TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a military exercise across Iran’s western and northwestern border areas on Sunday. The war game, described as a “security drill” and codenamed Muharram, is being held under the supervision of the IRGC’s Hamze Sayyid al-Shohada Base. High-ranking commanders, including IRGC Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami […]

TEHRAN – Former IRGC General Mohsen Rezaei has said US President ‘Donald Trump is a good rival to us; before the game starts he declares his failure. In response to the embarrassment of the American elites due to Trump’s anti-Iran UN speech, Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei wrote on his official Twitter page that […]

TEHRAN  – The funeral procession of an Iranian military adviser who was decapitated by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in Syria last month is slated to be held in Tehran on Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force announced. In a statement issued on Sunday, the public relations department of the […]

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani officially marked the beginning of 2017-18 school year by ringing the bell of a school in Tehran on Saturday. Annually and prior to the opening of schools, which falls on the first day of the 7th Iranian calendar month of Mehr (September 23), the president raises a question dubbed “The […]

TEHRAN  – Foreign ministers of Iran, India, and Oman held a meeting in New York to explore avenues for closer relations among the three Asian nations, with the focus on cooperation in the energy sector. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj, and Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah […]

Iran has detained seven crew members of a fishing boat in the Persian Gulf for illegally entering the country’s territorial waters. The coastguard commander for Iran’s southern Kish Island, Colonel Rahim Jahanbakhsh, said on Saturday that the dhow, belonging to an Arab littoral state of the Persian Gulf, was seized after trespassing on the Islamic […]

A senior Iranian military commander says the country’s Armed Forces are fully prepared to make the enemies regret any wrong move against the Islamic Republic. “We are monitoring threats and boosting the defense capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army accordingly,” the second-in-command of the Iranian Army, Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, said on […]

Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani has denounced United States President Donald Trump’s recent rant against the Islamic Republic at the United Nations. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump accused Iran of “supporting terrorists.” He said, “The Iranian regime’s support for terror is in stark contrast to the recent commitments of many […]

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic will seek permission from no country to bolster its defense power. Brig. Gen. Hatami made the remark on Saturday, which marked the beginning of the annual Sacred Defense Week in Iran. “As long as the rhetoric of some [countries] is one of threat, Iran’s reinforcement of […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian cleric slammed the US president’s harsh remarks against Iran at the UN General Assembly as an indication of Washington’s outrage at its “ideological failures”, noting that Russia’s alliance with Iran in the war against terrorism has infuriated and frustrated Americans. The anti-Iran remarks at the UN General Assembly were made by […]