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Europe

Iran missile tests don’t violate nuclear agreement, EU says

Emad Askarieh -
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says Iran’s recent ballistic missile tests do not violate its nuclear deal with the world powers.
Hard News

Iran FM defends right to use missiles for defense

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has defended the country's right to use ballistic missiles, saying Iran's missiles are a means of defense.
Hard News

Iran’s Defense Might Non-Negotiable: MP

Golrokh Askarieh -
A senior member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the Islamic Republic’s defense power can never be subject to any negotiation with the West or others.
Hard News

Air Defense Fully Ready to Protect Iran: Commander

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran’s Air Defense commander reaffirmed on Monday that his forces are well prepared to take action for safeguarding the country.
IFP Exclusive

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 14

IFP Editorial Staff -
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Foreign Policy

Iran criticizes White House on US court anti-Iran order

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran’s Foreign Ministry criticized White House on a recent US court decision that has ordered Iran to pay over $10 billion in damages to families of victims who died on 9,11 even though there is no evidence of Tehran’s connection to the terrorist attack.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s FM Meets Senior New Zealand Officials, Traders

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with a number of New Zealand political and economic officials including the country’s prime minister as well as the ministers of trade and primary industries.
Foreign Policy

Rouhani officially welcomes Vietnamese counterpart in Tehran

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has extended an official welcome to his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang, who is in Tehran for bilateral talks.
Foreign Policy

Iran condemns terrorist attack in Ankara

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari condemned the terrorist attack in Ankara, which has so far claimed 34 lives.
Economy

Iran, New Zealand FMs urge enhanced economic relations

Emad Askarieh -
The foreign ministers of Iran and New Zealand on Sunday emphasized the importance of expanding bilateral relations, particularly in the economic sector.
Hard News

Iran to Use Everything for Defense, Except WMDs: Commander

Emad Askarieh -
A top Iranian military commander said the country will not hesitate to employ whatever capacities available in the world to defend itself, except the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) whose application is forbidden by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Velayati Warns Arab League, PGCC against Unilateral Stances

Emad Askarieh -
Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati deplored some Arab political bodies’ move to label the Lebanese Resistance Movement, Hezbollah, a terrorist group, urging them to refrain from taking such unilateral stances.
Hard News

Rouhani: Ahl al-Bayt shrines, redline in Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Iran does not tolerate any aggression against Ahl al-Bayt shrines, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday.
Hard News

Commander: Enemy has passive role in Persian Gulf

Emad Askarieh -
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, referring to navy's capabilities and power, said that the enemy has a passive role in the Persian Gulf.
Hard News

Preparations for Iran’s 2017 Presidential Elections to Begin in Early Fall

Emad Askarieh -
A couple of weeks after the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran, the country’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced on Saturday that the ministry will start preparations for Iran’s 2017 presidential elections in early fall.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM arrives in New Zealand

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in New Zealand capital, Wellington early Saturday as the fifth leg of his Asia-Pacific tour.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s FM Warns of Far-Reaching Effects of Insecurity

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed the notion that some countries could enjoy security at the expense of insecurity for the others, stressing that security has become a “globalized” issue in the contemporary era.
Hard News

Iran’s Missile Power Non-Negotiable: General

Emad Askarieh -
A senior Iranian military official underlined that the country’s defensive programs, including its missile capabilities, would never be subject to any negotiation.
Hard News

Russia to ship first S-300 system to Iran in August-September

Emad Askarieh -
Moscow says it is set to deliver Russian-made surface-to-air S-300 missile defense systems to Iran before the end of this year.
Foreign Policy

Extremism cannot be confined to a single locality: Iran FM

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says extremism and insecurity cannot be contained in a single locality, country or continent.
Hard News

Leader Lauds Security of Iran’s Elections despite Regional Insecurity

Emad Askarieh -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praised the tranquility and peace in which Iran’s elections were held recently, saying that while other Middle Eastern nations are experiencing insecurity, the polls were held in full security.
Hard News

Commander Calls Iranian People’s Security IRGC’s Red Line

Emad Askarieh -
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh underlined that the IRGC will never stop its efforts to preserve security of the Iranian nation, describing it as a “red line”.
Cultural Heritage

An Iranology Exhibition Held in Algeria

IFP Editorial Staff -
An exhibition entitled Iranian Civilization - Past and Future was held in the Foreign Language Centre of Algeria University, with the goal of spreading and reinforcing cultural and scientific relations between Iran and Algeria.
IFP Exclusive

IRGC Commanders in Sarcastic Photo with “Homegrown” Missile

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A photograph published earlier today showing a number of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders and journalists standing in front of an indigenous ballistic missile has been sarcastically compared with a recent photo of a number of Iranian officials jubilantly standing in front of an airplane made by the French giant plane-maker Airbus displayed in Tehran.
IFP Exclusive

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 10

IFP Editorial Staff -
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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