Assassination of Gen. Soleimani was Daesh wish: ambassador

TEHRAN - Parviz Esmaeili, the Iranians ambassador to Croatia, has said that U.S. President Donald Trump fulfilled what Daesh had been wishing by ordering the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Zarif to Trump: Iran starts no war, but teaches lessons to those who do

Iran strongly warns U.S. about military threats 

TEHRAN — Iran’s chief diplomat and top military commander on Thursday warned the United States against any act of military action, warning the U.S. will face the “most fierce response” if it makes the slightest move against Iran.

Enemy's economic pressure fails to defeat Iranian nation: Rouhani

TEHRAN– Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the achievements made by the Iranian nation during the lunar year 1398 which ends on Friday.

Trump’s policy has made Iran stronger and U.S. weaker: senator

TEHRAN - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy has said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy has made Iran stronger and the United States weaker.

Iran summons Swiss ambassador over Trump’s claim

TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassador of Switzerland, whose country represents the United States’ interests in Iran, to protest Donald Trump’s unfounded claim that Iran was behind a recent attack on U.S. forces in Iraq.

Shamkhani: ‘Similarity between Soleimani assassination and claim of attack on Camp Taji base’

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has said in a tweet that there are commonalities between assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and the United States’ claim of attack on the Taji military camp hosting U.S. and British troops in Iraq.

Holistic Evaluation of Assassination of General Sardar Suleimani – What Next for USA, for Iran, for the Region?

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), contributes regularly to Tehran Times

Iran able to make U.S. presence in the region untenable: George Mason University professor

TEHRAN - Professor of Government and International Affairs at George Mason University Edward Rhodes has said that Iran’s retaliatory action against the U.S. assassination of General Qassem Soleimani shows the Islamic Republic has the conventional forces necessary to make the continued U.S. presence in the region untenable.

Gen. Soleimani played important role in strengthening Palestinian resistance movement: Islamic Jihad chief

TEHRAN - Ziad al-Nakhala, secretary general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has said that Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani played an important role in strengthening the Palestinian resistance movement.

Expert says U.S. assassination of Gen. Soleimani was a ‘miscalculation’

TEHRAN - Bassam Abu Abdullah, an expert on international relations, has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was a “miscalculation” by the United States.

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Another victory by the Iranian nation: Political authority and spirit

TEHRAN - The massive turnout of the people in the polls to elect the representatives for the 11th parliament holds many messages for those who find the power and progress of Islamic Iran distasteful.

By Fateme Salehi

Why does Saudi Arabia need to hold talks with Iran?

Recently, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who traveled to Germany to attend the 2020 Munich Security Conference, said, that after the martyrdom of commander Soleimani, we received a message from Saudi Arabia calling on talks with Iran. Zarif also reiterated that although he replied to the Saudis' response, he received no further messages.

By Nasser Kandil

Celebration of parliamentary elections in Iran

AL-BINAA - Iran after the assassination of Soleimani celebrates the commemoration of the revolution and the preparation for the parliamentary elections.

Presidential chief of staff: Strong voter turnout shows national unity

TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff, who cast his vote at the Interior Ministry headquarters as Iran is holding parliamentary election, said a strong voter turnout shows national unity.

By Damir Nazarov

Iraq's Sunnis ready for battle with the Great Satan

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN - In an interview with channel Alahad tv, the leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq Sheikh Khazali stated that people in three Sunni provinces (Ninevia, Anbar and Salah ad Din) expressed a wish to join resistance operations against American troops.

Congressional committee says Trump’s justification for Soleimani assassination ‘continues to change’

TEHRAN - United States House Foreign Affairs Committee has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s justification for assassinating Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

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Sherman calls assassination of Gen. Soleimani an extraordinary risk

Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was an extraordinary risk.

‘Daesh has resumed activities after Soleimani assassination’

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said the world will not be safe from terrorism as much as it was before the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani.

Japan, Austria downgrade Iran travel warning

TEHRAN – Japan and Austria have significantly downgraded their travel warnings on Iran, a caution they, amongst some other countries, issued following the deadly crash of a Ukrainian plane near Tehran last month.

Trump has revoked Gerald Ford’s executive order by assassinating Soleimani: Joseph Nye

TEHRAN - Veteran U.S. diplomat Joseph Nye has said U.S. President Donald Trump revoked an executive order signed by President Gerald Ford by ordering the Pentagon to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani.

Iran’s revenge for Soleimani destroyed U.S. grandeur: IRGC chief

TEHRAN — The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran’s response to the U.S. assassination of its top general, Qassem Soleimani, destroyed the United States’ fictitious grandeur in the world.

‘These actions on the part of Americans are beyond the limits’

Lavrov says assassination of Soleimani was a flagrant violation of international law

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the United States was a flagrant violation of international law.

Senior Ukrainian team meets Shamkhani on downed plane

TEHRAN - A high ranking Ukrainian delegation held talks with Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Tehran, discussing the issues surrounding the Ukrainian passenger plane which was mistakenly downed by the Iranian military near Tehran on January 8.

Spain to stand beside Iran to help flourish tourism: CEAV president

TEHRAN – President of the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) has said that his country will stand beside Iran to help flourish tourism as the Islamic Republic is planning to expand tourism for reducing dependence on petrodollars step by step.

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Munich Security Conference duty regarding the assassination of commander Soleimani

This year's Munich Security Conference is being held for the fifty-sixth time from 14 to 16 February. The meeting is held annually to discuss the world's security problems and to come up with a unified solution to them.

Zarif says Iran’s nuclear decisions are reversible if Europe takes ‘meaningful’ steps

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that Iran’s decisions to reduce nuclear commitments are reversible if Europe takes “meaningful” steps in preserving the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA.

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Top Democrat slams Trump’s ‘false’ justification for assassination of Soleimani

Democratic Representative Eliot Engel, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, slammed on Friday the Trump administration over assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, arguing a new report justifying the attack undermines the argument that the operation was in response to an imminent threat.

Zarif says U.S. end in the region ‘has already begun'

TEHRAN – Following his interview with the NBC News on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his Twitter page that the pullout of the U.S. forces in the West Asia region “has already begun”.

Trump was misled to believe U.S. could get away with Soleimani assassination: Zarif

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says U.S. President Donald Trump was misled to believe his country would get away with the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani.

Tehraners mark 40th day since General Soleimani martyred

TEHRAN – In accordance with sharia law, people from all walks of life, along with a large number of military commanders, gathered on Thursday in Tehran’s Mosalla to mark the 40th day since General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force, was assassinated in a U.S. air attack in Baghdad’s airport on January 3.