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Iran says reserves right to retaliation for Israel assassination of Iranian advisors in Syria

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has warned that Tehran reserves right to act in kind over Israel's assassination of four Iranian military advisors in Syria's capital, Damascus.

IRGC: Four Iranian military advisors assassinated in Israeli strike on Damascus

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on Saturday four of its military advisors were assassinated in an Israeli strike in the Syrian capital Damascus earlier in the day.

Defense minister: Iran uses all available means to defend nation, territorial integrity

The Iranian minister of defense has reiterated the country’s stance that the recent move to target hostile forces in neighboring countries was ‘legitimate’ and based on the country’s defense doctrine.

Pakistan, Iran agree to “de-escalate” tensions after tit-for-tat attacks

Pakistan and Iran "agreed to de-escalate" tensions Friday, Islamabad has announced, after the two countries traded deadly airstrikes. The rare military actions have stoked regional conflict already enflamed by the Israeli war on Gaza.

Ex-president Rouhani: Gap between ruling minority, nation in Iran widening

Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has launched a rare, yet scathing, vitriol against his successor Ebrahim Raisi for his policies that have led to what he called the yawning divide between the administration and the people in the country.

Iran rejects Arab League’s statement regarding Erbil “anti-terror operation”

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has expressed regret over a recent statement by the foreign ministers of the Arab League and dismissed its provisions, regarding Iran's recent raids against anti-Iranian groups based in Erbil, in northern Iraq.

Ministry: Two Daesh terrorists killed, several arrested before conducting terror attacks in Iran 

Iranian intelligence agents have killed two Takfiri terrorists who had entered Iran days ago following the terror attack in the southeastern city of Kerman, aiming to carry out further terrorist operations. 

Day two of Iranian air defense drills features e-warfare tactics

The Iranian armed forces have launched day two of major air defense drills marked by a variety of exercises.

Iran says took preventive measure against terrorists in Pakistan before their infiltration

Iran says its recent missile and drone raids on an area in Pakistan was a preventive attack against Pakistan-based terrorists before they could infiltrate into Iran and carry out “criminal attacks” against the Islamic Republic.

Tehran condemns Pakistan’s raid on Iran’s soil, summons Islamabad envoy

Iran has condemned Pakistan’s attack on the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan which has killed at least nine people and summoned Islamabad chargé d'affaires in protest against the aggression.

Iranian MP: No anti-Pakistan terror group based in Iran

An Iranian lawmaker representing several southeastern cities bordering Pakistan, has dismissed a statement by the Pakistani army that groups hostile to Islamabad are based inside Iran.

Official: Ten killed in missile raid, fired from Pakistan, on southeast Iran, Tehran demands explanation

At least ten non-Iranian nationals were killed in a missile attack, fired from Pakistani side, on a village in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Thursday.

IRGC colonel assassinated in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan

A colonel with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed after a group of assailants opened fire on his car in the  southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the frontier with Pakistan on Wednesday.

Pakistan recalls envoy from Tehran, bars Iranian ambassador from returning to post over missile, drone attacks

Pakistan has recalled its ambassador from Tehran and the Iranian envoy to Islamabad who is visiting Iran will not be allowed to come back, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.

Pakistan PM urges joint Tehran-Islamabad fight against terror

Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq has called for joint Iran-Pakistan fight against terrorism.

Report: IRGC launches missile, drone attacks in Pakistan, pounds anti-Iran terrorists

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted two main bases of the anti-Iran terror group the so-called Jaish ul-Adl in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochestan, Tasnim news agency reported.

Iran’s Leader lauds Yemenis’ ‘great achievement’ in supporting Gaza

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the Yemenis’ anti-Israel naval operations in the Red Sea, stressing they did a “great job” in defiance of US threats and military operation.

Linking Yemen’s attacks to Tehran meant to conceal Israeli crimes in Gaza: Iran’s UN envoy

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has roundly dismissed Western allegations about Tehran’s involvement in strikes by Yemeni forces in the Red Sea, stating that such claims are meant to deviate the world public opinion from Israeli atrocities in the besieged Gaza Strip.

US, UK raids on Yemen strategic mistake: Iran FM to UN chief

Iran's Foreign Minister, in a telephone conversation with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned the recent strikes on Yemen by the United States and the UK as illegal and a strategic mistake.

President Raisi calls for immediate implementation of Iran-India agreements

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated Tehran and New Delhi should accelerate the implementation of bilateral agreements, including a strategic project to develop Chabahar port.

Iran strikes terrorists, Mossad bases in Syria, Iraq’s Kurdistan

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in separate operations, fired barrages of ballistic missiles at anti-Iranian terrorist groups’ bases in Syria as well as an Israeli espionage center in Iraq’s Kurdistan region in retaliation for recent terrorist attacks.

Russia, Iran FMs discuss US-UK joint strikes on Yemen: Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has, in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian, discussed the escalation of the situation in the Middle East, the US and UK air attacks against Yemen, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

Israeli actions in Gaza not to avert its demise: Iranian spokesman

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson has strongly condemned Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip which has so far killed almost 24,000, mainly children and women, and stressed that the regime's heinous crimes in the besieged enclave during the past 100 days will not save it from collapse.

US showed its aggressive nature by striking Yemen: Iran’s president

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has censured a series of missile attacks carried out by the United States and its allies on Yemen, stressing the move portrays Washington’s aggressive and anti-human rights nature.

Police chief: Perpetrators behind terror attack in southeast Iran arrested

The perpetrators behind a terrorist attack on a police station in the town of Rask in southeastern Iranian Sistan-and-Baluchetan province have been apprehended.

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