Leader: The Kashmir wound is British legacy

Ayatollah Khamenei says easily-gained oil money has been a ‘great calamity’

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the current tension in Kashmir is a “wound” left by “malicious acts” of Britain when it was forced to leave the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

Iran comes to assistance of disabled foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the country’s naval forces have assisted a foreign crude oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, after they received a request for help from the vessel.

By Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council

Why Leader has given different responses to different U.S. presidents? 

TEHRAN - A few years ago, when Barack Obama, former President of U.S. sent a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Leader told the Iranian officials that he will answer the letter. However, in his recent meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Ayatollah Khamenei said Trump does not “deserve” a response.

Quds Day is highly significant this year, Ayatollah Khamenei says

Leader insists Iran will never negotiate on vital issues

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, told a number of university professors and researchers on Wednesday that Quds Day rallies this year are “more important than any other year”.

Zarif says ‘actions’ and ‘not words” will show Trump’s intent

TEHRAN - In response to President Donald Trump who said on Monday that the United States in not seeking “regime change” in Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said it is “actions” and “not words” which will show Trump’s real intention.

Ayatollah Khamenei: I had cautioned about JCPOA

TEHRAN – In a meeting with university students on Wednesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had warned about the fate of the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.

Leader assures nation flood victims will get full compensation

TEHRAN - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on Wednesday praised national display of solidarity with the victims of the recent floods that swept through large parts of Iran, assuring the nation that the flood damage will be entirely compensated once the rescue efforts are completed.

Leader likens European financial mechanism to a ‘bitter joke’

TEHRAN - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on Thursday likened the European financial mechanism for trade with Iran to a “bitter joke”.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

Assad’s message while in Tehran

TEHRAN - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran and his meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and our President Hassan Rouhani, has terrified once again the enemies of the axis of resistance and regional security, especially the axis of evil – the West, Israel and Saudi Arabia.  

Cleric lauds Leader’s guidance for second phase of the Revolution

TEHRAN – Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard, the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran, said the Leader’s guidance for the “second phase” of the Islamic Revolution is a charter for self-improvement and society building and is also a new chapter for the Iranian nation’s revolutionary movement.

Tehran mayor meets Leader

TEHRAN – Mayor of Tehran, Pirouz Hanachi, visited the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday, ISNA reported.

Supreme Leader lauds Asian Para Games medal winners

TEHRAN - Medal winners of Iran's sports delegation, who participated in Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia, met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday.

Leader’s message to Hajj pilgrims: U.S. aiming to kill Muslims by Muslims

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday issued a message to the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

Why we don't negotiate with U.S.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in his high-profile remarks on Monday, emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not enter into negotiations with the United States.

Ayatollah Morteza Tehrani passes away

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Morteza Tehrani, a distinguished Shia cleric famous for his ethics teachings, passed away on Saturday, Tasnim reported.

 Ayatollah Khamenei: Speculation that talks or ties with U.S. would resolve problems is a ‘blatant mistake’

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that such a speculation that negations or relations with the United States would help resolve problems in Iran is a “blatant mistake”.

Over 113,000 ‘unintentional crime’ prisoners released last year

TEHRAN — More than 113,000 prisoners who had committed unintentional crimes were released in the past Iranian calendar year (March 2017-March 2018), IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Jannati tenders resignation from Friday prayer post, Leader accepts

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accepted the resignation of Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati as the interim Friday prayer preacher of Tehran, the Leader’s website announced on Sunday.

Leader: Oil tanker crew lost lives while serving country 

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, issued a message on Sunday offering his “sincere” condolences to the Iranian families who lost loved ones in the oil tanker inferno in the East China Sea.

By Martin Love 

One view from afar

NORTH CAROLINA - I know a thing or two about protests. But the last real protest I was amidst, for a few days, was in February, 2011, in Maidan Tahrir in Cairo. 

Leader appoints Haj Ali Akbari as Friday prayer council chief

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari as the new head of the Policy-Making Council of Friday Prayers.

Book review  

“American Exceptionalism, Eurocentrism and Otherisation of Muslim”

Professor Saied Reza Ameli’s scholarly book on “American Exceptionalism, Eurocentrism and Otherisation of Muslim” is an important examination of contemporary debates related to questions of Western oppression and liberation movements. It dishes up nicely an understanding of the rise of global Islamophobia and the difficulties Muslims and others face today. His analysis gets at the roots of this and related contemporary problems, challenges and issues.

Leader honors iconic wrestler Alireza Karimi

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei met with Alireza Karimi, who refused to wrestle a Zionist, and his family on Sunday.

Pourdastan appointed as head of Army’s Strategic Studies

TEHRAN – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a decree on Saturday appointed Brigadier General Ahmadreza Pourdastan, the former deputy chief of the Army, as the head of the Army’s Strategic Studies.

Leader urges different methods in fight against Israel

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described the battle against the Zionist regime of Israel as a “sacred” one, suggesting ways to diversify the continued campaign against Tel Aviv.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran’s defense capability not negotiable

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei affirmed on Wednesday that Iran’s military capability is “not open to negotiation”.

Leader: Educated Americans ashamed of Trump 

Ayatollah Khamenei describes Trump’s rhetoric as ‘ugly’ and ‘foolish’ 

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has censured U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest hostile comments against the Iranian nation at the UN as “ugly”, “foolish” and “sheer lies”, noting “educated Americans are ashamed of having such a president.”

Any wrong move toward nuclear deal will face Iran’s reaction, Ayatollah Khamenei warns

TEHRAN – “Any wrong move by the hegemonic system on the JCPOA will draw a reaction from the Islamic Republic,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned at a graduation ceremony of police cadets in Tehran on Sunday.

Islam has new things to say about politics, society: Ayatollah Khamenei

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Monday that protecting and implementing the revolution’s norms are difficult and challenging, noting that “revolution never ends” and that Islam has new things to say about human beings, politics, politics, etc.