Category: politics
How did Iranian strikes damage Abraham Lincoln carrier?
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems began soon after the first day of the war, as Iranian missiles and attack drones fell on a Navy base in Bahrain.
Pentagon concedes no military plan can secure Hormuz
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) –Pentagon has concluded that no existing military plan can guarantee the safe passage of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or ensure energy stability in the region, a report has said.
Hamas official: Disarming Resistance cannot be a precondition for any agreement
TEHRAN- Khaled Qaddoumi, Hamas’s representative in Tehran, said disarming Palestinian resistance groups could not be a precondition for any agreement, arguing that strategic issues, including weapons, must ultimately be decided through a collective Palestinian process rather than imposed from outside.
Trump’s collapsing popularity exposes strategic failure in the war against Iran
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump’s sinking popularity has driven his job approval rating to a historic low of 33 percent, offering a direct political measure of the failure of the joint US-Israeli military strategy against Iran.
40th-day memorial ceremony for martyred Leader held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla
TEHRAN — A massive national commemoration marking the 40th day since the burial of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, was held on Tuesday afternoon at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla.
Erbil false-flag attack: Foreign sabotage against Iran-Iraq unity
TEHRAN — The recent drone incident targeting the private office of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the Security Directorate in Erbil represents a suspicious escalation designed to undermine fragile regional diplomacy. Occurring at a moment when Tehran and Iraqi authorities have made tangible progress on border security agreements,…
New US bone spur
TEHRAN — In a glaring display of imperial bluster detached from geopolitical reality, US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his reckless ambition to declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States.
Iran will stand firm on its rights in managing Strait of Hormuz: VP
TEHRAN- Iran has entered a new phase and will stand firm on its rights in managing the Strait of Hormuz, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Tuesday.
Qalibaf: Hormuz to remain closed until US fulfills MoU commitments
TEHRAN- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States fulfills its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, including lifting the blockade and removing sanctions on Iran’s oil exports.
A few fistfuls of dollars for GIs
TEHRAN- Iran has announced a $30,000 reward for anyone who captures or kills a US military servicemember and hands the individual over to the Iranian armed forces, in a move that has drawn widespread international attention and added a new dimension to the escalating confrontation between Tehran and Washington.