Iran’s Expediency Council secretary calls for seizing British tanker in retaliation

TEHRAN – Secretary of the Expediency Council (EC) has said Iran should seize a British oil tanker if London doesn’t release the Iranian tanker which was illegally seized by its forces.

Ex-IRGC chief warns U.S. not to underestimate Iran

TEHRAN – A former chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned the United States and its allies not to underestimate Iran’s defense power.

Expediency Council addresses CFT, Palermo bills

TEHRAN – The Expediency Council (EC) on Sunday addressed the ratification of two controversial bills on Iran’s accession to the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Any act against Iran will set the region on fire, Rezaee warns

TEHRAN – The Americans are well aware that any act of aggression against Iran will set the entire region aflame, Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, said on Saturday.

Rezaee says Iran will surely overcome U.S. economic blockade

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, has voiced certainty that Iran will finally defeat the economic blockade imposed by the United States.

Next administration, parliament will be more revolutionary, Rezaee predicts

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, has criticized the current administration, predicting that the next administration and parliament will be more revolutionary compared to the past.

Rezaee says Leader wants structural changes in Expediency Council

TEHRAN - Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, said on Saturday that Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for structural and functional changes in the Expediency Council.

Ex-IRGC chief warns U.S. warships to stay away from IRGC speed boats

TEHRAN – In reaction to U.S. designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, has warned U.S. aircraft carriers to stay away from the Guards’ boats.

Rezaee: Leader’s roadmap basis for macro-policies

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, says Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s roadmap for future will be regarded as a basis for Iran’s macro-policies.

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Decision on Palermo postponed to next calendar year

Rezaee says Expediency Council’s decision on Palermo is dependent on FATF and Europe’s conduct

TEHRAN – A member of the Expediency Council said on Saturday that the fate of the bill on UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, also known as Palermo Convention, was not decided during the council’s meeting which was held earlier in the day.

Official warns of ambiguities in FATF

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, said on Saturday there are many ambiguities surrounding the FATF, the Financial Action Task Force.

‘EU after blackmailing Iran by tying INSTEX to CFT, Palermo’

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, says he regards tying INSTEX, a financial channel for trade with Iran, to Tehran’s accession to the CFT and the Palermo Convention as some sort of blackmail.

Operation Karbala-4 was not a military deception: General Soleimani

TEHRAN - General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, said on Monday that Operation Karbala-4 in late December 1986 during Iraq’s war against Iran was a main operation and not a “military deception”.

‘Expediency Council to decide on CFT based on national interests’

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, said on Saturday the council will decide about the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) based on its own national interests.

Rezaee urges Europe to stand up to U.S.

TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, has called on the European parties to the JCPOA, also known as the Iran nuclear deal, to stand up to Washington’s excessive demands.

Iran sanctions ‘big mistake’: Nation of Islam leader

TEHRAN – Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has said reimposing sanctions against Iran by Washington is a “big mistake”, and that the era of U.S. totalitarianism in the world is over.