De-escalation viable only after US withdrawal from region: Hatami
MNA – Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami told his Japanese counterpart Tarō Kōno that tensions in the region will be resolved once…
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US House votes to limit Trump’s ability to wage war on Iran
Reuters – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to engage in…
Thousands commemorate Gen. Soleimani across Iran
Tasnim – Thousands of people marched across the country on Thursday to mourn Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was martyred in a…
US and Iran back away from open conflict
The Wall Street Journal | Alex Leary, Nancy A. Youssef, Aresu Eqbali and Sune Engel Rasmussen: Trump signal no further strikes, sees…
After Iran’s missile attack
The New York Times | David Leonhardt: What war does — and doesn’t — look like. Last spring, a former Pentagon official…
Iran showcases advanced air-strike capabilities in missile barrage
The Wall Street Journal | Sune Engel Rasmussen: The Iranian strikes on Iraqi military bases that housed U.S. troops, along with the…
Trump sparked the Iran crisis. Now he must walk away from the brink of war
The Guardian | Michael H Fuchs: It is up to Congress and the American people to force Trump to adopt a more…
The politics of assassinating Soleimani
The Wall Street Journal | Karl Rove: The killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani has produced President Trump’s biggest foreign-policy challenge…
‘Pakistan can never again be part of any war’: Islamabad calls for international dialogue to reduce US-Iran tensions
RT – Pakistan’s Imran Khan has launched a diplomatic initiative to urge de-escalation between the United States and Iran, dispatching his foreign…
Trump backs away from further military confrontation with Iran
The Guardian | Daniel Strauss and Julian Borger: Donald Trump backed away from further military confrontation with Iran on Wednesday after days…
The problem with complaining that ‘everyone’s an Iran expert now’
The Guardian | Tom Whyman: Sure, Twitter has a lot of ill-informed blowhards. But don’t dismiss on-the-ground voices and those who hold…
Confrontation in Congress looms over Iran conflict
The New York Times – A White House briefing angers many in Congress, including at least two Republicans. A classified briefing on…
Iran’s missile attack on US base beginning of major operation: Commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh gave some details about Iran’s…
NATO turned into tool for justifying US measures: Mousavi
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi strongly condemned recent remarks North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg who…
Pope Francis calls for dialogue, self-restraint between Iran, US
MNA – Pope Francis urged the US and Iran to practice “dialogue and self-restraint” to defuse recent tensions. “Particularly troubling signals are…
US has no future in region: Iran’s Zarif
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the US government’s major role in increased tensions in the Middle East and…
Iran’s Guards warn of ‘harsher revenge’ after missile strikes on US targets: agency
Reuters – A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would take “harsher revenge soon” after Tehran launched missile attacks on U.S. targets in…
Photos: Commemoration ceremony of Lt. Gen. Soleimani held at Imam Khomeini Hussainia
ISNA – The commemoration ceremony of martyr Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Iraq’s Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their companions was held in…
In a phone call with British PM: “If it weren’t for Gen. Soleimani’s efforts, you wouldn’t enjoy security in London today”
MNA – “If it were not for Martyr Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s efforts, you wouldn’t enjoy security in London today,” said President…
Rouhani to EC pres.: US’ miscalculations result of lack of knowledge about Iran, region
MNA – President described the incorrect, harmful calculations of the United States as the result of their lack of knowledge about Iran…
US spy agencies, Mossad behind Gen. Soleimani’s assassination: Iranian general
Tasnim – A top military aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution blamed the plot to assassinate top Iranian commander Lt.…
Iran’s military power is boosted by unconventional tactics and proxies in strategic locations
CNN | Brad Lendon: Iran’s military arsenal may be no match for the United States’ in terms of technology, glitz and firepower,…
New IRGC Quds Force chief: Iran dealt US a first slap by striking American bases in Iraq
Press TV – The newly-appointed head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force says Iran dealt the US “a first…
Zarif says beautiful arms do not rule world
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message advised Trump that it is people who rule the world not…
Two rockets reportedly hit Baghdad Green Zone a day after Iran missile attacks on US targets in Iraq
CNBC – Two rockets hit the Green Zone in Iraq’s capital of Baghdad, a day after Iran launched missiles at bases housing…
Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq: Satellite photos show extensive damage caused by Iran’s missile attack
Press TV – Satellite photos show the extensive damage caused by a series of precision missile strikes by Iran at Ain al-Assad…
Transcript: NPR’s full interview with Iranian ambassador to UN
NPR – Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, about whether the missile…
Iran’s UN envoy dismisses any cooperation with Trump amid sanctions: IRNA
Reuters – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations dismissed as “unbelievable” what he said was President Donald Trump’s call for cooperation given…
Trump says US will impose new sanctions against Iran after Tehran’s retaliation
Press TV – US President Donald Trump says his administration will impose new sanctions against Iran and will ask the NATO military…
Iran believed to have deliberately missed US forces in Iraq strikes: sources
Reuters – Iran is believed to have deliberately avoided U.S. military casualties during retaliatory missile strikes on bases housing American troops in…
Gold prices rise after Iran retaliates against US assassinating of Soleimani
The Wall Street Journal – Gold prices rise after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq,…
‘Wrong then, wrong now’: US clash with Iran echoes march to Iraq war
The Guardian | David Smith: As a new Republican president seeks re-election, senior figures in Washington warn history may be repeating itself…
Stocks pare losses after Iranian strike roiled markets
The Wall Street Journal | Joanne Chiu and Anna Hirtenstein: Tehran’s military response to the U.S.’s killing of a key Iranian general…
In assassinating Soleimani, Trump’s only success is the uniting of a once divided Iran
Euronews | Massoud Shadjareh: The extrajudicial killing of Iranian official Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis by US forces last…
Congress reacts to Iran attack on US forces. Pelosi says ‘world cannot afford war.’
Euronews – Republican and Democratic members of Congress said Tuesday night that they are praying for U.S. forces overseas and that they…
Soleimani assassinating the latest in a long, grim line of US assassination efforts
The Guardian | Ed Pilkington: There has been no shortage of US attempts to remove foreign adversaries through highly dubious legal or…
CBI says will calm currency market
Financial Tribune – Currency rates again pushed upwards on Tuesday, amid heightened political tensions in the region, but the Central Bank of…
How Soleimani’s assassination could affect Iran’s Syria strategy
Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: The assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani by a US strike in Baghdad has…
If Trump knew anything about Iran, he would never have threatened its culture
The Washington Post | Hooman Majd: Since the United States killed Qasem Soleimani in Iraq last week, President Trump has only ramped…
Oil climbs again after Iran missile strike
The Wall Street Journal – Brent crude oil is up 1.2% at $69.09 a barrel and WTI futures are up 0.9% at…