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.

Iran summons UAE charge d’affaires over U.S. drone incident

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned on Saturday the United Arab Emirates’ charge d’affaires to protest violation of Iran’s airspace by the U.S. drone from a military base in the UAE.

Iran not favoring war but fully prepared to defend itself: IRGC general

TEHRAN – Commander of the aerospace unit of the IRGC says the Iranian people and the armed forces do not favor a war with the United States but are fully prepared to protect the country against aggressors.

Assembly of Experts hails IRGC for downing U.S. drone

TEHRAN – Members of the Assembly of Experts have issued a statement to express their gratitude to the aerospace unit of the IRGC after it shot down a trespassing American drone in the Gulf of Oman, ISNA reported on Saturday.

Iran says it has ‘indisputable’ evidence U.S. drone violated airspace

TEHRAN – A top Iranian diplomat has said there are “indisputable” evidence that a U.S. spy drone that the IRGC had downed had violated the Iranian airspace.

Downing of drone sends clear message to U.S.: IRGC

TEHRAN – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that the downing of a U.S. spy drone over the southern parts of Iran sends a “clear message” to Washington.

Advisor tells Trump: Don’t make a mistake

TEHRAN – A top foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker has warned President Donald Trump against making a mistake after Iranian military downed an invading U.S. spy drone over the Strait of Hormuz, saying the move was a firm message to the U.S. government.

Iran summons Swiss ambassador over invading U.S. drone

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Friday Swiss ambassador to Tehran to protest violation of Iran’s airspace by the U.S. drone as Switzerland represents U.S. interests in Iran.

IRGC exhibits wreckage of U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk

IRGC general says Iran warned U.S. drone several times before shootdown

TEHRAN - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) shot down a highly-sophisticated U.S. stealth drone early on Thursday after it violated Iran’s airspace.

Zarif: Now U.S. is encroaching Iran’s territory

TEHRAN – In addition to waging “economic terrorism” against Iran, the United States is now invading the Iranian territory, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned on Friday.

Iran says has retrieved sections of the U.S. military drone in its territorial waters

U.S. drone violated Iranian airspace from UAE

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the U.S. drone violated the Iranian airspace from the United Arab Emirates and it was targeted near Kouh-e Mobarak.

IRGC shoots down intruding U.S. spy drone

TEHRAN- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has shot down an intruding American spy drone in the country’s southern coastal province of Hormozgan.

IRGC chief: U.S. push for talks aimed at wrecking Iran’s defense power

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami warned of the U.S. plot to dismantle Iran’s military and defense power by luring Tehran into negotiations, whose eventual outcome he said will be surrender.