Israeli regime striving to create rifts among Muslim countries: FM spox
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has said that the Israeli regime is striving to create rifts among Muslim countries and cover up its 70-year-long occupation of Palestine and the massacre of Palestinian people. Responding on Friday to a question regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unannounced trip to Oman two days earlier, Ghasemi slammed the trip, […]
‘Iraq to prioritize own interests regarding Iran sanctions’
New Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said on Thursday that Baghdad will prioritize its own interests and independence when it comes to implementing unilateral U.S. sanctions on Iran. “We want to secure Iraq from any interference in issues, affairs of other countries, whether it’s a neighboring country or it’s any other country in the world,” […]
Pakistan’s FIA sets up offices in Iran, Greece
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established its sub-offices in Greece and Iran to check increasing activities of organized criminal networks and illegal movements of Pakistani migrants. A senior FIA official has said that one sub-office each in Greece and Iran had been established and soon two deputy directors along with their subordinates would begin […]
Baeidinejad slams U.S. ambassador’s bullying rhetoric
Iran’s Ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad on Wednesday strongly criticized Woody Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to London, for pressuring British companies into choosing trade ties with either Iran or the U.S. “Such threatening and bullying rhetoric on the part of a businessman, whose grandfather’s Johnson & Johnson [company] had been for years active in […]
Moscow visit aimed to resolve Yemen crisis: Jaberi Ansari
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, has said the aim of his recent visit to Moscow was to find ways to put an end to the Saudi-led war on Yemen. “In this trip we tried to reach a framework between Iran and Russia for talks about Yemen,” Jaberi Ansari said, […]
IRGC is forerunner in fighting terrorism: Yadollah Javani
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is the forerunner in fighting terrorists, IRGC Deputy Commander for Political Affairs Brigadier General Yadollah Javani has said. “The world is well aware that the Guards has been forerunner in fighting terrorist groups in the region,” Javani told Mehr news agency in an interview published on Thursday. His comments came as […]
Zarif says Arbaeen symbolizes Iran-Iraq unity
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday called on the Iraqi government to facilitate travel of the Iranian pilgrims for the Arbaeen ritual, particularly in border areas. Zarif made the request in a phone conversation with new Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim. Arbaeen marks 40 days after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein […]
Syria elected as president of Asia-Pacific Ocean group at UN for Nov.
Asia-Pacific Ocean group at UN elected Syria as president of the Group, by acclamation, for November. Palestinian permanent representative to UN, Riad Mansour whose country leads the group in the current month, handed the chairmanship of the group to the Syrian permanent representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafri. Mansour and the member states congratulated al-Jaafri […]
Global response to Saudi journalist’s murder ‘late yet strong’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed to the global response to Saudi journalist’s murder, saying “it was late yet strong.” In response to a question by Japanese correspondent, Iran’s foreign minister evaluated the global reaction to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi late, but severe. Zarif pointed out that Washington is one of […]
An IRGC commander reacts to S Arabia, Bahrain’s latest statement
The deputy chief of IRGC’s Sarallah Headquarters has condemned the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain’s action in issuing a statement against three IRGC commanders, saying their move was aimed at deflecting public attention from the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi. “Saudi Arabia is stuck in a quagmire from which it cannot get out easily, so they […]