Iran has right to counter Israeli presence in U.S.-led coalition in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN – Tehran says it has a right to counter the presence of Israel in a U.S.-led coalition in the Persian Gulf.

'US-led PG mission will sow insecurity in region'

'US-led PG mission will sow insecurity in region' Iran's defense chief says a United States-proposed coalition, which Washington purports would seek to beef up maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, will foment insecurity in the region.

Sanders: Not America’s job to hate Iran or love Israel

TEHRAN – Vermont Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Bernie in a Friday interview with Pod Save America said it is not the United States’ proper role to hate a country such as Iran or love another one such as Israel.

Deal of century aims at consolidating occupation, Iran says

TEHRAN - Es’haq Al-e- Habib, the Iranian deputy ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday that the United States proposed the “deal of the century” in order to consolidate occupation, urging the world to resist this “unjust move”.

Israel after heightening tensions in the region, MP warns

TEHRAN – The Zionist regime is after heightening tensions in the region by purchasing F-35 jets, spokesman for the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has warned.

It’s ‘dangerous’ that some Arabs states are normalizing ties with Israel, Larijani warns

TEHRAN – A move by some Arab and non-Arab Muslim states to normalize ties with Israel is “dangerous”, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Tuesday, calling on Iraq to help prevent this move.

The story of Hezbollah anti-aircraft missile

TEHRAN –Secretary-General of Hezbollah Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah revealed two strategic surprises for the military and intelligence services of the West, especially the Zionists in the anniversary of 33-day Israeli war.

Iran urges ICRC to form fact finding committee to examine issue of diplomats abducted in 1982

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday urging the International Committee of the Red Cross to form a fact finding committee to investigate issue of four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon on July 5, 1982.

‘If U.S. attacks Iran, Israel won’t survive next half-hour’

TEHRAN – Chairman of the Majlis Nuclear Committee Mojtaba Zonnour says should the United States attack Iran, Israel’s remaining life would be less than half an hour.

By Martin Love

Trump has a moment of sanity that begs for continuance

NORTH CAROLINA - “Cocked and loaded” Donald Trump claimed the U.S. military was, just before, as he alleges, he decided not to attack Iran last week because the lives of an estimated “150 Iranians” were too heavy a cost for the downing of an unmanned drone that was brought down in Iran’s territorial waters while on a spy mission. What is one supposed to think? That Trump suddenly has a heart? That he has a brain? Well, maybe a bit of the latter for a moment. It is, in any case, not hard to speculate about what happened:

Israel responsible for oil tanker attacks: ex-diplomat

TEHRAN – Hamid Reza Asefi, a former Iranian diplomat, has said the Zionist regime is to blame for recent attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

Advisor says U.S., Israel are main suspects for tanker incidents

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, said on Friday that U.S. security services and Israel’s Mossad are the “main suspects” for endangering the security of oil export in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

‘U.S., Israel won’t allow the likes of Saudis to acquire atomic bomb’

TEHRAN – An expert on Middle East affairs believes that the United States and Israel would never allow the likes of Saudi Arabia to acquire nuclear weapons because the Zionist regime wants to be the only superpower and nuclear power in the region.

Iranian envoy: S. Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and UAE have been developing missiles with long ranges

TEHRAN - Hamid Baeidinejad, Tehran’s ambassador to London, has said Iran’s missile program is not the only one in the region, IRNA reported on Friday.

Palestinian resistance has improved from ‘rocks to rockets’

TEHRAN – The Palestinian people’s resistance against the Israeli occupation of their land has improved from launching “rocks to rockets”, and Iranian official said on Tuesday, noting it shows that the new Palestinian generation is more determined than ever to defend their territory. 

By Sadeq Aliyu

Buhari invited Netanyahu as IMN Members pressure at Juma'at mosque

ABUJA/ NIGERIA - President Muhammad Buhari has sent a letter inviting Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel to Nigeria, few days after returning from Saudi Arabia, as on Friday 24/05/2019 he was pressured to free sheikh Zakzaky by thousands of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in the national mosque Abuja.

OIC should not be a platform for division: Iranian diplomat

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholam Hossein Dehghani said on Tuesday that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation should be a platform for promoting unity rather than division.

Diplomat says Netanyahu seeking to turn Bahrain into an Israeli island

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to turn Bahrain into an Israeli island.

Zarif says ‘Israel first’ replacing ‘America first’

TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Saturday that the policy of “Israel first” is replacing the Donald Trump’s policy of “America first”.

Syria says its air defenses intercept several Israeli projectiles

TEHRAN- The Syrian army says its air defense units have brought down several projectiles fired from Israeli-occupied territories.

Iran says Israel is main source of all regional crises

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday saying the Zionist regime of Israel is the main source of all crises in the Middle East region and a real threat to international peace.

Israelis might be behind UAE incidents, Iranian MP says

TEHRAN – Behrouz Nemati, spokesman for the Majlis presiding board, said on Tuesday that the Israelis might have been behind the recent incidents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

New U.S.-Israel plot doomed to failure: envoy

TEHRAN – Palestinian Ambassador to Tehran Salah al-Zawawi said U.S., Israel new plot doomed to failure. 

Netanyahu fails to government, asks for more time

Tehran- Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Israel’s president for more time to form a new government, a spokesman said.

‘Hamas has laser rockets and Israel knows nothing about it’

TEHRAN – High ranking Israeli officials said Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has a huge number of laser rockets and Tel Aviv knows nothing about these rockets, Raialyoum daily reported on Saturday.

Bolton has no military and security knowledge: Iran

TEHRAN - Keyvan Khosravi, the spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Monday that U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton suffers from lack of knowledge about “military and security” issues.

Islamic Jihad debuts new missile with attack on Israel, pledges bigger surprises

TEHRAN- The al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, has unveiled its latest domestic missile by firing it at targets in the Israeli occupied territories.

Israel exposed its true face in Gaza attacks: advisor

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, said on Monday that the Israeli regime’s bombardments of Gaza exposed the bloodthirsty nature of the Zionist regime.

Tehran condemns Israeli attack on Gaza 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the Zionist regime’s attack on the Gaza Strip in the occupied Palestine.