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Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi announced that the body of the martyred anti-terrorism commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, will be transferred to Iran after funeral processions in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala. “A funeral procession for Lieutenant ...

Scores of Iranian athletes, cineastes, actors, officials and celebrities have posted photos of Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US, on their social media pages with messages of condolences and condemnation. Iran’s Culture Minister Seyed Abbas Salehi ...

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that the US and its allies tried to disturb the recent naval wargames jointly staged by Iran, Russia and China in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman. “When the joint naval drills of Iran, Russia and China were underway, the ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that his country and Russia and China believe that the US actions have seriously endangered multilateralism in the world. “On my final trip of this decade, consensus among Iran, Russia and China that multilateralism is in grave danger due to US actions and ...

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said Tehran is determined to continue development of its defense and missile program irrespective of other countries’ pressures. “The enemies of the country know that we firmly and immediately respond to any threat and aggression based on the plans and measures decided by ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned of attempts to annihilate the internationally-endorsed nuclear deal, saying that the Europeans cannot use the mechanisms, envisaged in the agreement against Iran. “If the EU imagines that it can take the ways envisaged in the nuclear deal on the breach of ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi blasted the US forces’ presence in the regional waterways, and said that the recent joint naval drills were conducted for preparing to confront such potential threats. “All three countries of Iran, China, and Russia, which are major naval powers, have common ...

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hezbollah supports a new government capable of quickly carrying out essential reforms in the cash-strapped country of Lebanon as further economic deterioration, including the risk of sharp currency devaluation, would exacerbate social tensions, an official with the Lebanese resistance movement said.     Sheikh Mohammed Amro said ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Army troops engaged in fierce clashes with the terrorist groups in the surrounding areas of Hama military airport in Northern Hama on Saturday. The Arabic-language service of Russia Today quoted a military source as saying that the Syrian Army confronted and fended off attacks by the terrorist ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian security forces announced on Friday that they have managed to discover and impound an arms shipment in the Western province of Kermanshah and bust an armed terrorist group in the Southwestern province of Khuzestan. Speaking on Friday, Khuzestan police commander Heidar Abbaszadeh said two main members of a ...