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TEHRAN (FNA)- Top Military Aide to the Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi stressed that the Iranian nation will thwart any conspiracy and plot hatched by the enemies. “They should know that the Iranian nation is ready to foil any conspiracy,” General Rahim Safavi said on Thursday. “Greater defeats ...

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The Syrian Army continued its advances in Southeastern Idlib province and is now only four kilometers away from the Aleppo-Hama international highway. The Syrian Army’s advances came after it managed to take control of Jorjnaz and al-Tah towns in Southeastern Idlib after pushing back the Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay’at (the Levant ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Hassan Rouhani stressed inefficiency of Washington’s maximum-pressure policy, and further said the US sanctions against Iran fade away. “Certainly, the present circumstances will end and the US will sooner or later be forced to relinquish maximum pressure against Iran before or after the presidential election in the ...

Tajikistan’s Minister of Economy and Trade Nematollah Hekmatzadeh underlined age-old and friendly ties between Tehran and Dushanbe, saying that his country endeavors to boost economic convergence with Iran. “We try to develop economic convergence with foreign states, including the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Hekmatzadeh said, addressing the inauguration ceremony of ...

Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that the impeachment of US President Donald Trump is not a quest for reality, but a power struggle between the Democrats and Republicans. “Trump’s impeachment was only about gaining power in the US politics,” Amir Abdollahian tweeted on Friday. ...

During the meeting in the Japanese capital today, President Rouhani and Abe explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating bilateral relations, and underlined the need to enhance the level of trade exchanges between the two countries. The two sides also discussed the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), ...

Medical authorities in al-Anbar province in Western Iraq report a sharp rise in the number of registered cases of cancer diagnosis as a result of the US military’s use of banned munitions at the time of occupation. “The radiation of prohibited ammunition used during the US occupation of Iraq is ...

Leaderships of Hezbollah and Amal movement in Beirut warned on Wedesday against repeated riots and provocative violent acts, calling on political parties in Lebanon to be aware in order not to be dragged into sedition. In a joint statement the two leaderships in Beirut denounced offences against several religious and ...

The Syrian army is pulling military reinforcements into the country’s northwestern province of Idlib and might start a large-scale offensive there, Syrian state-run media reported, citing a military source. “The army yesterday pulled in significant military reinforcements to such cities in the Idlib province as Khan Sheikhoun in the south ...