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Top Iranian general says Tehran will continue military operations in Iraq’s Kurdistan region

Chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri said Iranian armed forces are keeping an eye on US bases in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, adding they will continue military operations there.

IRGC Commander: Combat extends from Iranian cities to Washington, London

Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami says the recent riots in the country has extended from within Iranian cities to Washington, London, Tel Aviv, Riyadh and similar capital cities.

Report: Mossad-backed sabotage plot in Isfahan foiled

The Iranian intelligence ministry has reportedly thwarted a plot by members of a network affiliated with the Israeli regime to blow up a sensitive defense industry center in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.

In letter to UN, Iran explains retaliatory raids on N Iraq, says terrorists targeting Iranians

Iran writes to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to elaborate on the reasons why it recently chose to use military force against the "separatist terror groups holed up in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region", explaining that terrorists have used Iraqi territory to carry out armed attacks against civilians and Iran's infrastructure.

Iran busts arms smuggling team tied to foreign spy services in northwest

Iranian security forces say they have dismantled an arms trafficking ring tied to counter-revolutionary terror groups and foreign spy services in the country’s northwestern border region.

Report: Tehran streets relatively calm despite call for protests

Organizers of anti-government protests and riots in the Iranian capital Tehran failed to gather huge momentum on Wednesday, according to an official Iranian news agency.

ISNA: Riots have raged on in Sanandaj in recent days

Iran’s state-run ISNA News Agency has confirmed that “riots” have continued in the Kurdish city of Sanadaj, in western Iran, over the past few days.

Judiciary official: Israeli spy captured in Iran’s Kerman Province

The judiciary head of the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman has announced the arrest of a person over alleged espionage for the Zionist regime of Israel.

Iran police deputy head: 2,000 security forces wounded in riots

The recent protests and deadly riots that sparked in Iran over three weeks ago following the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody has left more than 2,000 security personnel injured, a top official with the country’s police force said.

Iraqi Kurdistan official: Anti-Iran groups to vacate their bases

The Iraqi Kurdistan region's envoy in Iran Nazem Dabbagh has said anti-Iran Kurdish groups will vacate their bases in the region in northern Iraq.

Iranian official: Courts to issue decisive verdicts for rioters

An Iranian security official has said from now on, those arrested during protests in the country will not be freed until they are put on trial.

Army chief: No foreign entity allowed to meddle in iran

The commander of the Iranian Army says no foreign entity will be allowed to commit an act of aggression against the country or interfere in its affairs.

President Raisi: Iranian students will foil enemies’ plot 

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran’s enemies thought they would have the country’s universities on their side but “our students and university professors are vigilant.

Iran university officials: No student to remain in custody in 3 days, almost all freed

Iranian university officials say almost all the students who were arrested for joining violent protests on campus in the past two weeks have been released, and no student will remain in custody in three days.

Iran’s interior minister: Recent unrest orchestrated from abroad

Iran’s interior minister says foreign enemies targeted the country's peace and security amid the recent deadly upheaval in southeast of the country, but added this time too they will fail to achieve their goals.

Police chief: Enemies after ‘creating fatalities’ to fuel riots in Iran

The chief commander of Iran’s Police Force sheds lights on the circumstances surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini in custody and the deadly riots that ensued under that pretext, saying the enemy’s strategy during the unrest is to “create fatalities” in an attempt to fuel the violence.

‘Terror bases in north Iraq hit by IRGC’s drones, artillery fire’

Reports say the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) keeps striking the strongholds of anti-Iran separatist terror groups holed up in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Azerbaijan defense minister: Baku not after occupying Armenian territory

The Defense Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan has asserted that Azerbaijan does not intend to occupy any part of Armenia.

Iran Leader says feeling deeply sorry for death of young girl, reactions preplanned

Iran's leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed deep sorry for the recent death of an Iranian girl in police custody, warning the reactions to the bitter event, were preplanned.

IRGC commander: Targets in Iraqi Kurdistan hit with 99% accuracy

The commander of the ground forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, says 40 enemy targets in Iraqi Kurdistan region were recently hit with 70 missiles and dozens of drones with 99 percent accuracy.

Iran parliament invites Mahsa Amini’s family

The family of a young Iranian woman, whose death in police custody sparked angry reactions in several Iranian cities, have been invited to the parliament to give their account of the incident, a member of the legislature said.

Iranian MPs urge protesters to distance from rioters, thank police

Iranian lawmakers have defended the country's security forces for dealing with the “riots” over the death of 22-year-old girl Mahsa Amini at the police headquarters in Tehran.

Iranian president: Enemies are stoking unrest in iran to isolate Islamic Republic

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned of the enemy plots to isolate Iran, saying the recent conspiracy has failed.

Source: Terrorist attack in Iran’s southeastern Zahedan foiled

Iranian security forces say they have thwarted a terrorist attack on a police station in southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Saturday evening, an informed source told IRNA.

IRGC vows revenge for deaths of members, people in Zahedan terror attack

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has vowed that the force will avenge the deaths of the victims of the Friday terrorist attack on the southeastern city of Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

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