Most of those killed in riots had not even participated in protests, top security official says

Shamkhani appeases families of victims of riots

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), on Thursday visited some families in western cities of Tehran province who lost a family member in the mid-November riots.

Leader urges Islamic mercy in regard to recent riots

TEHRAN - The Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Wednesday urged relevant state bodies to honor Islamic mercy in regard to those who committed violent acts and caused insecurity in the protests that followed a rise in gas price.

Saudi attempt to explode Iranian oil facilities aborted, top security official reveals

TEHRAN - Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani revealed on Sunday that Iran had successfully aborted an attempt by a small group of foreign-backed rioters to set oil facilities in the Persian Gulf port city of Assaluyeh on fire.

Jewish MP: Ill-wishers will fail to achieve their desires through unrest in Iran

TEHRAN - Iranian Jewish lawmaker Siamak Moreh Sedgh has said that the United States and reactionary countries in the region will not be able to achieve their objectives through fomenting unrest in Iran.

Islamic states must pressure Riyadh to end Yemen war: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has said the all-out Saudi war against the innocent Yemeni people is an example of expanding insecurity in the region and blatant violation of human rights.

Judiciary chief: Atmosphere in Iran is to resist pressure, fight corruption

TEHRAN - Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi said on Sunday that atmosphere in Iran is to resist the economic war launched against the country and also fight against corruption.

Shamkhani says anti-revolutionary elements behind unrest in Iran

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has said that anti-revolutionary elements and the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) are behind the unrest over gasoline price hike in Iran, an MP said on Sunday.

Shamkhani says Iran has made Washington ‘strategically confused’

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolution’s “mobilization power” has led to “strategic confusion” of Washington.

Shamkhani: Iranian people’s interests “not negotiable”

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Thursday that the Iranian people’s legal rights as well as their interests “are not negotiable”.

SABITI oil tanker, hit in Red Sea, to undergo repair

TEHRAN - Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Co (ISOICO) will repair the SABITI oil tanker, which came under attack in the Red Sea on October 11, the ISOICO managing director has said.

Shamkhani: U.S. trying to give new life to Daesh

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), on Wednesday voiced regret over Turkish military aggression on northern Syria, calling the move a U.S.-orchestrated plot aimed at reviving Daesh in the Middle East.

Even U.S. allies admit region would be more secure without U.S., says Shamkhani

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), says Washington’s moves in the region have even prompted its regional allies to confess that the Middle East would be a more secure place without the presence of the U.S.

Iranian security official: Evil acts in international waterways won’t go unanswered

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has condemned the Friday morning attack on Iran’s SABITI oil tanker in the Red Sea and voiced Tehran’s firm will to give a crushing response to the evil act in international waterways.

Security chief: Iran favors de-escalation, but will respond strongly to aggression

TEHRAN – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has said Tehran’s strategic policy is to reduce tensions in the Middle East but the Islamic Republic will give a crushing response to any act of aggression.

Active resistance grounded U.S. maximum pressure on Iran: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – The United States’ policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran has been grounded thanks to Iran’s active resistance approach, secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Saturday.

Tehran hails Hezbollah’s retaliatory act against Israel

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has praised the Lebanese Hezbollah for its Sunday attack on Israeli targets, saying the retaliatory operation showed the resistance front’s resolve to combat threats posed by the enemy.

Iran will not negotiate with Trump under any circumstances: advisor

TEHRAN - Hossein Dehghan, an advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said that U.S. President Donald Trump reneges on promises and cannot be trusted and Iran will not negotiate with him under any circumstances.

SNSC chief says Iran should never have signed the JCPOA

Shamkhani: U.S. sanctions intended to make Iran surrender not to negotiate

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has said that the U.S. sanctions pressure against Iran are not for negotiation but intended to make Tehran surrender.

Iran’s robust, effective diplomacy cannot be sanctioned: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has said that Iran’s “robust and effective” diplomacy cannot be put under sanctions.

Foreign forces are main cause of regional tension, Rouhani says in meeting with Oman FM

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that presence of foreign forces in the region are the main cause of tension in the region.

Omani foreign minister holds talks with Zarif in Tehran

TEHRAN – Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah held talks in Tehran on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. There were no details of the talks.

Negotiation with those who renege on promises is ‘stupidity’: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – In an open reference to the United States which quit the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran, Ali Shamkhani said on Wednesday that negotiation with those who renege on their promises is “stupidity” and shows “weakness” and “frustration”.

Any act against Iran is an act against resistance front, says Hamas official

Fake plans against Palestinians will yield no fruit: Shamkhani

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s secretary of Supreme National Security Council, said on Tuesday that “fake plans”, which are against “the will of Palestinian people” will bear no result.

Bolton’s nuclear enrichment remarks lack legal validity: Shamkhani

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has said that U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton’s remarks that Iran should not be allowed to enrich uranium “have no legal credibility”.

Reducing nuclear commitments is Iran’s ‘unchangeable strategy’, Shamkhani tells French envoy

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Wednesday that Iran’s moves in reducing its nuclear commitments in retaliation to the return of sanctions is an “unchangeable strategy”.

Mr. Bonne, Iran’s demands are clear!

TEHRAN – Emmanuel Bonne, the advisor to French president, will meet today with Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani in Tehran. 

By Mehdi Sepahvand

French president sends adviser to Iran for talks

TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron is sending his chief diplomatic adviser to Iran following Tehran’s decision to enrich uranium beyond the threshold of the 2015 nuclear accord, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

Shamkhani meets Putin’s envoy

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, met Vladimir Putin’s special envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev on Tuesday to discuss regional issues, especially the Syria crisis.

By Ali Shamkhani

The difficult test of defending European identity and security

TEHRAN – In a summit attended by the world’s top security officials which was held in Russia in Khordad (May) this year, I explained the United States’ role in expansion of hybrid threats and its exploitation of mixed financial, economic, and technological tools in order to impose its will on independent countries.

Iran denounces terror attack in Afghan capital

TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has denounced a terrorist attack that killed and injured dozens of people in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday.