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Iran FM urges Egypt to open Rafah border crossing

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on Egypt to open the Rafah border crossing at least for humanitarian aid, particularly for the transfer and treatment of wounded Palestinians in Gaza.
Human Rights

Human Rights Watch: ISIL killing, expelling Iraq religious minorities

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Human Rights Watch has warned that ISIL Takfiris kill or expel all religious minorities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surroundings.
Middle East

Zionists to use US Weapons Arsenal If Needed

IFP Media Wire -
Should the occupying regime of Israel find itself low on ammunition, it can tap into a stockpile of a billion dollars worth of US weapons arsenal stored in Occupied Territories by the United States for emergencies. So far, the Zionist regime has not requested access to the stockpile during the current assault on Gaza.
Middle East

Worldwide protests against Israeli crimes in Gaza

Emad Askarieh -
People around the world have participated in protest rallies to condemn the Israeli deadly aggression against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Interviews

Tel Aviv Looks to Change the Equation

Emad Askarieh -
An interview with Ghazanfar Roknabadi, Iran’s former ambassador to Lebanon
Middle East

PUIC Troika must urgently meet on Gaza: Larijani

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has called for an emergency meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation Member States' (PUIC) Presidential Troika over the Israeli regime’s airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Interviews

US Demands Flexibility from Maleki, not Resignation

Emad Askarieh -
An interview with Ali Akbar Assadi, an expert on Middle Eastern affairs
Africa

Iraq unrest plot against Muslim world: Iran FM

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the current unrest in Iraq is a plot against the Muslim world.
Middle East

Leader’s Aide: Iran Ready to Help Iraq If Baghdad Asks

Emad Askarieh -
Supreme Leader’s top Advisor for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati expressed concern about the situation in Iraq, and said Tehran is ready to help the Iraqi nation and government upon a request by the Baghdad government.
Interviews

Swiss journalist: Iran could be a model example for all Middle East

IFP Media Wire -
A Middle East correspondent of a Swiss-based newspaper, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, has said Iran could be an example for all people in Middle East.
Government

Iran Condemns Israeli Aggression against Palestinians

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham strongly condemned the recent Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and lawmakers in Gaza, describing it as an indication of the Zionists' weakness and internal rifts.
Middle East

1.5 million Iraqis join fight against ISIL militants

Emad Askarieh -
Around 1.5 million Iraqis have volunteered to join battles against the militants of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Middle East

US warship, 50 fighter jets ready in Persian Gulf as Iraq crisis escalating

Emad Askarieh -
The Pentagon says the US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush and more than 50 attack aircraft are in the Persian Gulf, ready to launch attacks against Takfiri militants in Iraq.
Middle East

Egypt religious institution forbids Muslims from joining ISIL

Emad Askarieh -
A major Islamic center in Egypt has issued a religious decree forbidding Muslims from joining the Takfiri militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Government

No Iranian forces in Iraq: Rouhani

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed reports about the deployment of Iranian forces in Iraq, but expressed Tehran’s preparedness to provide any help upon Baghdad’s request to fight the Takfiri militants.
Middle East

US, reactionary allies behind ISIL crimes in Iraq: Larijani

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the US and its allied authoritarian regimes in the Middle East are behind the Takfiri atrocities in Iraq.
Middle East

Al-Qaeda-linked operatives nabbed in Iran: Official

Emad Askarieh -
Thirty agents linked to the terrorist group al-Qaeda have been apprehended across Iran over the past month, says the country’s deputy intelligence minister.
Middle East

Sistani issues call to arms against Iraq ISIL militants

Emad Askarieh -
Sistani issues call to arms against Iraq ISIL Iraq's top Shiite religious authority Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called Iraqis Friday to take up arms against the foreign backed militants who have overrun swathes of the country after launching a major offensive.
Middle East

Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the notorious leader of ISIL

Emad Askarieh -
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – an al-Qaeda offshoot -- has been careful to reveal little about himself and his whereabouts.
Middle East

Maliki: People Forming Battalions to Help Army Combat ISIL

Emad Askarieh -
Iraq’s premier said civilian backup groups are going to join the army forces to help them combat the Al-Qaeda-linked militants who have taken control of Mosul, in the Northern province of Nineveh.
Asia

Iran, Japan Confer on Ways to Broaden Ties

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Nobuo Kishi in a meeting in Tehran discussed different avenues for the further expansion of relations and cooperation between the two Asian states.
Middle East

Iraqi Tribesmen Recapture Mosul Neighborhood

Emad Askarieh -
Tribesmen from Iraq’s Mosul regained control of one of the Northern city’s neighborhoods following heavy clashes with Takfiri militants.
Foreign Policy

Zarif, Zebari Discuss Terrorists’ Attack in Iraq

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in a phone talk discussed the latest developments in the region, specially the recent terrorist operations in Iraq.
Middle East

US-Sponsored Takfiri Groups Blemishing Real Face of Islam

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Commander of Iran's basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi condemned the crimes committed by Takfiri and Salafi groups in different regional states, specially in Syria and Iraq, and said these groups which are supported by the US have scratched the beautiful face of Islam.
Middle East

Shamkhani: Presence of Daesh in Iraq, a threat to whole region

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Iranˈs Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) chief Ali Shamkhani said the growing presence of the terrorists affiliated to Daesh group in Iraq is a threat to the whole region.
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