Middle East

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday shrugged off recent allegations made by the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC).

Iranian officials in separate remarks strongly denounced the US airstrikes on Syrian troops amid an ongoing ceasefire in the war-torn Syria.

Iran has dismissed Saudi Arabia’s “unfounded and undocumented” allegation that the Islamic Republic is funneling arms into Yemen.

Saddam Hussein had revealed his secret fear of Iran and Iranians before being executed.

There is no distinction between the policies of the US and Saudi Arabia’s conduct, a member of Iran’s Expediency Council deplored, saying the Al Saud regime is part of a puzzle the White House is playing in the region.

Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami slammed the Riyadh regime for its continued hostilities against Muslims in the Middle East region, Yemen in particular, describing the Saudi rulers as the enemies of Islam.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned that interference in the domestic affairs of other countries, occupation and extremism constitute serious threats to the world peace, security and development.

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo voiced support for UN development plans in Afghanistan, saying the Islamic Republic continues to provide health care and schooling for Afghan refugees and help them overcome challenges after returning home.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi quashed reports that Tehran and Washington have had high-profile diplomatic contacts about the recent ceasefire in Syria.

In an op-ed in the New York Times, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif harshly criticizes Saudi rulers and their Wahhabi ideology, saying that such terrorist groups as Al-Qaeda and ISIS are inspired by Wahhabism.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has warned that supporters of terrorist groups in Syria may use the ceasefire agreement in the country to rearm the militants.

Iran says it had concluded a “historic” accord with Oman that demarcates the Islamic Republic’s maritime border with the fellow Persian Gulf littoral state.

Spokesman for the Iranian administration expressed the cabinet’s determination to relieve the pains of those who lost their loved ones in a fatal crush of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia during last year’s Hajj.

A source in the Iraqi city of Mosul says members of the ISIS terrorist group are afraid of the ‘M’ letters written on the walls of their houses, as it apparently shows they will be the next victims of resistance groups.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov on Tuesday in Moscow to confer on various regional issues.

Iran’s interests section in Egypt denied reports on a religious fatwa attributed to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei alleging that Iranians could go on pilgrimage to Iraq’s holy Shiite shrines, as in Karbala, instead of Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that Tehran hails the cessation of war in Syria, but the borders should be controlled to prevent the arming of terrorists during the truce.

Following a military operation to liberate Qayyarah district in southern Mosul, the ISIS terrorist group lost control of its oil wells, losing $1m in oil revenues per month.

An Iranian official says the Islamic Republic will not give up pursuing the rights of the victims of a deadly crush during last year’s Hajj rituals in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, until justice is achieved.

A mourning ceremony was held in Behesht-e Zahra Cemetry in southern Tehran on Thursday in commemoration of the victims of the last year's deadly crush of people in Saudi Arabia's Mina, which led to the death of more than 7,000 people, including 465 Iranians.

Documents recently leaked from Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry disclosed that over 90,000 pilgrims have lost their lives during the Hajj rituals in Mecca over the past 14 years.

Iranians have staged demonstrations in the capital, Tehran, and several other major cities across the country to condemn the Saudi crimes and the Bahraini regime’s crackdown on dissent.

An anti-Iran Kurdish terrorist group says it has received many rounds of military training from US advisers as well as arms and ammunition from both Washington and European countries.

Iran says the Arab League must urge Saudi Arabia to put an end to its killing of civilians in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain and supporting terrorist groups founded and nurtured by the Saudi regime itself.

Shortly after the anti-Saudi remarks made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, streets of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad are now full of billboards showing people’s hate towards the Al Saud regime.