Moqtada al-Sadr, a populist political leader who has a huge following on the Iraqi street, said new elections should be held soon. Iran News quotes the report of Baghdad protests by ILNA. “Respect the blood of Iraq through the resignation of the government and prepare for early elections overseen by international monitors,” a statement from […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran Mohammad Rastad praised the naval forces’ success in providing security for domestic and foreign vessels sailing across the Persian Gulf and said each year, 55,000 oceangoing ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz safely. In remarks released on Friday, Rastad pointed to a […]

“In my opinion, there is basically no enemy among regional countries. The enemy is outside the region,” Zanganeh told reporters on Thursday night, Iran News quotes the Press TV report. He also called on regional countries to view Iran as their friend, expressing Tehran’s readiness to cooperate with its neighbors to secure the Persian Gulf […]

Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that the Caspian Sea is the sea of peace and friendship.

Riot police in Iraq have fired live rounds into the air and used tear gas to disperse protesters, who took to the streets in the capital, Baghdad, for a second consecutive day against what they describe as unemployment and poor public services. Iran News covers the story. Police opened fire in the al-Shaab neighborhood of […]

Collecting and storing the DNA of people simply detained and not tried or convicted of a crime has drawn criticism from civil rights advocates. Iran News quotes the report; The US government plans to collect the DNA of all undocumented immigrants detained after entering the country illegally, officials said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security […]

Tehran (Iran News) – An official of Arbaeen special office said on Thursday that the Khosravi official border point was closed due to a demand from Iraqi Government. Jafar Hemmati said that the Khosravi border Point will be closed until further notice because of security issues, according to IRNA. Hemmati said that the negotiations for […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced Wednesday with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and other top law enforcement officials in his long-awaited pre-indictment hearing on a series of corruption scandals. Netanyahu’s attorneys met Wednesday with Israel’s attorney general and other top law enforcement officials in long-awaited pre-indictment hearing of Israeli’s Netanyahu on […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has reacted to a recent statement by Germany's Foreign Office.

Reducing JCPOA Commitments TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Iran will continue to reduce its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal until it gets the desirable results, stressing that the US policy of maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic has ended in failure. In comments at a […]