TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The new defense minister of Iran pledged that his ministry will do its utmost to boost the capabilities of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps. In a meeting with IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami in Tehran on Saturday, Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani reaffirmed the Defense Ministry’s full support for […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the United States’ ۲۰-year campaign in Afghanistan ended in “only tragedies, only losses.” The Russian leader has a track record of criticizing Western countries for trying to impose their values on non-Western nations. Moscow has regularly slammed the US policy in Afghanistan, which is now […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The foreign minister of Iran hailed the fruitful and amicable talks with the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates in a recent meeting in Iraq, saying Tehran and Abi Dhabi can take great strides on the path to cooperation and fulfillment of the neighborliness diplomacy. In a post on his Twitter […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US must be held accountable for the brazen violation of human rights in Afghanistan over the past two decades, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said, adding that Americans have upset security and calm wherever they went. Addressing a cabinet session on Wednesday, Raisi described the developments of Afghanistan over the past two decades […]
Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says that the Vienna talks should have tangible outcome for the Iranian nation. No one accepts the approach of wasting time, Amirabdollahian said in a state TV program on Monday evening. Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) and the Government are after fulfilling the nation’s rights at the talks, he said […]
TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – The Yemeni Ansarullah movement called on the United States and Saudi Arabia to draw up a plan to withdraw from Yemen. A senior member of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement Mohammad Ali al-Houthi in a tweet wrote, “With the departure of the last American colonizer from Afghanistan, I call on the […]
Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that Iran’s sale of fuel to other countries is a sovereign matter and Tehran is serious about its legitimate foreign trading. Speaking in his weekly press conference which was held online, Khatibzadeh pointed to the shipping of fuel to Lebanon, saying that it is […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A total of 160,000 people protested across France on Saturday, the interior ministry said, angered at the country’s COVID-19 health pass system which they say unfairly restricts the unvaccinated. By early evening the authorities had logged 222 separate protest actions, including 14,500 people who turned out in Paris. Sixteen people were arrested […]
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani said that strengthening the combat capability of the Armed Forces and upgrading defense systems will be the priority in the Ministry of Defense. “We pursue the strengthening of the combat capability of the Armed Forces and the upgrading of defense systems in […]
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Iran strongly condemns any acts of violence, extremism, and violations of human rights in Afghanistan, the Permanent Representative of Iran to the International Organizations in Geneva said. Afghans deserve to live in peace and enjoy good relations with their neighbors without illegal military interference, the Permanent Representative of Iran to […]