Islamabad, Sept 21, IRNA — Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan in a tweet on Monday said that the White House maximum pressure on Iran brought full isolation to the US. Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini reacting on US’ recent attempt for restoring UN sanctions against Iran said the country is challenging international […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected Washington’s claim that the UN Security Council sanctions on Tehran have been reinstated according to the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA. In a statement released on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran warned that Tehran will show a serious reaction if Washington or its regional cronies […]
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – IRGC commander Major General Hossein Salami said on Sunday that the revenge for the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani is ‘definite’ and that the force will target those behind the assassination. His remarks came around a week after Politico claimed in a report that Iran was weighing to assassinate US […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami warned the US of a hammering it will take if its troops remain in the region, saying Iran is capable of capturing all American bases in the region and act according to the worst-case scenario. Speaking in a televised interview on Saturday night, Major General Salami […]
Tehran (ISNA) – IRGC chief commander says Iran is serious in its promise to avenge the US assassination of top Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and will hit anyone involved. Major General Hossein Salami said on Saturday, “Our promise to take revenge for the assassination of General Soleimani is final, serious and real.” “Mr. […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Halkbank, Turkey’s second-largest state bank, urged a judge to dismiss a United States indictment accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court, a lawyer for Halkbank said its status as a Turkish “instrumentality” shielded it from prosecution because of sovereign immunity. The US Department of […]
TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani said the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will remain for a long time, warning that people still need to follow health protocols. “Even if we procure the vaccine, the situation remains the same for a long time and all people must observe the health protocols and social distancing […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the Iranian nation in advance on the country’s victory at the UN Security Council as the US’ push to trigger the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA for reinstating the sanctions on Iran is going to end in failure. In an address to a cabinet session on Wednesday, Rouhani […]
TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – US administration claimed that the Council on Foreign Relations has violated US law due to planning to host Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif next Tuesday. The US think tank is under pressure from the Trump administration and its allies in Congress for hosting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States and Iran will face off at the UN’s top court on Monday in the latest round of a battle over sanctions on Tehran reimposed by US President Donald Trump. Tehran dragged Washington to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 2018 after Trump pulled the US […]