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Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Olyanov has welcomed a decision to resume the Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries next week.
Naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have launched domestically manufactured cruise missiles with pinpoint capabilities during the fourth day of military drills codenamed Great Prophet 17.
A senior Iranian military commander says combat and suicide drones are new components of the combat power of the Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as the aircraft have put on display a massive show of force during large-scale military drills in the south of the country.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected as baseless and repetitive the allegations in the final statement of the meeting between the foreign ministers of the GCC members and Britain.
The third day of massive maneuvers in southern Iran saw the special units of the IRGC’s Ground Force doing solid defense drills from the coasts of Lark Island.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has welcomed the expansion of bilateral ties with the Azerbaijan Republic and what he called “unique commonalities” between the two countries.
People and officials gathered in Tehran to hold the funeral procession for Hassan Irlu, Iran’s ambassador to Yemen. He died of Covid-19. Iran’s foreign minister says Saudi Arabia hindered efforts to take the late ambassador out of Yemen for medical treatment.
Some executive bodies in Riyadh are to blame for a delay in allowing Iran’s late ambassador to Yemen, who was suffering from coronavirus infection, to exit the Saudi-besieged country, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says. He added Tehran will lodge a formal protest over the procrastination in accordance with international law.
The commander of the naval force of the Islamic Revolution Arms Corps says they practiced powerful defense of the southern Iranian islands, during the ongoing drills in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormoz.
Precision-strike assault drones destroy moving and stationary targets on land and sea during the second day of the military drills by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced that the ambassador of the Islamic Republic to Yemen’s National Salvation Government has passed away after being infected with the coronavirus disease.
Commandos of the Ground Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have exercised offensive operations in the Persian Gulf with the participation of fast boats as part of drills codenamed Great Profit 17.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has launched five-day joint drills in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, and the three littoral provinces of Hormozgan, Bushehr and Khouzestan.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran has not had any direct dialog with the US over these past months when the Vienna talks were underway. Khatibzadeh was referring to the US National Security Advisor’s claim that he gave Iran a direct message about Tehran’s nuclear program.
A senior Iranian commander has warned against any Israeli attack on the country’s nuclear and military sites, saying any such attack will be given a crushing response.
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said his country and Iran should launch a joint committee to boost security along their border as much as possible.
Iran’s ambassador to Baku says a new transit corridor stretching from the Islamic Republic through the Azerbaijan Republic and Georgia to Europe will become operational this week.
Informed sources say the US and European parties to the Vienna talks have suitable exchanges during the negotiations but tell media that the talks are not going forward and blame Iran, a Tehran-based newspaper reports.
