TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraq parliament on Sunday voted to expel the US military forces from the country after a US airstrike killed Iranian top general and the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units on Friday. In an extraordinary parliamentary session, Iraq parliament members voted in favor of a resolution that calls for ending presence […]

A political analyst and former US government adviser underlined the major role of Iran’s Martyr Qassem Soleimani in the collapse of the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group and said the top commander was working against Washington’s plans and objectives.

TEHRAN (IranNews) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi lashed out at the European countries’ “unconstructive” response to the US assassination of IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, reminding the bloc that Europe today’s security is indebted to the ceaseless efforts of the late Gen. Soleimani. In his weekly presser on Sunday, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to US President Donald Trump’s recent military threats against Iran, saying any targeting of Iran’s cultural sites would constitute a war crime.AA “Those masquerading as diplomats and those who shamelessly sat to identify Iranian cultural & civilian targets should not even bother to open […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Swiss envoy, whose country represents the US interests in Iran, over the recent threats issued by US President Donald Trump. The Swiss envoy was called in by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi on Sunday and received a strong note of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – An Iranian international energy expert says the United States killed a senior Iranian commander in Iraq because he had constantly opposed US hegemony over oil wells in Iraq and in the wider region. Mahmoud Khaghani told Iran’s ILNA news agency on Saturday that the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A US Senator described Donald Trump as an “unstable president” who is assassinating foreign leaders with the help of his “sycophantic” amateur advisers. “An unstable President in way over his head, panicking, with all his experienced advisers having quit, and only the sycophantic amateurs remaining. Assassinating foreign leaders, announcing plans to […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on Washington to leave “unlawful tactics”, pointing to the assassination of IRGC Quds Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. Lavrov made the remarks during a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Friday. “They [Lavrov and Pompeo] have […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Trump administration on Friday justified its killing of a top Iranian general as an act of self-defense, trying to deflect accusations that it violated international law and concerns raised by legal experts and a senior UN rights investigator. Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the 62-year-old commander of the Quds Force of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held phone conversations with his counterparts in Iran and Iraq following the US assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on Friday. In talks with Iran President Hassan Rouhani, Iraq Barham Salih, and turkey President, the leaders discussed the latest developments in the region as […]