US Deployment in Region Means Insecurity
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said that the US force deployment has brought insecurity with themselves to any regional state they went. Wherever in the region, the US deployment began, insecurity came later, Jahangiri said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday. He added that US forces have been present in […]
Medicine import impossible due to sanctions, Iran minister
TEHRAN (Iran News) — Minister of Health Saeed Namaki has strongly criticized the U.S. sanctions against Iran, saying the sanctions have made it virtually impossible for Iran to import medicine and medical equipment. Namaki made in a letter to the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that Medicine import is impossible as a […]
Leader: Iran does not seek war, but confronts threats
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Iran does not seek war, but it will unhesitatingly confront and strike those who threaten the Iranian people’s interests, dignity and glory. “If the Islamic Republic decides to challenge and fight, it will do so unequivocally. We’re not after […]
US Secretary of State slams Iraqi armed forces as ‘terrorist’
TEHRAN (Iran News) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday, in his reaction to anti-US protests, called Iraqi armed forces as ‘terrorist’. In continuation of Washington’s anger over anti-US demonstrations in Iraq, US Secretary of State Pompeo in his twitter account called Hash al-Shabi organization as ‘terrorist’ which is a part of armed […]
Iran Summons Swiss Envoy over US ‘Warmongering Statements’
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss envoy representing US interests in Tehran over “warmongering statements” by American officials. The Swiss charge d’affaires was summoned on Wednesday over Washington’s accusations against Tehran and its ‘warmongering statements’ on the latest developments in Iraq, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website. During the meeting […]
Trump: No War with Iran
TEHRAN (Iran News) – US President Donald Trump said he does not want, or foresee, war with Iran after he earlier threatened to retaliate against the country following recent protests in Iraq. Asked about the possibility of tensions spiraling into a war with Iran, Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, “Do I […]
Iran Slams US Destructive Regional Policies
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman hit back at the US for its accusations against Iran, following recent protests in Iraq, calling on the White House to quit its destructive regional policies in Middle East. In a statement on Tuesday, Abbas Mousavi dismissed the “bogus” allegations that the American officials have made against […]
Abdollahian slams US attacks in Iraq
TEHRAN (Iran News) — Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, has condemned the US attacks on Iraq soil, suggesting that the U.S. has been supporting Daesh (ISIS) all along. “During #ISIS crisis in #Iraq, the #US was informed abt its commanders’ links w/Daesh leaders in Mosul. No convincing […]
US Embassy in Baghdad under rage after air raids
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Several thousand protesters irate over US airstrikes on Iraq staged a demonstration outside of the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, hurling stones as security forces and embassy guards hit back with stun grenades and tear gas. The protesters stormed and burned a security post at the entrance of the US […]
China call US policy as bullying practices
TEHRAN (Iran News) – China’s foreign minister decried international “bullying practices” while meeting with his Iranian counterpart Tuesday, in the country’s latest criticism of US foreign policy. Wang Yi reaffirmed the strength of bilateral relations in opening remarks at the beginning of talks with Mohammad Javad Zarif. The Iranian minister’s visit follows a trip to […]