Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military-technical experts have successfully overhauled and upgraded 10 Sukhoi SU-22 fighter jets. In a ceremony attended by the Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari the Commander-in-Chief of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of IRGC Aerospace Force, in Tehran this morning, 10 Sukhoi […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that empty and baseless threats uttered by some American rulers are not worthy of response, adding, “we must respond to them in action.” He made the remarks at a Wednesday cabinet session in Tehran. Resistance and solidarity of the Iranian nation and attempts to neutralize the plots will be the […]

The permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has called for a halt to U.S. supports for the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in letters to UN officials. The letters, dated 11 July, 2018 but revealed to the press on Tuesday, were addressed by Gholamali Khoshroo to UN Secretary-General Antonio […]

Iranian First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri says that Iran has a sizable economy that cannot be isolated from the world economy. “Iran’s economy is a big economy and it ranks 18th in the world according to international economic institutions,” Es’hagh Jahangiri said at a gathering of Iranian ambassadors and heads of Iran’s missions abroad on […]

Iran’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Es’hagh Al Habib slammed Isreali Knesset declaration on Jewish supremacy, saying the occupation of Palestine has been the main root cause of the conflicts in the Middle East. The unicameral national legislature of Israel, Knesset, in a controversial act on July 18 passed a declaration to […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that any economic package by the European Union, Russia and China should “guarantee Iran’s interests” if the 2015 nuclear agreement is going to continue to exist. “The European Union along with China and Russia have shown that they have political determination to continue implementation of […]

TEHRAN – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri issued a statement on Tuesday saying Iran is capable of adopting “any strategy” in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf region. Iran has threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz if it cannot export its crude oil as the […]

 Indian INS Tarkash frigate docked at Bandar Abbas port on Tuesday, said Second Flotilla Admiral Mojtaba Mohammadi, of first naval zone of the Iranian Armed Forces’ naval forces at the port of Bandar Abbas. During three-day stay in Bandar Abbas, crews will visit first naval zone of the Iranian Armed Forces’ naval forces, he said, […]

 Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has reacted to US president’s belligerent comments against Iran, calling Trump a ‘demagogue’ whose comments ‘do not deserve a response.’ “Every comment does not deserve a response,” Ali Larijani said this morning in response to an Iranian lawmaker’s call for reacting to US president’s recent belligerent comments against Iran, adding “the […]

Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaqari criticized some neighboring countries for not preventing recent insecurity along common borders and warned that if they fail to act, the Islamic Republic will target terrorist strongholds in the countries. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Zolfaqari pointed to recent terrorist attacks against Iranian security forces […]