TEHRAN (Iran News) – Defense Ministry of Afghanistan said two military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday. The chopper was traveling from Farah’s capital to the Parchman district of the province. “An AAF helicopter (MI-35) crashed just before noon today in Parchaman District, Farah province, due to technical issues. Sadly two of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – China will encourage the development of annuities and endowment insurance to diversify people’s investment into the stock market, instead of direct share purchases from savings, the government-backed Securities Times said. “The key consideration is to cultivate a multi-layer stock market,” the newspaper reported, quoting Xiao Yuanqi, spokesman of China Banking and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – South Korea has moved a Patriot missiles unit from a southeastern region to central Seoul, sources said Tuesday, as part of efforts to better defend key facilities from potential threats from North Korea. The Air Force unit, which previously was stationed in North Gyeongsang Province, was relocated to a former military […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Reports suggest that the US Administration has issued a draft of possible sanctions against Iraq to the Iraqi President Barham Salih. The draft aims to clarify the consequences of possible sanctions for the Iraq government, a source told Skynews. US President Donald Trump has threatened Iraq with imposing ‘very big sanctions’ […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg spoke after an emergency meeting in Brussels, confirming that the alliance would suspend its training mission in Iraq due to the security situation. Stoltenberg briefed the press after an urgent meeting of the North Atlantic Council at Ambassadorial level in Brussels following the assassination of Lt. Gen. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US-based Human Rights Watch said that Trump’s threat to attack important Iranian culture sites would be war crimes if carried out. On Sunday, Human Rights Watch condemned the president’s latest threat to Iran’s culture sites. “President Trump should publicly reverse his threats against Iran’s cultural property and make clear that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Kenya police forces say they have arrested three men who tried to force their way into a British Army training camp on the same day that al-Shabab extremists attacked a military base and killed three US military personnel. The internal police report seen by AP says the three “terrorist suspects” were […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Nicolas Maduro endorsed Luis Parra as the new Speaker Sunday to legalize the new leadership of the parliament. “The National Assembly held a session in the parliament building in accordance with the constitution. A new leadership was elected, consisting of the opposition, with parliamentarian Luis Parra at the head,” Maduro told […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit US President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. “This resolution on war powers is similar to the resolution introduced by Senator Tim Kaine in the Senate,” US House speaker said […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders followed an angry attack on Donald Trump’s ordered airstrike assassination of Iran’s top military commander with the announcement of a new bill to block funding for a war against Iran — unless Congress approves. Sanders announced the bill at a campaign stop Saturday in Des […]