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21 Oct 2017

Iran Slams Deadly Terrorist Attack against Afghan Prayers

TEHRAN  – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Saturday condemned suicide terrorist attack against Afghan prayers in Kabul which claimed the life of 63 people. Suicide bombers struck two mosques in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, a Shiite mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in western Ghor province, killing at least 63 people at the end […]

Iran’s Defense Power Not Negotiable 21 Oct 2017

Iran’s Defense Power Not Negotiable

TEHRAN  – Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri described any negotiation with foreign countries about the Islamic Republic’s defense power as “a red line”. In remarks released on Saturday, Brigadier General Jazayeri underlined that Iran’s political and defense doctrine is based on the internal strength of the Islamic […]

kharrazi : US cannot be trusted 21 Oct 2017

kharrazi : US cannot be trusted

Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi said different conditions would have emerged if Americans had properly implemented the JCPOA. On the issue of a ‘second nuclear deal’, Iran’s former FM Kamal Kharrazi said Americans were well aware of Iran’s increasing influence and knew the country had made significant developments in strengthening […]

Iran united against threats to its independence 21 Oct 2017

Iran united against threats to its independence

TEHRAN – Seyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Imam Khomeini, has said that Iranians are united against any foreign threats that question national independence, Fars news agency reported on Thursday. “We should be vigilant that the country’s political independence not be attacked under no pretext,” he said, adding independence was as one of the greatest […]

Iran’s First VP, Azerbaijan’s President Stress Strengthening of Ties 21 Oct 2017

Iran’s First VP, Azerbaijan’s President Stress Strengthening of Ties

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a meeting in Turkish city of Istanbul underlined elevation of ties between Tehran and Baku. Jahangiri and Aliyev who are in Istanbul to attend the Developing 8 (D8) Summit met on Thursday evening. During the meeting, Iranian first vice president hoped […]

Terror Groups in Syria Nearing Their End: Iran’s Top General 21 Oct 2017

Terror Groups in Syria Nearing Their End: Iran’s Top General

TEHRAN – Visiting Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri hailed recent advances of Syria and its allied forces against foreign-backed extremists and said the terrorist groups are taking their last breaths. “Thanks God…, we are witnessing remarkable successes of the resistance front and the shrine defenders against the […]

JCPOA revealed unreliable nature of American claims 20 Oct 2017

JCPOA revealed unreliable nature of American claims

Referring to recent week statements by the US president, the cleric asserted that Donald Trump made a number of baseless remarks which require prudence as to their underlying realities. Ayatollah Seddighi, while pointing to history of America’s enmity with Iran, said Americans would consider Iran’s religious structure as a threat even at a time when […]

UK Foreign Ministry had ordered use of “Persian Gulf” 20 Oct 2017

UK Foreign Ministry had ordered use of “Persian Gulf”

Iran’s ambassador to London said the Foreign Ministry of UK has issued an official instruction set on using the term “Persian Gulf” in a confidential document. Hamid Baeedinejad, Iran’s envoy to London wrote in his telegram channel “Majid Tafreshi, a prominent researcher of Iran’s historical document, particularly confidential documents in the archives of British Foreign […]

Iran complies with its JCPOA commitments 20 Oct 2017

Iran complies with its JCPOA commitments

Amano, IAEA head said that Tehran was giving the IAEA full access to all the sites it needed to inspect. In a significant US policy shift on Oct 13, President Donald Trump disavowed Iran’s compliance with the deal it sealed with world powers, and launched a more aggressive approach to the Islamic Republic over its […]

US anti-JCPOA stance irresponsible 20 Oct 2017

US anti-JCPOA stance irresponsible

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Rybakov stressed that anti-JCPOA behaviors and positions of Washington are irresponsible and create tensions. The two officials made the remarks in a Thursday meeting in Russia’s Foreign Ministry headquarters. Rybakov stated “the continuation of Iran and Russia negotiations is of grave importance. Unfortunately, we […]