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Iran, Russia, and China deploy vessels for joint drill in Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN - Russia, China and Iran have deployed naval vessels for joint exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev announced on Tuesday.
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‘Blood on Trump's hands’: Iran mourns victims of US and Israeli-backed riots
TEHRAN – Iranian citizens and top officials filled Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Tuesday to observe a Chehelom ceremony, a traditional 40th-day memorial, in honor of the more than 2,500 security forces and civilians killed in recent U.S.- and Israeli-backed riots.
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Iranian Space Agency chief explains prospects to develop satellite internet system
TEHRAN - The head of the Iranian Space Agency has outlined plans to develop a “satellite internet” network in the country.
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Ayatollah Khamenei: ‘More dangerous than a US warship is the weapon capable of sinking it’
TEHRAN - As more American warships move toward the Persian Gulf, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, warned that those vessels represent greater danger to the United States than to Iran — because in the event of conflict, they would be sunk.
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Russian energy minister meets Larijani
TEHRAN – Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev held talks on Tuesday with the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani.
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Iranian Space Agency chief explains prospects to develop satellite internet system
TEHRAN - The head of the Iranian Space Agency has outlined plans to develop a “satellite internet” network in the country.
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‘Blood on Trump's hands’: Iran mourns victims of US and Israeli-backed riots
TEHRAN – Iranian citizens and top officials filled Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Tuesday to observe a Chehelom ceremony, a traditional 40th-day memorial, in honor of the more than 2,500 security forces and civilians killed in recent U.S.- and Israeli-backed riots.
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By Mona Hojat Ansari
‘Good progress’ in Iran-US talks, but ‘more difficult’ days ahead
TEHRAN — Iran and the United States held a second round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with Iranian officials describing the discussions as more serious and constructive than the previous round, while cautioning that a final agreement remains distant and difficult negotiations lie ahead.
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Iran, Russia, and China deploy vessels for joint drill in Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN - Russia, China and Iran have deployed naval vessels for joint exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev announced on Tuesday.
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European Parliament’s anti-Iran resolution legally baseless: Judiciary
TEHRAN - The Iranian Judiciary spokesperson says the anti-Iran resolution adopted by the European Parliament has no legal substance.
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We are ready to close Hormuz Strait: IRGC navy chief
TEHRAN – The commander of the naval unit of the IRGC announced on Monday that Iran is ready to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz upon an order by Iran’s top echelons.
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UN Watch: Civil society or a political proxy?
Civil society institutions exist to challenge power—not to echo it.
Within the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations earn their credibility through one essential principle: independence. They are assumed to represent civic conscience, not a certain state’s strategy. That presumption is what gives them moral authority and special access inside multilateral institutions.
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By Mona Hojat Ansari
Iran's mission: Diplomats in Geneva, generals in the Strait of Hormuz
IRGC Navy commander tells Tehran Times that some tactics and equipment used in new drill are classified and reserved for critical moments
TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has launched the first phase of a large-scale live-fire drill across Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf as its diplomats prepare for a second round of nuclear negotiations with Washington, while the prospect of a new war with the U.S. requires preparations for a potential closure of the Hormuz Strait.
