TEHRAN – The US has adopted a hypocritical policy towards the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s plan to secede from Iraq, Iran’s Judiciary chief deplored, saying Iran, by stark contrast, has explicitly opposed the secession bid which is part of plot to sap the strength of the Muslim nations. Addressing a high-level meeting of Judiciary officials in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi warned that if Washington decides to declare the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization, Tehran would make a “firm and crushing” response. Speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference in Tehran on Monday, Qassemi hailed recent remarks made by IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad […]

In an NY Times article Sun., Iran’s UN envoy Gholamali Khoshroo argues that Trump’s decision to decertify nuclear deal is based on a set of false assumptions that needs to be clarified. The full text of Khoshroo’s article published in New York Times on Sunday is as follows: On Oct. 15, the Trump administration will for the […]

The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaei, says that if Trump leaves the decision over the nuclear deal upon the congress, it would be a political suicide of the POTUS. “According to what we have heard, Trump is going to leave the decision to the congress, instead of signing the extension of the wavering […]

Ali Akbar Velayati, Iranian Leader’s Aide, told the reporters that US sanctions against IRGC are because of the big services the Iranian entity has offered. “Iran did not exist if it was not for the IRCG,” Ali Akbar Velayati quoted Iran’s late Leader Ayatollah Khomeini saying so. Mr. Velayati, the Iranian Leader’s Aide, made the […]

Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said increasing employment and vitality in the society is a top priority for the incumbent administration. President Rouhani made the remarks at a cabinet session held on Sunday. Congratulating the new Governor General of Bushehr, Dr. Rouhani said “because of being located in the border and having industrial, tourism, maritime and […]

TEHRAN  – A member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team arrested recently by the country’s Intelligence forces has been sentenced to five years in jail on espionage charges, Iranian Judiciary’s Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei confirmed Sunday. “The conviction of (Abdol-Rasool) Dorri Najaf Abadi on charges of spying for foreign intelligence services and leaking information have […]

TEHRAN  – Iran presses ahead with its policies irrespective of others’ political rhetoric, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, noting that Tehran has come up with a response apposite to a strategy the US president is expected to announce in the coming days. “Once Trump makes his comments (about Iran), which are almost clear (already), […]

TEHRAN – Should the US carry out the so-called Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), it will then have to relocate its regional bases out of the reach of Iran’s missiles, which have a range of 2,000 kilometers, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander said. Speaking at a high-profile IRGC session on Sunday, IRGC […]

TEHRAN – A senior official of Foreign Ministry and member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team Hamid Baeedinejad described the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the only competent authority to address Iran’s commitments under JCPOA. In response to the efforts of the United States to reverse the Agency’s reports confirming Iran has lived up to its commitments under […]