Security

Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan has demanded the Taliban rulers bring the killers of an Iranian border guard to justice.

The Caspian Sea littoral states have issued a statement in the end of their summit in Ashgabat where they reached an agreement that requires guaranteeing regional security and stability and banning foreign military presence in the region.

European countries owe Iran a lot for blocking the transit of drugs destined for Europe, the head of the Iranian anti-narcotics police says, noting the Islamic Republic confiscated over 1,200 tons of illicit narcotics last year.

Iran’s enemies have Iranian spies and moles who have sold themselves out and who help foes carry out assassinations inside the country, an Iranian lawmaker says.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said NATO’s occupation brought nothing to Afghanistan but death and destruction. He made the comment in a meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan General Nadeem Raza in Tehran.

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iran has “fully and constantly” been monitoring the strategic Persian Gulf region, and that trans-regional enemies have no presence at all in the country’s southern territorial waters.

A top Iranian general has questioned the policy adopted by some Islamic countries to rely on Israel for economic and security purposes while “the occupying regime is incapable of even defending itself”.

Iran says it confiscated over 1,000 tons of narcotics last year, two thirds of which was being smuggling into the country from the eastern borders.

The commander of the Islamic revolution Guards Corps Navy says Iranian forces are closely monitoring the entire region.

Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyaed Ali Khamenei has issued an order, appointing Brigadier General Majid Khademi as the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

The chief of the general staff of the Iranian armed forces says the recent move by the US to take Israel to CENTCOM’S area of responsibility and the regime’s participation in regional drills open the region to threats, warning that Iran will react to those threats.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has noted that Iran’s sincerity and seriousness in fighting narcotics is clear to everyone and it goes without saying that the country has been doing so with all means possible for 43 years.

Iran’s defense ministry says the homegrown satellite carrier rocket dubbed Zoljanah has been tested for the second time over the past 16 months.

Iran’s Interior Minister has criticized the Western governments for their “poor performance” in the fight against narcotrafficking.

Deputy Commander of Iranian Army Air Defense said missiles with a range of 300 kilometers will be unveiled in the near future. Brigadier General Alireza Elhami added that increasing the missile capability of the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is one of the requirements of deterrence power.

US news channel CNN has quoted the country's intelligence officials as confirming that Israel was behind the assassination of IRGC Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khdoaei in Tehran several weeks ago.

Iran’s Judiciary sources say several agents of the Zionist regime’s notorious spy agency -Mossad- have been arrested in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

The fourth hearing into the case of the ringleader of Tondar terrorist grouping has been held in the Iranian capital Tehran.

A senior spokesman for the Iranian armed forces has said the flight of the American and Israeli bombers in the region is just a show movie.

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has said the country will not allow the enemies to undermine security there.

The commander of Tehran-based Imam Hossein Military University, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has confirmed that the martyrdom of a defense ministry employee several weeks ago was due to sabotage.

The Iranian Interior Ministry says all foreign nationals, who are staying in the country illegally, will be immediately deported if they fail to register with the ministry’s offices for registration of illegal immigrants by Wednesday.

Israel's Channel 13 television station was hacked on Sunday to show images of and a speech by Iran's anti-terror icon late General Qassem Soleimani.

The daughter of Iran’s legendary anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, dismisses ‘the new lies’ of ex-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who engineered his father’s assassination, highlighting America’s hypocrisy in dealing with terrorism.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says they have arrested the administrators of three Telegram text messaging channels for revealing highly classified information.