Tag: Politics
Israel only understands language of force: Qassem
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem says Israel’s 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006 has proved that the occupying regime only understands the language of force.
Meaningful message to Washington
Javan analyzed the purpose behind the Mecca Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey. The Mecca Agreement is undoubtedly one of the most significant security developments in the Middle East in recent years.
The world after the US defeat
MADRID – The reverberations of the Forty-Day War have not ceased, and it can already be said that they have affected not only Western Asia but the entire world. The story is well known: Donald Trump launched a war expecting that American and Israeli strikes would finally do away with the Islamic Republic. Instead, he…
Schumer urges Hegseth ouster over deteriorating USS Lincoln conditions amid Iran war
TEHRAN — Floating in the sweltering expanse of the North Arabian Sea, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has spent more than 250 days deployed and over 200 consecutive days at sea without a port call.
US military loses 25% of its MQ-9 drones as stocks dwindle in Iran war
TEHRAN — The US military has suffered a 25% reduction in its MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during the conflict with Iran, losing at least 45 aircraft valued at over $1.3 billion combined.
US Claims, Iran Controls Hormuz
TEHRAN – A widening dispute between Tehran and Washington over control of the Strait of Hormuz has turned the strategic waterway into a battleground not only at sea, but also in the war of narratives surrounding the conflict.
Iran rejects US allegations of destabilizing Yemen at UNSC
TEHRAN— Iran has rejected as “baseless and unsubstantiated” allegations by the United States that Tehran is destabilizing Yemen or has used commercial flights to Sana’a to transfer military personnel or equipment in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216.
Araghchi accuses EU of ‘double standards’ on human rights
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the European Union and several of its member states of applying double standards to human rights and international law, arguing that their support for Israel amid the war in Gaza and their backing of military action against Iran have undermined their credibility to criticize Tehran.
IRGC Navy commander stresses closure of Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – The Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, Rear Admiral Ali Ozmayi, says that the Strait of Hormuz is fully closed and it is under the full control of Iranian forces.
US failed to achieve its goals in war on Iran: senior cleric
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatemi, Tehran’s temporary Friday Prayer leader, says that the the United States has failed to achieve its goal in the imposed war on Iran which was destroying Iran’s missile caablities.