TEHRAN – Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said records of the naval forces’ warning to an American military vessel in the Sea of Oman earlier this month could be released if necessary. “We will powerfully warn anyone with any (level of) power, who approaches our territorial waters, and we will not allow them […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian military commander ruled out the possibility of allowing foreign access to the country’s military bases, which he said are exempt from inspection under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Based on the official stance of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, Iran will never allow anybody to inspect its […]

TEHRAN  – Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi decried the United Nations’ inaction in the face of the recent mass killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and said some Western countries’ interests are the reason for the inaction. “The UN only condemns (the killings) and does not act because of the interests of some […]

TEHRAN – A senior adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker censured Saudi Arabia for its poor handling of the tragic case of deaths of thousands of Hajj pilgrims in Mina in September 2015, saying the kingdom continues to behave irresponsibly two years after the incident. In an interview with Tasnim, Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Saudi Arabia […]

TEHRAN  – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the country has gained such high level of capabilities that it can design and manufacture any type of military gear domestically. Iran has reached such position that it faces no shortage when it comes to the production of military […]

President of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government Masoud Barzani vowed Tuesday to press ahead with a referendum on Kurdish independence on Sept. 25 despite a vote by Iraq’s Parliament to reject the move. Earlier the Parliament in Baghdad authorized the prime minister to “take all measures” to preserve Iraq’s unity. Kurdish lawmakers walked out of […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif departed Tehran for the Russian city of Sochi on Wednesday morning. It is expected that Iranian foreign minister discuss mutual ties and regional developments with the Russian officials. Media reports said that Zarif is in a mission to convey a letter from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to […]

An Iranian official says the historic 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries was a deal among six countries, including the United States, warning that Washington will become isolated if it takes any action to walk out of it. Speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Iranian government […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Bahram Ghasemi said that the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly is a good chance for discussing the issue of Myanmar. “Regarding the responsibility the Islamic Republic of Iran bears about the Muslims of the world, we will concentrate the whole of our efforts for restoring the rights of this […]

TEHRAN  – An Iranian official underlined that foreigners would never be given access to the country’s military bases, deriding the notion that the UN nuclear watchdog sees no distinction between civilian and military sites in its inspections as a figment of Yukiya Amano’s imagination. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a […]