White House has become mentally crippled: Rouhani
The U.S. ruling authorities are baffled and wondering why none of the measures they adopt against Iran bears fruit, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after Washington announced a new round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s officials.
Zarif derides US, Israeli claims on opposing weapons of mass destruction
Foreign Minister Zarif says the US and Israeli regime, with their huge arsenal of chemical and nuclear weapons, have no right to call themselves leading countries in combating weapons of mass destruction.
New anti-Iran sanctions reveal US desperation, confusion: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the fresh American sanctions targeting the country’s senior officials prove Washington’s desperation and confusion in exerting pressure on the Islamic Republic.
Envoy slams new US sanctions on Iran topmost officials as ‘economic terrorism’
Iran's ambassador to the UN said the US’ new sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s topmost authorities reflect Washington’s disrespect for the international law, urging the US to stop its economic terrorism.
Trump has a moment of sanity that begs for continuance
NORTH CAROLINA - “Cocked and loaded” Donald Trump claimed the U.S. military was, just before, as he alleges, he decided not to attack Iran last week because the lives of an estimated “150 Iranians” were too heavy a cost for the downing of an unmanned drone that was brought down in Iran’s territorial waters while on a spy mission. What is one supposed to think? That Trump suddenly has a heart? That he has a brain? Well, maybe a bit of the latter for a moment. It is, in any case, not hard to speculate about what happened:
Ban Ki-moon says folly of U.S. decision to quit nuclear deal has caused regional tension
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the folly of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, has caused regional tension.
Iranian minister: U.S. cyberattacks on missile systems failed
Tehran says that recent U.S. cyber-attacks against Iranian missile control systems have failed to cause any disruptions.
Raisi: Rights violators claim to be rights advocates
The Islamic Republic of Iran has always regarded human rights as the central point of divine religions and has always championed peace and human rights in the world, Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday.
Iran ready to hold joint military drills with Iraq: Gen. Heidari
Commander of Iran's Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioomars Heidari said Mon. the force is ready to expand the level of military cooperation with Iraq through joint drills and the transfer of knowledge.
Iran ‘openly embraces’ talks with Persian Gulf states: FM spox
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Monday that Tehran welcomes talks with Persian Gulf countries.