Adviser to Iran’s Parliament speaker, Mansour Haghighatpour, told Mehr News on Saturday that the recent developments in Iraqi city of Basra which culminated in an attack on Iran’s consulate are “completely suspicious”. Speaking to Mehr News Agency on Saturday, Adviser to Iran’s Parliament speaker, Mansour Haghighatpour, said the attack on Iran’s consulate in Basra, south of […]

According to the police, nine people, including “members of Boise’s refugee community” were stabbed by a 30-year-old male attacker at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday. The attacker fled the crime scene but was detained by police quickly afterwards. The motive behind the assault has not yet been established. All victims have been […]

 Units of Syrian Arab Army on Saturday restored control over the southern part of al-Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood and continued its operations against terrorists positioned in the northern part of the neighborhood. SANA’s correspondent said that army units liberated the southern part of al-Hajar al-Asawd neighborhood after eliminating the last terrorists’ gatherings and inflicting terrorists’ heavy […]

An informed source told Mehr News on Mon. that foreign media reports on Iranian advisory forces coming under missile fire in Syria’s Hama is false. According to the informed source, Iranian advisory forces have not been targeted or hurt in what Syria’s state news agency reported on Sunday as “a new aggression with hostile missiles”, […]

The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami says if any war happens between Iran and Israel, it will definitely be followed by Israel’s total destruction. Brigadier General Hossein Salami made the remarks before the Tehran Friday Prayers ceremony in reaction to recent Israeli regime’s attacks on bases in Syria as well as […]

 The United Nations is unable to independently confirm recent allegations of chemical attacks in Syria, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said. “There have been several allegations of chlorine attacks in Ghouta, in Idlib, and also now recently in Afrin. While we cannot independently verify these allegations, but if confirmed, it is outrageous […]

Iran’s representative to the UN chemical watchdog, Alireza Jahangiri, called on Russia and UK to settle disputes over the Salisbury nerve agent attack through cooperation and constructive talks. Iranian Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alireza Jahangiri read out a joint statement during an extraordinary meeting of the OPCW Executive Council, on […]

The leaders of France, Germany, the US and UK have issued a statement on the nerve agent attack in the UK, saying there is “no plausible alternative explanation” than Russian culpability. They condemned the “first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War”, calling it an assault on UK sovereignty, […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned the United States against attacking Syria, saying that if this happens, the consequences will be serious. In a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Lavrov said that the US representative at the Security Council Nikki Haley should be aware that “It is one thing to irresponsibly use a microphone […]

Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said all the responsibility for ensuring the safety of Iran’s Embassy in London or anywhere else fell on the government of the country hosting the mission. “The British government must take full responsibility for the attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s […]