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 Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Ground Force Brigadier General Mohamad Pakpour said terrorist groups are using Northern Iraq as a platform to stage cross-border attacks on Iran, and vowed the IRGC’s rigid and harsh response to the terrorist moves. General Pakpour paid a visit to the border units and ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said while the West had openly used terrorists to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Moscow helped the war-torn country preserve its statehood. When real terrorists from Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] and its affiliates “were on the threshold of the Syrian capital city, ...

The relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia has always been eye-catching for regional observers. For decades observers have seen the Middle East through the prism of a Saudi-Iranian cold war. During the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, Gulf States particularly Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, lent more than $37bn to Saddam Hussein’s war ...

Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah highlighted the strength and bravery of the Palestinian youth in contrast to the cowardly “Israeli” soldiers. During the memorial ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the one week passing of martyr Hajj Abbas Al-Yatama, Sayyed Nasrallah urged the nation to take note ...

President Raeisi’s proposed FM, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran supports holding talks in case its interests are met. Amir-Abdollahian was quoted by the spokesperson for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini. Meshkini said the Proposed FM made the remarks in today afternoon’s meeting of the National ...

Iranian President Sayyed Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has always been concerned about the problems of Iraq and is looking forward to see them resolved. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran. He stressed the importance ...

The Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad denounced Saudi Arabia’s long prison terms handed down to dozens of Palestinians jailed in the kingdom’s prisons, labelling the verdicts as part of Riyadh’s efforts to curry favor with ‘Israel.’ Mahmoud al-Zahar, a Hamas official, told Beirut-based al-Mayadeen news agency on Sunday ...

Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered on Saturday a speech in which he tackled various issues. At the beginning of his speech, Sayyed Nasrallah highlighted that “We’re celebrating 15 years on the Divine victory of 2006.” “Wherever there are believers who are honest in their pledges and ...

Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah resistance movement has emphasized that the American military troops must withdraw from the Arab country, vowing that it is ready to force the occupation troops to do so. The anti-terror group, which is part of the Popular Mobilization Units, better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shaabi, ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received on Wednesday Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf and the accompanying delegation. Talks during the meeting dealt with the close bilateral relations between the two countries and the standing constructive joint cooperation in different domains. The two sides stressed the essential role played by the parliamentary ...