TEHRAN  – The third stage of military exercises of the Iranian Army started on Monday near the western common borders between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq. The war game code-named “Heidar-e-Karrar” involves various units of the Iranian Army, including the Rapid Reaction Unit, the Artillery Unit, and the Drone Unit. The third stage […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has slammed the recent terrorist attacks in France and Canada. “As some countries are busy exporting terrorism and making false claims, terrorism has reared its ugly head again, attacking innocent and defenseless people” said Qassemi. Voicing sympathy with the families of attacks’ victims, Qassemi called on the international community to spare […]

President Rouhani has forwarded a message of felicitation to President Xi Jinping of China on the occasion of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1. In his message forwarded on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and the people of China as they celebrate the 68th […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on European countries to defy US sanctions if the Trump administration torpedoes the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Speaking to the Guardian and the Financial Times, Zarif warned that if Europe followed Washington’s lead, the […]

In their millions, Muslims have started staging passionate mourning ceremonies in commemoration of the day in history that witnessed the martyrdom of the icon of sacrifice to the faithful. The occasion, known as Ashura, marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and 72 of his companions in what is known today as Iraq in 680 AD, after they […]

Brig. Gen. Massoud Jazayeri announced Sat. that Iranian and Iraqi military forces will take part in a joint exercise on the country’s western borders in the near future. “Commanders of Iranian Armed Forces took part in a meeting chaired by Army chief Maj. Gen. Bagheri this morning in line with implementing the announced policies of the Islamic […]

Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Sat. that KRG leader Barzani’s call for separation of Kurdistan region from Iraq will further strengthen the presence of ISIL and Israeli regime in the region. “Barzani’s call for independence means further strengthening of ISIL and Tel Aviv, a new anarchy in the region and instability,” Parliament’s General Director for […]

Former IRGC General Mohsen Rezaei said the independence referendum held by the Iraqi Kurdistan region was KRG President Masoud Barzani’s coup against his rivals to expunge them from the Kurdish region. “Barzani sought to put either himself or his representative in the position of Iraq’s Kurdish president,” Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said in […]

Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iran’s Parliament sent a congratulatory message to Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh, felicitating his election as the Speaker of the People’s Council of Syria. In a message to Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh, Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, congratulated his Syrian counterpart on being elected as the Speaker of the People’s Council […]

Iran’s FM Spokesman Ghasemi said the Burmese government’s disregard for international community’s calls on stopping violence against Rohingya Muslims is unacceptable. “Iran was among the first countries which responded to the Rohingya crisis as its humanitarian duty,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Saturday, adding “at least two correspondence between Foreign Ministry Zarif with […]