says Iran seeks neither tension nor war
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that Iran is seeking neither tension nor war and the measures taken by US…
US B-52s expedition has no operational value, Top general says
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major-General Mohammad Baqeri said on Monday that the expedition of B-52 jets to the region…
We do not shy away from crushing aggressors, says Zarif in reaction to US B-52s
Iran’s foreign minister has reacted to recent overflights by US strategic B-52H bomber planes, noting that the Iranian nation will never be…
Iran warns to file complaint against US in ICJ
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that Tehran has officially warned the United States that it would lodge a complaint against the US…
End of Trump’s term proves bullying will not prevail, Iran president says
President Hassan Rouhani compared the collapse of the former Shah’s regime in Iran to the end of the Trump administration’s term and…
Pompeo meets with Mossad chief ahead of anti-Iran speech, report says
Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly been spotted dining with Yossi Cohen, head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, at a café in…
Software dominance Iran’s next slap to US, says IRGC Cmdr.
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force Commander Esmayeel Qaani said Iran’s next slap to the US would be a software dominance to…
‘Hands on trigger’: Iran ready to counter any threat
Reacting to Trump’s adventurism in the region, a top Iranian commander said the country’s armed forces are ready to counter any external…
Israel, Saudi tempting US into war with Iran in Trump’s final days, Cmdr. says
A senior Iranian military commander says intelligence shows that the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia are trying to drag the United States…
Iran FM Zarif warns US about any fireworks to backfire badly
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif warned US President Donald Trump against playing with fire, and said that any fireworks will backfire badly.…
No difference between US bases, regional host states in war: IRGC general
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force warned regional Arab countries that Iran would make no distinction between American military…
Iran to respond any of enemy’s actions with reciprocal blow: IRGC
IRGC Chief Commander Major general Hossein Salami warned that Iran will respond to any of the enemy’s actions with a reciprocal blow.…
IRGC Chief visits Persian Gulf military base amid rising tensions with US
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami has visited the IRGC military bases on Iran’s southern island of…
Iran in full military readiness but will never initiate war, says Leader’s advisor
A military advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the country’s armed forces enjoy ‘operational readiness’ but will not start…