Middle East

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, whose resignation was rejected by President Hassan Rouhani early Wednesday, had a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem later in the day.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will remain behind the Syrian government and nation and added the mutual relations between Iran and Syria are based on brotherhood and unity.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the resistance of Syrian people in the wake of enemy plots, saying Iran is deeply proud of backing Syria.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the West has turned the Middle East into a “powder keg” with its arms sales to the Arab countries of the region, stressing that the weapons supplies have not contributed to regional security.

A senior Iranian commander has elaborated on the IRGC’s recent penetration into an American drone in Iraq.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the US efforts to build coalitions against Tehran are doomed, as most governments in the region oppose anti-Iran plots and many of them are working to strengthen bonds of friendship with Tehran.

IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani has warned Pakistan against being swayed by the Saudi petrodollars and turning into a centre for "annoying" Iran, India, and Afghanistan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned the Israeli occupiers’ recent assaults on al-Aqsa Mosque and other historical and Islamic sites in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says it has acquired footage that shows the US military bombs one of its own drones for fear that it might be seized by the IRGC.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to travel to Iraq for talks with the country’s officials in coming weeks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Israeli regime that its “dangerous” adventurism with its bombing campaign in Syria could result in a military conflict in the region.

A human rights group closely monitoring the situation in Syria says the US-led coalition is seeking to have a number of ISIS commanders besieged in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor hand themselves in so that it can take 40 tonnes of gold and millions of dollars off the terrorist group’s hands.

A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned about the US plan to sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia, suggesting that the Israeli regime could be eliminated by the Saudi nuclear bombs.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the reports of the Trump administration’s plan to illicitly sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia further expose Washington’s hypocrisy over the issue of nuclear energy.

Iran’s Ambassador to Britain Hamid Baeedinejad described the cancellation of a two-day summit of the Central European countries known as the Visegrad group (V4) in the occupied Palestinian territories as “a heavy blow” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A Yemeni Nobel peace prize winner says she was fascinated by the friendly behaviour of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after she criticized the country for its role in their encounter, noting that it shows a big difference in thinking between Iranians and Saudis.

The lieutenant commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has described the Saudi regime as the “heart of evil” in the region, warning Riyadh that Tehran will not leave it until it gets its revenge.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of a fundamentalist ideology and a source of organized international terrorism, lacks competence and credit to accuse other countries of terrorism.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Tehran has given no commitments, whatsoever, to any party or any country, including the UK, concerning Yemen.

Iran is confident last Wednesday’s terrorist attack near Zaheden in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan was supported by Saudi Arabia and the UAE spy services, a lawmaker said.

A leading Arab analyst has slammed the rulers of certain Persian Gulf Arab states for “grooming” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and humiliating themselves by attending the anti-Iran conference co-organized by the US and Poland in Warsaw.

The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says Pakistan supports those behind the Wednesday terror attack near Zahedan in south-eastern Iran, warning Iran would move to take revenge unless Pakistan changes its approach towards anti-Iran terrorists.

Israel attempts to walk back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shockingly overt comments about “war with Iran” on the sidelines of a US-organized Middle East “peace” conference.

The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey on Thursday released a joint statement at the end of a trilateral meeting on Syria peace in the Russian city of Sochi.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the international community ought to help start the reconstruction of Syria, as the violence in the war-torn Arab country is reducing.