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Local Editor Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] Major General Mohammad Ali Jaafari decried the “Israeli” occupation regime for backing anti-Iranian groups for the purpose of upsetting the Islamic Republic’s security. “The Zionist regime’s support for monarchists and Munafiqeen [MKO members] against the Islamic Republic of Iran is …

Local Editor As the fate of Saudi journalist is still a question with no clear answers, an advisor to Turkey’s president has vowed that the country will prosecute all those involved in the suspected kidnapping or murder of a dissident Saudi journalist in Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul, even if it …

This combination of pictures created on October 1, 2018 shows a photo taken on December 13, 2008 of then Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, left, and a picture taken on April 11, 2016 showing Fuad Hussein, then chief of staff at the presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government. (Photo …

Local Editor Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council of the System, Mohsen Rezaei described the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps missile strike at terrorist headquarters on Monday as a ‘flick’ adding that the actual blow is yet to come. In a Monday post on his Twitter account, Rezaei, who formerly led …

The former chief-of-staff of Iran’s armed forces said Tuesday that Western spies had used lizards which could “attract atomic waves” to spy on the country’s nuclear programme. (AFP) — Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent …

Local Editor Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says “unilateral and illegitimate” sanctions imposed by the United States against the Islamic Republic are tantamount to “economic terrorism” and are in violation of world nations’ right to progress. “Unlawful unilateral sanctions in themselves constitute a form of economic terrorism and a breach of …

Local Editor Delegates of the UK Labor Party voted Tuesday to ban arms sales to the “Israeli” entity over its abuses against the Palestinians. This party policy that could be translated into official government policy if and when the party is elected to lead the United Kingdom. The motion was …

Local Editor Ankara plans to stay committed to its long-term energy-supply deal with Tehran despite Washington’s threats to punish countries that do business with Iran, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We need to be realistic… Am I supposed to let people freeze in winter?… Nobody should be offended. How …

Local Editor The UK government confirmed on Monday that it had started “resettling” so-called activists of the White Helmets group and their family members from Syria to the United Kingdom. “Under the well-established practices of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme [VPRS], the Home Office is working closely with UNHCR, the …

Local Editor European Union foreign affairs Chief Federica Mogherini says the EU signatories remain committed to the nuclear deal with Iran that the US has quit. The group is working to create special payment channels to do business with Iran. Mogherini read from a statement following a ministerial meeting of …