TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said a plot hatched against Yemen’s people ended in failure with the death of the country’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, adding that Saleh got what he deserved as a result of his actions. “The plot hatched by (the United […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Leader top Aide Ali Akbar Velayati said in an interview with IRIB, that French president’s interference in Iran’s missile program is not in interest of France and Macron. “It is not in interests of France and the French President Mr. Macron to interfere in issues of sensitivity to Iran, like missiles and […]

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution, dismissed as false claims made by Lebanon’s resigned prime minister Saad al-Hariri about their recent meeting in the Arab country. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, Velayati pointed to his meeting with Hariri in Beirut one day before his shock […]

TEHRAN – Leader’s Advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, said certain countries of the region were obsessed with normalization of relations with the Zionist regime. Iranian Leader’s Aide Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks while addressing the second International Union of Resistance Scholars on Thursday in Beirut. The official said the opening ceremony of the meeting had […]

TEHRAN – Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati highlighted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s major role in recent advances of the Arab country’s army and allied forces against foreign-backed terrorist groups. Speaking at a meeting with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Tehran on Wednesday, Velayati offered his […]

TEHRAN– The Netherlands has adopted a policy opposite to that of the US toward the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a top Iranian official said, adding that a group of visiting Dutch lawmakers have leveled outspoken criticism at the US for lack of commitment to the nuclear deal. Speaking to reporters in Tehran after […]

TEHRAN– A member of Iran’s Expediency Council said the Kurdish Peshmerga forces’ withdrawal from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk put an end to a dangerous plot hatched against regional security. With the Kurdish forces’ retreat from Kirkuk today, the back of a Barzani’s scheme against the region’s security was broken, Ali Akbar Velayati said […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian politician warned against Washington’s continued hostilities toward Damascus and said the US is seeking to break up eastern and northeastern parts of the war-torn country. Speaking at a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud on Tuesday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution […]

TEHRAN  – The Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s decision to hold an independence referendum faces an uncertain fate, Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati said, warning that the controversial plan would allow the Zionist regime of Israel to establish a foothold in Iraq. Holding an independence referendum within a sovereign state like Iraq will be a prelude to […]

TEHRAN  – An Iranian official underlined that foreigners would never be given access to the country’s military bases, deriding the notion that the UN nuclear watchdog sees no distinction between civilian and military sites in its inspections as a figment of Yukiya Amano’s imagination. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a […]