IRGC strikes terrorists’ training centers in western borders

TEHRAN – Ground Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a statement on Friday saying that it has hit the training centers of the terrorists in the borders with the Iraqi Kurdistan.

IRGC rejects US claim of Iran attempt to seize UK tanker

TEHRAN- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed a claim by US officials that its naval forces tried to stop a British tanker in the Persian Gulf.

Three IRGC forces martyred in terrorist attack in Iran’s northwest

TEHRAN – Three forces with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in a terrorist attack on the IRGC forces in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.

Baqeri says crushing response awaiting those threatening Iran’s borders

TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Baqeri, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, said on Wednesday that a crushing response is awaiting those who threaten the security of Iran and its borders.

We are actually in all-out war with the enemy, says General Salami

IRGC chief: We will not be overcome in any war

TEHRAN – Commander of the IRGC, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Tuesday that Iran is in an “all-out war” with the enemy, Mehr reported.

U.S. asked Iran’s permission for limited strike to save face: general

TEHRAN – The commander of the Civil Defense Organization said on Sunday that the U.S. has sent a message to Iran saying it wanted to conduct a limited strike against the country in order to save face after Iran shot down its drone.

IRGC disbands terrorist team in West Azerbaijan

TEHRAN – The IRGC Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shuhada unit has disbanded a team of terrorists in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, killing two of its members.

IRGC chief: Iran destroyed Washington’s fictitious grandeur in world

TEHRAN – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that Iran has managed to destroy the United States’ fictitious and artificial grandeur in the world.

“Air Defense Force has foiled evil plots against Iran”

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard, commander of Iran’s Air Defense Force, said on Tuesday that the armed forces will give an appropriate response to any action by enemies.

‘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.

Commander: No one but Iran dares to confront the U.S.

TEHRAN – The deputy chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the conflict between Iran and the United States is a conflict between good and evil which has lasted for forty years.

Iran files complaint against U.S. over violating its airspace

TEHRAN – Iran has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council against the United States over violation of its airspace by a U.S. drone which was shot down by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on June 20.

Iran ready to pull trigger against any aggression, cleric warns

TEHRAN – Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard, an interim Friday prayer preacher, has voiced Iran’s readiness to respond to any foreign aggression on its soil.

U.S. can’t 'obliterate' Iran unless it uses banned arms: Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says unless it resorts to using “prohibited weapons,” the United States is not in any position to “obliterate” Iran as President Donald Trump has recently threatened.

What shooting down a $110m U.S. drone tells us about Iran

Once the dust cleared, it turned out that one of the enduring lessons from the past week occurred at about 22,000 feet.

New U.S. sanctions are only a show, Jannati says

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, head of the Assembly of Experts and the Guardian Council, said on Wednesday the new U.S. sanctions targeting top Iranian authorities are merely a spectacle.

IRGC general: Enemy lacks will power to attack Iran

TEHRAN – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force on Wednesday rejected the idea that there is a specter of war against Iran, saying the enemy does not have the will power to attack the Islamic Republic.

Iran won’t tolerate threats to national interests: Hatami

TEHRAN – Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic will not tolerate any threat to its national interests as he praised the downing of a U.S. spy drone by the IRGC in south of Iran on June 20.

President says Iranian nation become livelier, stronger after each U.S. move

White House has become mentally crippled: Rouhani

TEHRAN – The U.S. ruling authorities are baffled and wondering why none of the measures they adopt against Iran bears fruit, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after Washington announced a new round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s officials.

Raisi: Iran’s calmness due to resistance, not negotiations

TEHRAN – Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi says the atmosphere of peace and tranquility prevailing in Iran is due to resistance and not negotiations.

General warns of high costs of war for U.S.

TEHRAN – Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Central Headquarters has warned that the United States would pay a high price if a war erupts in the region.

Iran says new U.S. sanctions are permanently closing path to diplomacy

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said that the imposition of new sanctions on top Iranian officials by the U.S. is synonymous with “permanent closure of the path to diplomacy”.

Iran can repeat ‘crushing response’ any time: Navy chief

TEHRAN – Chief of the Iranian Navy Hossein Khanzadi warned on Monday that Iran’s crushing response to violation of its territory can be repeated.

Commander on Iran-U.S. feud: Good and evil cannot reconcile

TEHRAN – The deputy chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said the United States’ hostility toward the Islamic Republic is due to Iran’s anti-imperialistic nature, emphasizing that the war between Iran and the U.S. will continue because “good and evil” cannot reconcile.

Iranian MPs support IRGC for downing invading U.S. drone

TEHRAN – A large number of Iranian MPs issued a statement on Sunday supporting the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for its action in shooting down a U.S. drone which violated Iran’s airspace.

Trump lauds Iran’s decision not to shoot down manned plane

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has lauded Iran’s decision not to shoot down a plane carrying 38 people when it shot down an unmanned U.S. spy drone on Thursday morning.

Iranian general to U.S.: Act responsibly to save your forces’ lives in the region

TEHRAN – Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Central Headquarters, on Sunday advised the U.S. government to “act responsibly” in order to protect the lives of American forces in the region.

Tehran says will take legal action against U.S. violation of airspace

TEHRAN – Laya Joneidi, the vice president for legal affairs, has denounced the U.S. move to deploy a spy drone into Iranian airspace as a “violation of international law”, saying the Islamic Republic will take legal action against Washington for violating Iran’s airspace.

Deputy parliament speaker says drone downing was a ‘punch in the U.S. mouth’

TEHRAN – Deputy Majlis Speaker Masoud Pezeshkian says the downing of a highly advanced U.S. drone was a punch in the mouth of the “criminal America”.

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.