Category: politics
Strait of Hormuz transit slows again on Tuesday
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed on Tuesday, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.
Ghalibaf heads to Baghdad for high-level talks
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf left Tehran for Baghdad on Wednesday at the head of a senior parliamentary delegation for talks on regional developments.
Iran-Iraq ties built on brotherhood: Ghalibaf
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran and Iraq will work to consolidate “endogenous and shared security” and prosperity, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf said in a message ahead of his visit to Baghdad.
Iran-Iraq ties key to new regional order
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s parliament speaker said Wednesday that relations between Iran and Iraq are “fundamental” to regional developments.
Gharibabadi recalls 1953 coup as US-UK meddling
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy foreign minister marked the anniversary of the 1953 coup, calling it “direct U.S. and British interference in the Iranian nation’s right to self-determination.”
Iran rejects UAE attack claim as baseless
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Iran rejected as “completely baseless” a UAE claim that missiles were fired from Iranian territory toward the Emirates, saying the accusation ran counter to good neighbourliness policy and efforts to build regional trust.
Welcome to a post-American order in the Persian Gulf: Rezaei
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), says that a “post-American order” is emerging in the Persian Gulf.
US won’t able to force Iran make concessions under pressure
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says United Statescannot secure concessions from Tehran by simply increasing pressure, especially concessions that were never part of the Islamabad MoU.
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.