Iranians will make economic war planners regretful: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the Iranian people will make those in the United States who have waged an “economic war” against Iran “regretful”.

Princeton researcher enumerates Bolton-Netanyahu misinformation and gradual approaches against Iran

TEHRAN - Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator who currently acts as a Princeton University researcher, has said that there will be no war between Iran and the U.S. in the current situation.

Focusing on practical skills, attracting more tourists and self-sufficiency in agriculture are the chief priorities

Rouhani orders facilitating investment

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has ordered executive bodies to take immediate steps to remove obstacles to domestic and foreign investment in the country, ISNA reported on Monday.

Judiciary chief urges support for entrepreneurs

TEHRAN - Ebrahim Raeisi, the Judiciary chief, said on Sunday that all officials are duty bound to support businessmen and entrepreneurs.

By Hanif Ghaffari

John Bolton's political death

John Bolton, US National Security Advisor, continues to promote war and terror and violence in his foreign policy. Bolton's title is basically tied to crime, war, and terror. In George W. Bush's presidency, people like Dick Cheney and John Bolton have become the messengers of the White House's defeat in the world. This time Bolton has also become a messenger for defeating Trump and the United States in the world. The US National Security Adviser is having difficult days. John Bolton has not been able to achieve his goals toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Many American analysts say the National Security Adviser to the Trump government has become the symbol of the White House's failure in the international system.

Zarif says ‘Israel first’ replacing ‘America first’

TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Saturday that the policy of “Israel first” is replacing the Donald Trump’s policy of “America first”.

‘Mad advisors’ providing Trump with ‘fake news’: Iranian minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has warned U.S. President Donald Trump that his “mad advisors” are providing him with “fake news” about Iran.

By Martin Love

Whether more U.S. sparked chaos or real accord is the question that haunts the world

NORTH CAROLINA - Iran’s leaders, Iran’s many friends and the people of Iran well know what is afoot right now with the Trump Administration, with John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, and with at least some members of the U.S. Congress and with other Neocons in D.C. “think tanks” and their various institutions.

By Javad Heirannia

Future of the JCPOA does not look good: Paul Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells that the future of the JCPOA does not look good. 

Trump orders aides to avoid open conflict with Iran: Report

TEHRAN (Press TV) – U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to avoid a military confrontation with Iran, the New York Times and Reuters have reported.

Senator Sanders slams John Bolton for trying to drag U.S. into war with Iran

TEHRAN – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has denounced national security adviser John Bolton after the New York Times reported that he has ordered a plan to be drawn up to attack Iran.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Upping the Ante: U.S. officials threaten Iran...again

“The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.” —John Bolton

Half of B-Team were co-conspirators in disastrous Iraq war, Zarif says

TEHRAN - In a post on his Twitter page on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said half of those in the B-team were “co-conspirators in disastrous Iraq war”.

Zarif reminds Trump of anti-Iran plan by Bolton and others in B-team beforehand

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday reminded President Donald Trump that John Bolton and his “cohorts” in the B-team were trying to drag the U.S. into a war with Iran before he decided to appoint Bolton as his national security advisor.

Trump has no military strategy against Iran: top MP

TEHRAN - Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said that U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking seeks to prevent formation of “military language” between Tehran and Washington, because he has no military strategy against Iran.

By Hanif Ghaffari 

A terrible gift of Trump to the European Union!

The three countries of Germany, Britain and France continue to insist on the role of White House agents and agents in the international system! These three countries have shown that since 2017 (when Trump was present at the White House), they prefer to play the game in the United States more favorably than the interests of European citizens.

Bolton has no military and security knowledge: Iran

TEHRAN - Keyvan Khosravi, the spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Monday that U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton suffers from lack of knowledge about “military and security” issues.

Zarif to B-team: If U.S., clients feel unsafe, it’s because regional people hate them

TEHRAN – Addressing the B-team, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that if the U.S. and its clients feel unsafe it is because they are despised by the people in the region.

Sherman says she has never seen a war Bolton didn’t want to wage

TEHRAN - Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, has said that she has never seen a war U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton did not want to wage.

There’s zero possibility of U.S. war on Iran: MP

TEHRAN - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a veteran lawmaker who served as deputy foreign minister in the 1980 and 1990s, has said that Iran has many military capabilities and there is zero possibility that United States start a war on Iran.

Trump playing a dangerous game in Iran: NY Times

The New York Times says the Trump administration “is playing a dangerous game in Iran”.

U.S. says sending ‘strike group’ to Middle East as ‘clear message’ to Iran

The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East in a "clear and unmistakable" message to Iran, declared John Bolton, the hawkish US national security advisor.

Iran condemns U.S. military threats against Venezuela

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has condemned the United States for threatening to use military force to topple the legitimate Venezuelan government.

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Zarif does not think Iran-U.S. military war is imminent

Iranian Foreign Ministry Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that he does not think war between Iran and the United States is imminent.

Zarif’s ‘clever’ remarks angered Bolton, Pompeo: top MP

TEHRAN – A top lawmaker says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s “righteous” and “clever” remarks have agitated U.S. national security advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Will Trump let B-team to drag U.S. into ‘forever war’ with Iran? Zarif asks

TEHRAN – In a post on his Twitter page on Sunday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has asked whether Donald Trump will let national security advisor John Bolton, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel “realize their dreams” to push the U.S. toward an unending war with Iran.

Zarif: There are always ways of going around sanctions

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump wants war with Iran, but he told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump could be lured into a conflict.

Trump responsible for what happens to U.S. forces in region: advisor

TEHRAN - Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, has said that President Donald Trump is responsible for anything happens to the U.S. forces in the Middle East region.

Iranians will not give in to pressure: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the Iranian people will resist economic pressure created by the United States’ sanctions and will not “give in to enemies”.

General Mousavi describes economic war on Iran as “one of the most complicated and difficult wars’

Army chief says economic war is harder than Saddam’s war against Iran in 1980s

TEHRAN - Iranian Army Commander Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Saturday that the economic war waged against Iran by the Trump administration is one of the “most complicated and difficult wars”, saying it is even harder than Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran in the 1980s.