It is not advisable to keep silent towards U.S., government says

TEHRAN - Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that from national security point of view, it is not advisable to keep silent towards the United States’ malicious acts and statements against Iran.

Trump’s threat to target Iranian cultural sites ‘a huge crime against the worldwide civilization’

TEHRAN - Cultural and tourism officials, activists and fans across Iran, have signed petitions and issued statements in the past two days over Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian cultural sites, emphasizing that it equals a huge crime against the worldwide civilization.

Iran will prove harsh revenge in practice: Shamkhani

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Monday that Iran will show harsh revenge for assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in practice.

Araghchi: Trump will surely see consequences of his adventurism 

TEHRAN- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that President Donald Trump will see the negative consequences of his adventurism in the region, noting that the Iraqi parliament’s vote to expel U.S. troops from the country is the beginning of the end of the U.S. in the Middle East. 

Hajj Qasem’s message to Trump: I am Alive & more Powerful

TEHRAN – Hajj Qasem Soleimani and his comrade Mahdi al-Mohandes were assassinated by an airstrike directly ordered by the U.S. President Trump in Baghdad, three days ago.

By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

Widespread media coverage of funeral procession of Lt. Gen. Soleimani

TEHRAN – Millions of people have poured onto the streets in Tehran to pay tribute to the martyred Iranian top commander, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani who was assassinated by the US terrorist forces in Baghdad on Friday.

By Robert David Steele

WORLD WAR III? President Donald Trump Was Lied To, Will This Martyrdom Lead to a Restored Palestine?

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.

Targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do: U.S. senator

TEHRAN – A U.S. Senator, Chris Murphy, has said that targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do.

Iran summons Swiss ambassador for third time over Trump’s new threats

TEHRAN – Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Markus Leitner, whose country represents the United States’ interests in Iran, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.

‘General of the Hearts’ honored from southwest to northeast

TEHRAN – Millions of angry mourners from all walks of life participated in separate funeral ceremonies held in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and the northeastern city of Mashhad on Sunday for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was martyred in a U.S. air raid in Baghdad on Friday morning.

By staff and agency

Ayatollah Khamenei’s advisor says Iran’s response will be ‘against military sites’

Hossein Dehghan, an advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday that Iran’s response to the United States’ action in assassinating Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani will certainly be a military response “against military sites”.

Trump threatens to target 52 Iranian sites

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday sent a message of scathing threat to Iran after Tehran vowed to give harsh response to Washington for assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force.

End of U.S. malign presence in West Asia has begun: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that end of the United States’ “malign presence” in West Asia has begun.

By Afshin Majlesi

World reacts to Trump’s threat to raid Iranian culture targets as ‘a war crime’

TEHRAN - Donald Trump’s new threat to attack 52 important targets in Iran, including cultural sites, has provoked a strong backlash worldwide, with many calling it a “war crime.”

* By Ali Rajabi

The martyrdom that would lead to a real “Islamic Awakening”

TEHRAN - Less than a decade ago, people of Arab countries began to protest against their dictators to achieve justice and freedom also named “Arab Spring”. This moral path took a detour and lost its right way. It was the U.S. effort to mislead the people by creating some terrorist groups including ISIS, Al-NOSRAH and ETC. 

By Javad Heirannia

Iranians view the killing of Soleimani as an act of war: Paul Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells that Trump often does not understand the nature and consequences of his own actions.

By staff and agency

Protests planned across U.S. to condemn assassination of Lieutenant General Soleimani

More than 70 demonstrations were planned across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and decision to send about 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East.

Iranians hold gatherings to commemorate General Soleimani

TEHRAN – Masses of people held gatherings at Tehran University and Palestine Square to mourn for Lieutenant General Soleimani, who was assassinated by the United States in Baghdad on Friday morning.

Senior officials visit Lieutenant General Soleimani’s family

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of other top officials visited the family of Lieutenant General Soleimani who was assassinated in a United States’ airstrike in Baghdad on Friday morning.

By Martin Love

Trump may have given Iran an unintended assist

NORTH CAROLINA - What with all the recent movements and protests in Baghdad around the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone resulting from the U.S. attacks on elements of Iraq’s and Syria’s national defenses, and then the blame game against Iran, it’s no wonder that confusion reigns. And in Iraq the confusion is bleeding with U.S. attacks on Hashd al-Sha’abi (officially a part of the Iraqi army) positions and personnel in Baghdad and elsewhere. As of Friday morning the U.S. is only becoming more despised in Iraq and the situation there is explosive.

Soleimani’s comrades-in-arms won’t let Trump sleep quietly, cleric warns

TEHRAN — Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami has said the path of General Soleimani will definitely continue and his comrades-in-arms will not allow U.S. President Donald Trump and his servants to “sleep quietly”.

U.S. and its mercenaries will pay for their terrorist crime: Velayati

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy adviser to the Leader, said on Friday that the United States and its mercenaries will pay for their terrorist crime in assassinating IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani.

Iranians hold rallies, urging revenge for Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN - Hundreds of thousands of Iranians, angry over the assassination of IRGC Quds Force Chief Major General Qassem Soleimani, held rallies across the country on Friday urging revenge for his death.

Army ground force chief: Iran’s armed forces will continue path of General Soleimani

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, commander of Army ground forces, said on Friday that the Iranian armed forces will continue the path of General Qassem Soleimani in the fight against global arrogance.

Araghchi says Washington responsible for consequences of Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN - Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Washington is responsible for the consequences of assassinating Commander of IRGC Quds Force Major General Qassem Soleimani.

Zarif says Foreign Ministry to continue cooperation with Quds Force

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the Foreign Ministry is ready to continue cooperation with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force.

U.S. criminals will be ‘biggest losers’ for death of General Soleimani: Jahangiri

TEHRAN - Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Friday that the United States’ criminals will be the “biggest losers” in the region for the death of IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani.

Iranian general urges U.S. to remove its bases from the region

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for coordination affairs, urged the United States on Friday to start removing its military bases from the region.

IRGC: U.S. happiness over martyrdom of General Soleimani will not last long

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif, the spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, said on Friday that the United States’ happiness over the martyrdom of Commander of the IRGC Quds Force Major General Qassem Soleimani “will not last long”.

Pentagon confirms Trump ordered killing of General Soleimani

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the Commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani, the Pentagon said on Friday.