Tag: Politics
Hegseth fires Pentagon’s chief planner
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia.
IRGC downs 14th US MQ-1 over Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – A US MQ-1 drone was intercepted and destroyed over the eastern Strait of Hormuz by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps.
Iran to maintain close contact with mediators for diplomacy
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would continue to give diplomacy an opportunity to succeed while maintaining close and continuous contact with mediators to explore ways to implement the seven-day plan.
Iran’s embassy in Kuwait rejects allegations linking Iranian national to assassination plot
TEHRAN— Iran’s embassy in Kuwait has categorically rejected allegations that an Iranian national was involved in a plot to assassinate public figures or undermine Kuwait’s national security, stating that the individual had not been in the country for the past decade.
US-Iran war bill reaches $47.1 billion
TEHRAN — The cost of the US war against Iran reached an estimated $47.1 billion by October 16, with bombs, missiles and other munitions accounting for more than 60% of the total, according to figures the Pentagon provided to US lawmakers, The New York Times reported.
Iran, Russia move toward joint construction of small modular nuclear reactors
TEHRAN — Iran is moving toward an agreement with Russia to accelerate the joint construction of small modular reactors (SMRs), as the country advances its domestic nuclear capabilities and seeks to expand the role of nuclear energy in meeting rising electricity demand, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said.
Araghchi briefs cabinet on Tehran security summit, warns of risks to global energy markets
TEHRAN— Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has briefed the cabinet on the latest diplomatic developments, with a focus on a quadrilateral meeting in Tehran involving Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, emphasizing the need for regional cooperation to safeguard security, prevent escalation and protect national sovereignty.
Pezeshkian pledges to end ‘neither war nor peace’ situation
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has pledged that his administration will mobilize all its capacities to implement the directives of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei aimed at fulfilling Iran’s conditions for ending the current state of “neither war nor peace.”
US envoy should speak based on facts, not fabricated accusations, Iran says
TEHRAN — Iran’s Ambassador and Chargé d’Affaires to the United Nations, Gholamhossein Darzi, has urged the United States to address the facts rather than level ‘fabricated accusations against Tehran,’ condemning US and Israeli military attacks against Iran and calling for accountability under international law. In a separate address to the UN General Assembly, Darzi denounced…
Putin to Pezeshkian: Russia honoring all commitments in joint projects with Iran
TEHRAN — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow remains fully committed to all joint projects with Iran, including the continued construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, during a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow on Tuesday evening.