Category: politics
Iran’s arms self-reliance changed enemy calculus
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran’s army chief said Friday that the link between the armed forces’ combat power and the country’s defence industry had forced enemies to change their calculations and ultimately accept a political settlement to the war.
Araghchi mocks US ‘crushing’ economic claim
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign minister said the United States had already failed with “crippling sanctions,” “maximum pressure” and “unconditional surrender,” and would fail again with its latest economic offensive.
Pezeshkian congratulates Bangladesh’s newly elected president
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the 23rd President of Bangladesh, expressing Iran’s readiness to deepen longstanding ties.
Tehran strongly slams US economic warfare against Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly lashed out at the new US sanctions targeting the country, saying that such secondary sanctions find no foundation in international law.
Iran, Oman FMs discuss regional developments
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Oman discussed the latest regional developments in a phone call.
Kayhan: The time has come for America to leave West Asia
Kayhan, in an article, points to the desperation of the United States in its war with Iran. Six months have passed since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran, but Iran fought not only the United States but also NATO members, regional states, and Israel, and forced them all to their knees through…
US senator denounces Trump’s ‘disastrous’ war on Iran
TEHRAN — Deepening political fracturing within the United States establishment has broken into the open, as senior American lawmakers increasingly characterize Washington’s ongoing hostilities against Iran as an unmitigated strategic catastrophe.
Iran modernizing defense industry in response to US-Israeli aggression: Defense Ministry
TEHRAN — Iran’s Defense Ministry has announced that the country is comprehensively modernizing its defense industry in the wake of the recent wars launched by the US and Israel. In an official statement issued on Thursday, the ministry declared that these conflict periods “were an opportunity to gain a more precise understanding of capabilities, reveal…
Iran condemns new US sanctions as ‘economic terrorism’
TEHRAN —Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the latest US sanctions against the country, accusing Washington of pursuing a decades-long campaign of economic pressure that Tehran described as “economic terrorism” and a “crime against humanity.”
Mourners demand vengeance for martyred Leader at 40th-day memorials across Iran
TEHRAN — A monumental series of nationwide commemorations marking the 40th day since the burial of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has concluded following solemn and powerful gatherings. Across Tehran and the holy cities of Qom and Mashhad, vast cross-sections of citizens alongside high-ranking civil and military officials gathered…