Category: politics
Senior Iranian MP warns France over explusion of diplomats
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – The Head of the National Security Commission and Foreign Policy of the Parliament Ebrahim Azizi has warned France after its foreign minister said Paris will expel two Iranian fiplomats.
From nationalizing Iran oil to CIA-backed evil coup of 1953
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – In Aug. 1953, colonial powers, whose interests had been threatened by the nationalization of the oil industry, plotted a coup against Iranian PM Mosaddegh so as appoint their own puppet to control the oil-rich Iran.
Iran warns Trump for claiming to seize Hormuz Strait: spox
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Spokesman of the Foreign Policy and National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament Ebrahim Rezaei has warned US President Donald Trump’s claims on seizing the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran FM announces two French diplomats ‘persona non grata’
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) –Iran’s Foreign Ministry has declared two French diplomats stationed at French Embassy in Tehran ‘persona non grata’, banning their entry into the country over activities contrary to international law and 1961 Vienna Convention.
US seeks dignified exit from region, Israel has no future
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s parliament speaker said Wednesday that U.S. forces are seeking a “dignified exit” from the region, and that the Israeli regime “no longer has a future” in the West Asia region.
Iran warns Arab states against complicity in US aggression
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s armed forces chief warned southern Persian Gulf states on Wednesday that any assistance to U.S. forces amounts to complicity with Iran’s enemy.
Iran war changed regional security equations: Araghchi
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign minister said the Iran war had changed the region’s security thinking, convincing Arab states that security must be collective and regional, not dependent on foreign bases that had become sources of insecurity.
Iran’s Ghalibaf arrives in Baghdad for talks
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s parliament speaker landed in Baghdad on Wednesday and was received by Iraq’s first deputy parliament speaker and senior officials, ahead of meetings on political, economic and security ties.
Oil prices rise for fourth straight day
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Oil prices are extending their gains for a fourth consecutive session, with Brent crude futures rising 26 cents or 0.29 percent to $91.28 a barrel as of 00:04 GMT.
UN calls for end to Israeli air strikes on Syria
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized the Israeli regime’s air strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airport in Syria.