Army Chief Maj. Gen. Bagheri criticized Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s plan to hold a referendum on independence, saying the move would hurt the Kurds in northern Iraq. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the remarks on Thursday, saying the current grievous situation in Iraq and lack of unity in the […]

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in reaction to US president’s anti-Iran remarks at UN General Assembly said Trump’s remarks are out of anger and desperation not from the position of power. Ayatollah Khamenei deemed US President Donald Trump’s Tuesday remarks against Iran “contemptible, offensive, obtuse, hectic, and all around untrue”, adding “those words were […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated his administration’s policy to promote relations with European countries and said the Islamic Republic is ready to deepen ties with Britain in all spheres, economy in particular. Speaking at a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in New York on Wednesday, Rouhani described facilitating banking cooperation as […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministers of Iraq, Iran and Turkey held a trilateral meeting in New York on September 20, 2017 to discuss the referendum plan of the KRG. In the meeting, Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iraq’s Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Turkey’s Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu conferred on the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s upcoming referendum on independence slated for September […]

TEHRAN – “The money-seeker president of US demonstrated once again the colonialistic traits of US statesmen,” said Iran’s Velayati on Wednesday. “The vulgar and undiplomatic remarks of the opportunist president of US at the podium of the United Nations demonstrated once again the colonialistic character of the statesmen of this country in contrast with the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani strongly deplored US President’s anti-Iran speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying it was “ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric”. “The ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric, filled with ridiculously baseless allegations, that was uttered before this august body yesterday, was not only unfit to be heard at […]

TEHRAN – A member of the presiding board of Bahrain’s Ulema (scholars) Council said Al Khalifa regime forces are taking down banners and flags about Ashura which marks the 10th day of Muharram to disrupt mourning ceremonies in the Persian Gulf Arab state. In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency, Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Khojasteh […]

TEHRAN  – Hezbollah Resistance Movement’s second-in-command, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said the Israeli regime has created the Takfiri groups, like Daesh (ISIS or ISIL), to advance its “expansionist plots” in the Middle East region. In a speech released on Wednesday, Sheikh Qassem pointed to the recent victories of Hezbollah fighters against Takfiri groups and said the […]

TEHRAN  – Iran’s president described cultural movements as the best approach to tackling extremist ideologies and terrorism. The prime way for the Muslim countries to combat terrorism is to take “cultural steps”, President Hassan Rouhani underlined, saying the young generation needs to be familiarized with true Islam. He made the comments in a meeting with […]

TEHRAN – Senior MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi emphasized that prolonging suspension of Iran’s nuclear sanctions was a JCPOA requirement it cannot signal a change in Tramp’s approach to the nuclear deal. Head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, touched upon prolongation of the Iranian nuclear sanctions suspension for another 120 days […]