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An informed source says Tehran’s negative response to the Saudi-dictated demands was the main reason behind Lebanese prime minister’s resignation on Saturday.
The commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed the US president’s ‘groundless’ claim that Iran had supplied the missile Yemeni forces fired at Riyadh international airport.
An Iranian lawmaker says if Tehran comes under further sanctions, the parliament will oblige the government to pull out of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also known as NPT.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has pledged full support for the country’s Armed Forces in defending the Islamic Republic’s independence and territorial integrity.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi has warned that US officials would realise the potential of IRGC Navy when their warships are drowned in the Persian Gulf.
Hossein Sheikholeslam, who served as a translator for Iranian students during the 1979 hostage crisis, has revealed some aspects of the US government’s espionage in Iran before the occupation of the US Embassy.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rapped the newly-released CIA documents which accuse the Islamic Republic of being linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist group.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed the anti-Tehran remarks by Saad Hariri, who stepped down as Lebanese prime minister on Saturday.
Massoumeh Ebtekar, the spokesperson of the Iranian students who took over the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, says none of the students regrets being involved in seizing the ‘den of espionage’.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed western media reports of a link between Iran and Al-Qaeda terror group as an attempt to cover up the Saudi role in the Sept. 11 New York attacks.
After the Japanese carmaker Toyota apologized to the US government for selling a vehicle to the Iranian embassy in India, Iranian social media users are reminding the automaker of its alleged complicity with ISIS terrorists in their crimes in Iraq and Syria.
Thousands of Iranian people have started rallies in different parts of the country to mark the “National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance”, chanting slogans against the US and other hegemonic powers.
At least eight Iranian border guards have been killed in heavy clashes with terrorists in the country’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, a local official says.
A senior adviser to Iran’ Leader has praised the victories of the Lebanese government and stressed the imminent defeat of all terrorists, extremists and Takfiri movements in the region.
An Iranian lawmaker says the Arab Coalition Summit recently held in Riyadh was aimed at forming an Arab NATO and pursuing the goals of the US in the region.
Following the Iranian president’s recent address to the Parliament, almost all reformist papers decided not to cover his anti-US remarks, while conservatives gave him a revolutionary welcome.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States is the enemy of the entire Iranian nation, not just the Leader or its president.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had no meeting in New York other than the P+1 meeting, foreign ministry spokesman said.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has waned that the close and brotherly relations between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan have some opponents.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the capacity for expansion of Iran and Russia’s economic cooperation is far beyond the current level.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Russia is a friend, neighbour and strategic partner of Iran, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic is after developing and strengthening ties with Moscow in all fields.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan Republic’s President Ilham Aliyev have separately met with the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday in Tehran.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has vehemently denounced the Saudi Arabian warplanes’ airstrike on a market in the Yemeni city of Sa’dah, which left dozens of innocent people dead and wounded.
