Tag: Politics
Enemy’s drone targeted over Hormuz: Iran Army
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – The Iranian Army announced Sunday evening that an advanced “Orbiter” reconnaissance drone was intercepted and destroyed over the Strait of Hormuz.
Qatari spokesman claims US seeking agreement with Iran
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – The spokesman of Qatari Foreign Ministry has said that his country is shuttling between different capitals for a deal between Iran and the US, claiming that Washington seeks an agreement with Tehran.
Iran is not just retaliating; it has seized the initiative
Kayhan analyzed the mounting pressure on the United States after seven months of war with Iran and argued that Iran now holds the initiative. The paper wrote that as the conflict approaches its seventh month, multidimensional pressure on Washington is rapidly intensifying.
China slams ‘unilateral’ US sanctions law targeting Russia, Iran
TEHRAN – The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has issued a sharp rebuke against Washington’s latest legislative maneuvers, condemning the newly enacted US law that seeks to tighten sanctions on Russia and broaden trade restrictions against Iran.
MP: US criminal act in Lamerd and Minab is a modern example of crimes in Hiroshima and Nagasa
TEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Parliament Speaker Hamid Reza Haji Babaei has lashed out at the United States over its deadly strikes against civilian targets in southern Iran, declaring Washington’s strikes on the city of Lamerd and the Shajareh Tayyebah school in Minab as direct modern manifestations of the atomic atrocities perpetrated against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
US imposes unprecedented visa bans, tight restrictions on Iranian delegation ahead of UNGA
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to travel to New York in the coming days to address the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), an annual multilateral diplomatic fixture increasingly overshadowed by Washington’s persistent weaponization of its status as the UN host nation.
Intelligence Ministry: Three terrorist operational cells dismantled
TEHRAN – The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced on Sunday that its forces have successfully dismantled three operational cells affiliated with “hostile terrorist groups” linked to US and Zionist intelligence services, thwarting planned acts of sabotage and assassination across three provinces.
Iran says it retains initiative in Strait of Hormuz despite US claims
TEHRAN — Iranian Armed Forces Spokesperson Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has rejected recent US claims about operations in the Strait of Hormuz, insisting that Iran continues to hold the initiative in the strategic waterway.
Like his father and grandfather, Reza Pahlavi wished to be a Western stooge
TEHRAN – The missiles began to fall on the morning of 28 February, and those who had planned that morning expected the Islamic Republic to be gone within days, or at the outside within a matter of weeks. This is what the fragments now surfacing in Western sources suggest, and it is perhaps the most…
Iran’s message to Washington: No retreat, no surrender, no return to the old order
TEHRAN — Iran has issued a series of increasingly explicit political, military and strategic messages to the United States and its regional partners, warning that any renewed US aggression would trigger sustained attacks on American positions and interests across the region, while making clear that Tehran does not regard military pressure and diplomacy as mutually…