Iranian senior MP said regional issues will deteriorate as a result of the indiscreet and ill-considered decision by Donald Trump to recognize al-Quds as capital of the Zionist regime. Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi made the remark in a meeting with head of Armenia-Iran parliamentary friendship group Vahram […]

Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, the Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, said that Iran is abiding by the JCPOA and the world should not follow US in leaving the agreement. “The countries of the world should not be afraid of US,” said Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council. The cleric made the remarks […]

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told the British parliament on Monday that his meetings in Tehran were “worthwhile”. According to Reuters, he said that he urged Iran to release detained dual nationals. “I urged their release, on humanitarian grounds, where there is cause to do so,” he said. “These are complex cases involving individuals considered […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel shows frustration of the U.S. in the Middle East. “The U.S. decision in relocating Israel’s embassy to the noble Quds is an irresponsible policy which will lead to the strengthening of the Zionist […]

TEHRAN – Judiciary spokesman Qolamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday that the house arrest of the opposition leaders, who claimed vote rigging in the 2009 presidential election, is a legal decision made by the Supreme National Security Council. Speaking at a press conference, Mohseni Ejei said the house arrest was put in place due to […]

TEHRAN – Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Monday strongly condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel, saying the Muslim world would retaliate against Trump and his Zionist allies. The move showed that the U.S. and the Zionist regime will do anything to cover up their failures […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani voiced support for the Palestinian nation in the battle against Israeli occupation, saying the new Intifada (uprising) in response to US recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel would lead to restoration of Palestinians’ rights. In a telephone conversation with Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi raised the alarm about the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group’s attempt to establish its self-proclaimed caliphate in Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan after being flushed out of Iraq and Syria. After suffering blows in Syria and Iraq and losing grounds and its ruling there, Daesh is now seeking to […]

TEHRAN – Spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has asked the Islamic Republic to free two spies. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Naqavi Hosseini pointed to Johnson’s recent visit to Iran and said, “One of the problems that we face […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says unity and resistance of the oppressed Palestinian people and other Muslim nations will definitely lead to the failure of the US-Zionist plan to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital.” In a phone call with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, on Monday, Rouhani said the “insulting” move by […]