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Trump asked for options to attack Iran nuc. sites last week
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump reportedly asked his advisers last week about the options he could have to attack Iran’s nuclear sites. “A range of senior advisers dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike,” The New York Times reported Monday as the president was still refusing to accept […]
Iran’s geographical borders not changed: FM spox
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Stating that the northwestern borders of Iran have not changed, Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that neither the border has been changed nor Iran is accepting any change outside the announced contents in the region. Speaking in his weekly press briefing on Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh said, “Last week we faced a […]
No part of Iran safe for terrorists
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief said that the destruction of terrorist positions in the west of the country showed there will be no safe place in Iran for terrorists. “The arrest of terrorists by the intelligence forces and the destruction of terrorist positions in the west of the country by the IRGC […]
Iran dismisses report on killing of al-Qaeda element in Iran
Tehran (ISNA) – Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saeed Khatibzadeh categorically denied media reports about the killing of an official of al-Qaeda terrorist group in Iran. Asked by reporters about the reports released by Israeli sources and a recent story by the New York Times which claims that an official of the al-Qaeda […]
Iran Unveils New COVID-19 Restrictions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a plan for a new round of countrywide restrictions to break the transmission of the coronavirus pandemic by categorizing more than 100 cities as red zones. Addressing a Saturday session of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, Rouhani said the new restrictions for the battle with COVID-19 will come into […]
Biden’s Admin Not to Lift Sanctions on Iran: Ex-Envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A former Iranian ambassador to Germany said the stances adopted by the US’ Democratic party indicate that the administration of president-elect Joe Biden is not going to remove the sanctions against Iran. In an interview with Tasnim, Alireza Sheikh Attar dismissed speculation that the next US administration may remove the sanctions that […]
Adhering to intl. obligations, Iran’s expectation from US
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi said that adherence to the international commitments is Iran’s expectation from the new US administration. Speaking in her meeting with the newly-appointed Norwegian envoy to the Islamic Republic of Iran Sigvald Hauge on Thu, Joneydi stated, “Islamic Republic of Iran expects the United […]
Poll: 70 Percent of Republicans Don’t Believe US Election Was Free, Fair
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Seventy percent of US Republicans say they don’t think that President-elect Joe Biden won a “free and fair” election, according to a new Politico/Morning Consult poll. The response marks a stark increase from the 35 percent of GOP voters who said they felt the election would not be fair before Election Day […]
Iran to make decisions based on its own interests: Araghchi
Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi stressed that Tehran will be neither intimidated by the re-election of Donald Trump nor overjoyed by Joe Biden’s coming to power as the US President. Araghchi noted regardless of who takes the rein at the White House, Iran will make decisions based […]
Iran’s first air taxi route to become operational early 2021
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – The head of Iran Aviation Industries Organization says the air taxi fleet has obtained an operational flight permit and will conduct its first trip early next year. “The first flight will definitely be operated in the [calendar] month of Bahman [January-February 2021] from Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport,” Manouchehr Manteghi told Mehr News on […]