‘No serious military threat against Iran’
The commander of the Passive Defense Organization said on Sunday that no serious military threat against the Islamic Republic exists at the moment, Fars reported. “As the Leader of the [Islamic] Revolution said, ‘the option of war is the final threat which has been thwarted by Iran’s defense power’,” said Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali during […]
Leader urges PDO to take ‘comprehensive measures’ to confront any intrusion
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran’s Passive Defense Organization should be alert and take accurate and comprehensive measures and confront any intrusion. During a meeting with the head and officials of National Passive Defense Organization, which was held this afternoon (Sunday), Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the increased importance […]
Warning to Oman: don’t ruin your future by forgetting history
After Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Muscat which was aimed at causing conflict between Islamic countries and white-washing Palestinians’ genocide in Gaza Strip, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi attended Manama Dialogue security summit in Bahrain and made a speech. Bin Alawi’s speech, made under obvious pressure from US to change the atmosphere in favor of Zionist […]
Establishing demilitarized zone in Idleb is temporary
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed at the end of the Istanbul quartet summit that the leaders of the participating states agreed on preserving the territorial integrity of Syria, and accomplishing the political settlement in accordance with Security Council resolution No.2254. Putin’s statement came during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor […]
Court suspends charges of espionage against environmentalist
The attorney for environmentalist Sam Rajabi has said a court’s order has been issued for suspension of the persecution of his client, with regard to his charges of spying and participation in espionage. Mohammad-Hossein Aqasi said his client was still charged with rallying and collusion to commit crimes against national security, Tehran 24 reported on […]
All proposed ministers get votes of confidence
All four ministers proposed by President Hassan Rouhani received votes of confidence from lawmakers in a Saturday session of the Majlis. Rouhani had attempted a cabinet reshuffle by proposing Farhad Dejpasand as the minister of economy, Mohammad Eslami as minister of transport and urban development, Mohammad Shariatmadari as minister of cooperative, labor, and social welfare, […]
‘Difficulty of building a grand theory of religion and international relations’
Professor Jonathan T. Chow from University of Macau says that “Religion can be an important factor in international politics, but it would be a mistake to say that it is the sole or even the most important factor.” “Building a grand theory of religion and international relations, I think, would necessarily oversimplify the diverse and […]
Rouhani: Recent developments a ‘unique’ victory for Iranians
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has termed as “unique” Iran’s political developments in recent months. “Who would have thought that representatives of the Iranian nation could gain victory at three great arenas in a few months?” he said at a session of parliaments held to give vote of confidence to four proposed ministers. He explained that […]
Principalist representatives pen a letter of protest to Parl. speaker over FATF
Today morning, a number of principalist representatives submitted a letter of protest to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and members of the Expediency Council (EC) on the move taken by the Parliament Speaker in sending two bills pertinent to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to the Expediency Council. Given the above issue, the […]
Meeting with Israeli regime’s PM far from wisdom of Sultan Qaboos
Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Friday meeting with Israeli regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is far from the wisdom of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos. In a Saturday tweet and in reaction to Netanyahu’s unannounced trip to Oman, Amir-Abdollahian wrote, “the meeting of Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the illegitimate Israeli regime, […]