Iranian Official: 60 MKO Members Nabbed in Single Province Last Year
An Iranian intelligence official said the security forces in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan arrested 60 elements that had links with the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) last year.
US Grants Exemptions to Sanctions on Iran’s IRGC
The US State Department has put in place two carve-outs to the recently announced sanctions against Iran’s IRGC that mean foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations and other groups will not automatically face sanctions for working with the elite force.
Iran’s FM, UN Chief Discuss US Illegal Measures
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres talked about the US government’s illegal moves against Iran at a meeting in New York.
Iran Says Serious about Prisoner Swap with US
The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s proposal to exchange prisoners with the United States is serious, but it was nothing new.
Stability of Persian Gulf Vital to Iran’s National Security: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned the US against any measure to prevent Tehran from using the Strait of Hormuz as a safe transit passage for the sale of its oil, saying that the stability of the Persian Gulf is vital to the country’s national security.
Iran’s ‘peace and friendship’ flotilla docks at Kazakh port
The Iranian flotilla of 'peace and friendship' docked at Kazakh port of Aktau on Wednesday.
Google’s campaign against Iranian media outlets sets ‘Dangerous Precedent’
Massoud Shadjareh, the founder of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, joined Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Tuesday to discuss how Google’s decision to join the United States’ anti-Iran campaign and block the accounts of Iranian media outlets Press TV and Hispan TV sets a “dangerous precedent” for free speech.
Rouhani warns UAE, Saudi Arabia
Criticizing the UAE and Saudi Arabia's move against Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said these two countries owe their existence to Iran’s wise decision in face of Saddam’s expansionist ambitions.
We will export oil as much as we intend: Ayatollah Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday reacted to the United States’ hawkish moves against the Islamic Republic’s oil sector, assuring that Iran will continue its oil exports as much as it intends.
U.S. unable to zero out Iran’s oil exports: ex-diplomat
A former Foreign Ministry spokesman believes that the United States is not capable of forcing Iranian oil exports to zero.