TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to US President Donald Trump’s recent military threats against Iran, saying any targeting of Iran’s cultural sites would constitute a war crime.AA “Those masquerading as diplomats and those who shamelessly sat to identify Iranian cultural & civilian targets should not even bother to open […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on Washington to leave “unlawful tactics”, pointing to the assassination of IRGC Quds Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. Lavrov made the remarks during a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Friday. “They [Lavrov and Pompeo] have […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Trump administration on Friday justified its killing of a top Iranian general as an act of self-defense, trying to deflect accusations that it violated international law and concerns raised by legal experts and a senior UN rights investigator. Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the 62-year-old commander of the Quds Force of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi announced on Saturday that Iran will respond to the US move of the assassination of IRGC’s Quds Force commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and take revenge but will avoid taking any hasty action. General Shekarchi said Iran will avoid taking any […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that the United States is committed to “de-escalation” hours after U.S. airstrike at Baghdad International Airport operated General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination. Pompeo made the claim in a number of tweets on Friday to justify General Soleimani’s assassination. “I spoke today with Chinese Politburo […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has rejected earlier reports which claimed that some PMU leaders have been assassinated in an airstrike on Saturday in North Baghdad, Taji. Iraq’s state TV reported that a United States airstrike targeted an Iraqi militia late on Friday on Taji road north of Baghdad. It did […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The chief commander of Iran Army says the country will give a crushing response to the threats posed by enemies at any level. “In case of the threats posed against the country, the Iran Army divisions will, undoubtedly, be the first units to give the proper response to the enemies,” Major […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US President Donald Trump said he does not want, or foresee, war with Iran after he earlier threatened to retaliate against the country following recent protests in Iraq. Asked about the possibility of tensions spiraling into a war with Iran, Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, “Do I […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Up to 4,000 forces of the US troops have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East region following mass protests outside the US embassy by Iraqi protesters infuriated over Washington’s recent deadly military aggression on the Arab country. The US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s alert brigade of roughly 4,000 paratroopers, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman hit back at the US for its accusations against Iran, following recent protests in Iraq, calling on the White House to quit its destructive regional policies in Middle East. In a statement on Tuesday, Abbas Mousavi dismissed the “bogus” allegations that the American officials have made against […]