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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Washington’s proposal for talks with Tehran under pressures and sanctions is a deceitful measure, and stressed the need for the removal of all embargoes against Iran. “When the US raises the issue of negotiations, it is certainly deceitful, incorrect and wrong. If they ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron has admitted that the Europe’s actions to make up for Iran’s losses after the US withdrawal from the JCPOA have not been effective, reiterating EU’s support for the deal. In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart on Saturday evening, a ...

This illustrative file photo, provided by the media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Center, shows a domestically-developed Yemeni Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) combat drone. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says army troopers and allied fighters from Popular Committees have launched a string of airstrikes against hangars in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan airport near the ...

 TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement after an oil tanker of the country was seized by British forces in Spanish territorial waters, condemning the “illegal move” of London and describing it as “tantamount to piracy”. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry statement, British Ambassador to Tehran Rob ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif posted a one-word tweet on Tuesday in response to the White House’s statement on Iran’s nuclear program. “Seriously?” Zarif asked, while posting the strange White House statement which reads, “There is little doubt that even before the deal’s existence, ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – The IRGC chief commander Major General Hossein Salami said that the downing of the US drone was done by a technological achievement obtained under the US sanctions, adding the recent sanctions put on IRGC commanders showed the Americans’ desperation. “This action was a passive reaction ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – An IRGC top commander, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said that the retrieved sections of the US drone wreckage prove that the aircraft was involved in espionage activities after violating Iran’s airspace. The fact that Iran possesses sections of the drone debris proves that it ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani said Mon. that a large US cyber spying network had recently been exposed and dismantled and the details of operation will be published by the Intelligence Ministry in near future. According to the Islamic Republic ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri said Saturday if there is a will in Iran to block oil exports from the Persian Gulf, the country will fully fulfill the will and will explicitly announce its decision. “The Islamic ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani said Mon. that about 4,000 Iranians have lost their lives in the fight against illicit drugs, while since 2001, when Americans attacked Afghanistan, drug production has increased by 50 times. The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali ...