TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, pointing to Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum, said “this is in the interest of Israel and those who want to expand insecurity in the region.” Speaking among reporters on the sidelines of a local ceremony on Tuesday, Rezaei underlined Kurdistan needs security, development and progress; any kind […]

TEHRAN – Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the Parliament would spare no effort to aid Syrian people residing in Al-Fu’ah and Kafriya which are under siege by Takfiri groups. Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in his meeting with Hussein Ragheb al-Hussein, a member of the Syrian People Assembly […]

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday attended the funeral of Mohsen Hojaji, a young IRGC adviser beheaded by the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group in Syria. At the beginning of the funeral procession in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei, accompanied by the country’s top military commanders, prayed near Hojaji’s Iranian-flag-wrapped casket. […]

A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs says President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) Massoud Barzani is a middleman for Zionists, who seeks to implement their plans for the division of Muslim states. “Barzani is a middleman for Zionists [whose goal is] to disintegrate Islamic […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said that working towards the total purging of nuclear weapons is a “legal, political and moral responsibility” of every state. Araqchi made the remarks on Tuesday while addressing the United Nations General Assembly on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. “We need to take this […]

A senior American political analyst said US President Donald Trump used the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers as a tool during his campaign to win the election, noting that he is now making the appearances of planning to walk out of the agreement. “…, what we have to remember is that during […]

TEHRAN– Iran’s Parl. Speaker Ali Larijani said Tue. that the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan region will cause a new tension in the region, adding that it is Israel’s policy to partition the Middle East. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani deemed Iraqi Kurdistan groups as friends to whom the Islamic Republic of Iran had lent help […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi criticized the unilateral move by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region to hold an independence referendum on Monday and said it took place without the necessary prudence. “Our stance is clear, the move (independence referendum) occurred at an improper time and lacked the necessary logic,” Qassemi said at his weekly press […]

Michel Duclos, the Director General of France’s ADI, who is visiting Tehran was received by Kamal Kharrazi, the former Iranian FM, on Monday in Tehran. “Trump’s words do not fit any logic or reason and that’s why they have been opposed by most of the leaders of the world,” reiterated Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi, the Head […]

The ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union to the United States have expressed their countries’ strong support for a landmark international nuclear agreement Iran clinched with the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago. “We agree that the demise of this agreement would be a major loss,” David O’Sullivan, the […]