Iran rules out massive cancelation of inbound tours

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister Vali Teymouri on Monday ruled out speculations that inbound tours have been massively canceled in the wake of recent tragic incidents in the country.

Rouhani meets Syrian PM, reiterates U.S. must leave the region

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the United States’ military presence in the region must come to an end and its forces must leave the region.

Iran says will file lawsuits against Trump for Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN — Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic will file lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. government for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top anti-terror commander, in Iraq earlier this month.

Soleimani was architect of U.S. defeats: IRGC chief

TEHRAN - Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami said on Tuesday that Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was architect of defeats suffered by the United States, the Zionist regime of Israel and their allies in the region.

German parliament questions legality of Gen. Soleimani’s assassination

TEHRAN – Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament has questioned the legality of the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. military.

By Hamid Mohammadi

Great achievement of Operation Martyr Soleimani

In the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese jet fighters attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor Island amid of WWII.

Real revenge will be expulsion of U.S. forces: Iran 

TEHRAN - Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the real revenge for assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani will be expulsion of the United States troops from the region.

No changes in Iran Air’s flights to European countries except Sweden

TEHRAN – There are no changes in Iran Air’s regular schedule for flights to European countries and vice versa, except the ones to Sweden, which have recently come to a halt.

Syrian PM meets senior Iranian security official

TEHRAN - Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis held talks with the secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani in Tehran on Monday, voicing Damascus’s enthusiasm to broaden all-out ties with Iran.

By Martin Love

Protesters in Iran may be bolstering U.S. imperialism

NORTH CAROLINA - From afar it can be upsetting to hear about protests at some universities in Iran, allegedly spawned by anger over the unintentional downing of the commercial aircraft near Tehran. One can understand the anger over the horrible accident of mistaken identity, but let’s get real about this tragic event.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

Trump's terrorist act to derail public opinion

TEHRAN - By his wrong calculations, Trump committed a terrorist act against two senior Iranian and Iraqi military officials, and faced the U.S. with another serious challenge.

Iran tourism will rebound despite suffering a severe blow: minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism minister on Sunday said that the country’s tourism industry has suffered a major setback but it will certainly return to “normal”.

Soleimani assassination is at least international terrorism, says Chomsky

TEHRAN — Renowned American scholar Noam Chomsky believes the assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani is at least an act of international terrorism.

Iran’s flag carrier seeking to re-establish flights to Sweden    

TEHRAN – Iran’s flag carrier is seeking a way for restoring direct flights connecting Tehran to Stockholm and Gothenburg, which have recently come to a halt.

Qatar's emir set to visit Tehran for talks with Iranian officials

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will visit Iran on Sunday to hold talks with officials, including President Hassan Rouhani, al Jazeera reported.

Soleimani assassination put an end to pro-compromise mindset, says top MP

TEHRAN — Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was the end of the pro-compromise mindset.

Iranian UN envoy says U.S. must leave the region

TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the U.S. must leave the region, noting that the U.S. is unwelcome in the region.

By staff and agency

Biden blames Trump for instability in Middle East

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has held Donald Trump responsible for the current instability in the Middle East as he withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 nuclear deal and imposed sanctions on Iran.

Rouhani to Johnson: There had been no security in London without Gen. Soleimani’s efforts

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that London would not have been secure if it had not been for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani’s relentless campaign against terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

Soleimani became a general of security and peace, says cleric

TEHRAN — Martyr Qassem Soleimani became a general of building security and peace, said an interim Friday Prayer leader of Tehran.

Epic Soleimani funeral turnout petrified enemy, says IRGC

TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has thanked the people for their huge turnout at Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani’s funeral processions, saying the people’s epic turnout petrified the enemy.

Russian travelers, airlines not canceling Iran trips, flights

TEHRAN – Neither Russian travelers are calling off their Iran trips nor airlines the flights passing through Iranian airspace following a deadly Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran on Wednesday.

Due to shameful speeches of the U.S. officials in justifying the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his companions

A letter from Iran penned to Michael Moore, Robert De Niro and the American nation 

Iran's Rouhani, EU's Michel confer on recent developments in region

TEHRAN- In a phone conversation on Thursday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and European Council President Charles Michel conferred on the recent developments in West Asia, including the U.S. assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and new sanctions on the Islamic Republic by Washington.

By Payman Yazdani

General Soleimani was a brilliant strategist: Entessar

TEHRAN – Nader Entessar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science from the University of South Alabama, lauded the capabilities and services of General Soleimani.

By Martin Love

It must be always emphasized: Allah’s mercy and compassion

NORTH CAROLINA - Amid the madness, one thing is indisputable. Trump and Netanyahu are joined at the hip in part because both face the prospect, however remote, of eventually winding up in jail. Trump has been impeached but getting him out of the White House before November is a stretch, Natanyahu has been indicted on multiple corruption charges. Both think they avoid jail as long as they are in office. They planned and executed the demise of Soleimani through their respective appointees alongside the Mossad and the CIA.

Trump backs away from further military conflict with Iran

President Trump backed away from further military confrontation with Iran on Wednesday after a barrage of missiles fired at American troops in Iraq, the New York Times reported.

U.S. unlikely to target Iran’s cultural sites, tourism minister says

TEHRAN - Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Wednesday that a U.S. attack of Iran’s cultural heritage is ‘unlikely’ to happen. 

Iran’s defense chief vows ‘proportional response’ to any U.S. action

TEHRAN — Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami has vowed a “proportional response” to any action the United States might take against the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s vice president: IRGC missile attacks on U.S. base was a crushing, deterrent operation 

TEHRAN - The Iranian first vice president announced on his official Twitter account on Wednesday that the IRGC airspace force’s missile attacks on the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq was a crushing and also a deterrent one.