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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi reminded that the US unilateral sanctions against his country are the biggest case of human rights violations affecting the daily-life of his fellow nationals, and dismissed the State Department’s annual human rights report as politically motivated and biased. “By imposing its unilateral, …

A Saudi-sponsored militiaman loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi fires a B-10 recoilless rifle on June 7, 2018, near the city of al-Jah in Hudaydah province. (Photo by AFP) Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have lost their lives when Yemeni …

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful test in an unknown location in this undated handout provided by the US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. (Photo via Reuters) The Pentagon has for the first time deployed its most advanced missile system in Israel, …

File photo of a gathering of the UN Human Rights Council The United Nations human rights experts have voiced alarm at Saudi Arabia’s application of its so-called anti-terrorism laws to target activists. The experts raised the warning during a panel event titled “Saudi Arabia – Time for Accountability,” held on …

Chief negotiator for Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement Mohammed Abdul-Salam (R) meets British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in Oman’s capital city of Muscat, on March 1, 2019. (Photo by al-Masirah) Chief negotiator for Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement Mohammed Abdul-Salam has met with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a rare …

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah hailed the recent visit to Tehran by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his meeting with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.  Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah hailed the recent visit to Tehran by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his meeting …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (R) meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Tehran on February 27, 2019. (Photo by leader.ir) Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and Armenia should work to further boost their relations irrespective of opposition from …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is pictured during a press conference in the Turkish city of Istanbul on October 30, 2018. (Photo by AFP) Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has called on both Pakistan and India to exercise restraint, following recent tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Zarif told …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Israeli regime that its “dangerous” adventurism with its bombing campaign in Syria could result in a military conflict in the region. “There is adventurism on Israel’s side, and adventurism is always dangerous,” Zarif said in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper published on …

A high-ranking Iranian general said the Al Saudi regime ruling Saudi Arabia will become extinct by 2030. Addressing a cultural ceremony in the central city of Isfahan on Tuesday evening, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said …