Security

Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says Iran is set to keep up its counter-terrorism cooperation with Russia until Syria and the entire region are fully cleansed of terrorist outfits.

Iran’s defence minister has arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow, to attend the 7th International Moscow Security Conference.

A commentator says the rumour that two Israeli F-35 stealth jets had entered Iran’s airspace and returned safe is extremely funny.

While there are reports that a decision has been made by Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace to permanently ban the popular messaging app Telegram, the Council has kept denying such allegations.

High-ranking Iranian and Turkish officials have stressed the need for developing defence cooperation between Tehran and Ankara.

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli deplored the discriminatory approach of international organizations in providing assistance to governments fighting against illicit drugs and called on all countries to meet their responsibility in this campaign.

Iran's Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has blamed foreign powers’ meddling and their double standards for the current chaos in the Middle East.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal have discussed issues of mutual interest in Islamabad.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force has thwarted an attack on a military base in southeastern Iran in an operation during which at least two terrorists were killed.

A senior Iranian security official says Washington has formally announced that it is using the greenback as an economic tool to impose its will on other countries.

A senior Iranian military official says nobody has the right to negotiate with foreigners over Iran’s defence and missile capabilities.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has lashed out at the anti-Iran comments made by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ahead of his visit to Tehran.

A top Iranian military commander has conditioned talks over Tehran’s missile program on the destruction of the West’s nuclear and long-range arms.

Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the military force is capable of coping with any insecurity and thwart any plot hatched by the enemies.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has lauded IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani for helping Iraq and Syria in their campaign against terrorists.

Two senior military and police commanders of Iran have travelled to Islamabad to hold negotiations with Pakistani counterparts and officials.

There is evidence that proves elements who raided a police station in northern Tehran Monday in apparent support for the dervish community were being supported by foreign governments, a senior judicial official said.

Iran and the Azerbaijan Republic have agreed to work together to jointly produce military equipment.

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli decried a recent attack on security forces in northern Tehran by members of the Gonabadi Dervishes, a Sufi community in Iran, and said all those behind the incident would be dealt with “decisively”.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev says his government embraces greater collaboration between Tehran and Baku, particularly in defence industries.

Iran’s president says all ideologies are respected, but violence by any group or entity, especially acts of violence and insult against police and security forces, are definitely condemned.

Iran’s defence minister has arrived in Azerbaijan’s Baku at the head of a high-ranking delegation to explore ways of broadening defence collaboration between the two countries.

Two Qatari vessels encroaching upon Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf have been seized.

A senior Iranian commander has referred to the failure of US-made missile defence systems in countering minor attacks on the US allies in the Middle East, saying they won’t help their owners when they are targeted by hundreds of missiles.

The Iranian Navy’s 50th flotilla of warships berthed at Sri Lanka’s port of Colombo on Friday morning.