Damascus Repels Israeli Missile Attack
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Syrian air defense forces in Damascus repelled an Israeli missile attack launched from the occupied territories, a report said. Syria’s SANA news agency reported that the attack took place late on Sunday in the Aqrabah suburb near the capital Damascus and that one of the four “hostile targets” was downed during […]
Israel afraid of ICC condemnation for war crimes
TEHRAN (Iran News) – As Israel is going through investigation by the recent decision of the International Criminal Court, ICC, to launch a full investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories has raised alarm among current and former Israeli officials and military personnel, who may face global arrest warrants as a result of the probe. […]
Turkey Military Base in Libya to Build Up
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey is planning to build up a military base in Libya in purpose of providing greater support for the Tripoli-based unity Government of National Accord (GNA) in the wake of a military deal signed between the two sides last month. Local media reported Monday that the Turkey military base will be […]
US Military Convoy enroute Syria Oilfields
TEHRAN (Iran News) – A large US military convoy came into the oilfields in northeastern Syria on Monday despite widespread condemnation of the deployment as being tantamount to robbery. The United States sent new deployments to the Syria, the exact provinces of Hasakah and Deir al-Zor from neighboring Iraq on Sunday, according to Press TV. The US […]
US Incirlik airbase may be shut; Erdogan
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to shut down the major US Incirlik airbase in response to Washington’s recognition of the Armenian “genocide” and the possible introduction of new sanctions against the country. “If it is necessary for us to take such a step, of course, we have the authority…If […]
Hudaydah Truce if Violated, Will Be Regretful; Yemenis Warn
TEHRAN (Iran News) – A Continued violation of the Hudaydah Truce signed last year in Sweden between the Houthi Ansarullah movement and the ex-Yemeni government will have “dire consequences’, the spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces warned. Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on Saturday that the Saudi-led coalition and its mercenaries continue to flout the agreement […]
Iran’s missile tests no banned by resolution 2231: spox
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has argued that Iran’s missile tests are not banned under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. During a presser in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Saturday, Mousavi criticized some Western countries’ position on Iran’s missile tests, Tasnim reported. He said the 2015 Iran nuclear […]
INF Missiles Test Violated Treaty, China says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Washington’s recent ballistic missile test proves that the country used to prepare for tests of missiles banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty well ahead of withdrawing from the deal officially, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday. “Since August 2 of this year, when the United States […]
North Korea Talks Will Have No New Offers; KCNA Says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – North Korea says the US “has nothing to offer us even if the talks are resumed,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The news agency also said that North Korea believes that the US has done a stupid thing by convening the UN Security Council, adding that it is nothing […]
Qatar Navy Commanders Meet Iranian Counterparts in Doha
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi in met with his Qatari counterpart and invited the Qatar navy forces to attend an upcoming maritime exercise of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) as an observer. Qatar and Iranian navy commanders met in Doha to discuss cooperation between the two […]