Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged militants to kidnap Westerners and swap them for extremist [jihadi] prisoners, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have disbanded two terrorist groups in the country’s northwest, killing nearly two dozen of their elements in clashes.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani deplored Saudi Arabia for its outright hostility against Iran and its attempts to obstruct the implementation of a nuclear deal between Tehran and six countries.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry roundly condemned suicide bombing blasts that killed scores of people in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday, renewing the call for joint efforts in the fight against terrorism.
Last week, a couple of Israeli Patriot missiles were fired at an Iranian-made drone flying over the occupied territories, but Yasir drone evaded the missiles, causing them to crash into each other.
A senior Iranian official believes that the Saudi regime will come to the negotiating table once its oil incomes are over. Until that time, Iran will remain patient, he said.
Iran’s Human Rights Council condemned the mass killing of civilian villagers in the Syrian province of Aleppo in a recent aerial attack by French warplanes, urging international reaction to such illegal measures that run counter to world peace and security.
In an article published by Iran Daily, the senior Iranian political analyst Seyyed Hossein Mousavian blamed the Saudi government for its increasing support for the anti-Iran terrorist group the “Mujahedin Khalq,” or MKO, and emphasized that all forms of terrorism, from Iran to Europe, should be eradicated.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi slammed Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir for his “ludicrous, baseless and repetitious” allegations against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the West for its “deafening” silence on the atrocities committed by the Western-backed militants in Syria.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari on Thursday, July 21, highlighted the country’s preparedness to counter any threat, particularly in the Persian Gulf, where the IRGC Navy is ready to fight US warships.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned the recent airstrikes carried out by French aircraft against a village in Syrian province of Aleppo, and said the massacre of innocent people was against the international norms.
Special Aide to the Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian said General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of IRGC Quds Force, enjoys valuable experiences in the fight against terrorism, and has made great contributions to Iraq and Syria as well as the entire region and the world.
Amid the recent unrest in Turkey, the Iranian government has banned travel agencies from registering and sending tourists to the neighbouring country and would reprimand the ones that break the rules.
Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli attributed an attempted military coup in Turkey to the domestic instability triggered by Ankara’s engagement in foreign conflicts, as in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
After a considerable temperature rise, Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports have dramatically declined as the country’s power plants must consume higher amounts of crude oil to cope with the increased demand of the hot season.
An Iranian adviser believes that Turkey’s army had received the green light from the US, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, or else they wouldn’t dare to stage the amateurish coup in Turkey.
Saudi whistle-blower Mujtahid, who is believed to be a member of or have a well-connected source in the royal family, disclosed that senior government officials in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi had been informed of the coup in Turkey long before it took place.
Iran says it has resumed its flights to Turkey a day after they were suspended in the wake of a failed coup that shocked the country as well as others.
A court in Bahrain has dissolved the country’s main Shiite opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, almost a month after the regime suspended its activities.
A former Iranian deputy foreign minister slammed acts of terrorism and coups as two sides of the same coin that is targeting regional security and stability.
