* By Mohammad Ghaderi

The U.S. thirst for oil

The Americans, including Trump, claim that they are standing next to the nations and defend human rights and the freedom of nations.

By staff and agency

Pakistan FM says Iran wants de-escalation in region

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that Iran wants de-escalation in the region.

Pompeo orders diplomats not to meet with Iranian opposition groups

TEHRAN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ordered all U.S. missions overseas not to meet with Iranian opposition groups without specific approval.

Beijing envoy slams Trump for threatening Iran’s cultural sites, saying they belong to all humanity

TEHRAN – China’s ambassador to Iran has censured U.S. President Donald Trump for threatening to launch attacks on Iran’s cultural sites, saying the Iranian cultural heritage belongs to the entire global community.

Trump’s threat to target Iranian cultural sites ‘a huge crime against the worldwide civilization’

TEHRAN - Cultural and tourism officials, activists and fans across Iran, have signed petitions and issued statements in the past two days over Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian cultural sites, emphasizing that it equals a huge crime against the worldwide civilization.

Europe’s security is owed to General Soleimani’s war on Daesh, Foreign Ministry spokesman says

Tehran says responded appropriately to Pompeo’s ‘undiplomatic’ letter

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that Tehran responded appropriately to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “undiplomatic” and “offensive” letter.

Pompeo indirectly confirms Israel’s involvement in assassinating General Soleimani

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has indirectly confirmed involvement of the Zionist regime of Israel in assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Washington should abandon ‘unlawful tactics’, Lavrov says in reaction to Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on Washington to abandon “unlawful tactics”, pointing to the assassination of IRGC Quds Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Russian foreign minister stresses that Soleimani’s killing violates international law

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani violates the norms of international law during a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed on Friday.

Pompeo claims U.S. committed to ‘de-escalation’, hours after assassinating Soleimani

TEHRAN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that the United States is committed to “de-escalation” hours after U.S. airstrike at Baghdad International Airport killed General Qassem Soleimani.

Netanyahu’s thirst for power to advance his vicious goals insatiable  

After failing to form a coalition government after two consecutive elections in a year, Benjamin Netanyahu has intensified his pernicious propaganda campaign against Iran and more annexation of the remaining Palestinian lands.

Pompeo has transferred ‘hellish ideologies’ to foreign policy

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Friday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “loudspeaker of deception, humiliation, extremism, ignorance, bullying and insulting” who has transferred “hellish ideologies” to foreign policy.

U.S. rulers have striven in vain to intervene in Iran’s affairs, says spokesman

TEHRAN — The United States foreign policy decision-makers have done their best in vain to intervene in Iran’s internal affairs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said.

*By Mohammad Ghaderi

Is prisoner exchange a beginning for U.S.-Iran negotiation?

Dr. Massoud Soleimani, an Iranian scientist who had been held in the U.S. for 14 months, was finally exchanged by a Chinese American spy named Xiyue Wang and released last week.

Iran says three countries have accepted to join Hormuz peace initiative

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi announced on Monday that three countries have accepted to join Iran’s Hormuz peace initiative.

Sanctions on Fordow is a blow to nuclear deal: Russian CENESS director

TEHRAN - Director of the Russian Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) Anton Khlopkov has said that the United States’ sanctions on the Fordow nuclear plant is a blow to the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the JCPOA.

Pompeo’s support for rioters shows depth of his anti-Iran sentiments: Ebtekar

TEHRAN - Iranian Vice President for Family and Women’s Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has said that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s support for rioters in the recent protests in Iran revealed the depth of his anti-Iran feelings.

By Fatemeh Salehi

Washington’s controversial support for Tel Aviv: Finishing deal of the century puzzle

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent stance in which he backed Israel’s settlements in the West Bank faced global backlash. The stance once again shows Washington’s dictatorial character in the region.

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Russia slams Pompeo’s support for rioters in Iran as hypocritical

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has slammed the recent comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Iranian protests as “hypocritical”.

U.S. meddles in Iran’s affairs, again, after protests subside

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has provoked Iranian protestors to submit video and other information documenting what he called the government’s “crackdown” on protesters, warning that Washington will sanction “the abuses.”

By Martin Love

U.S. stupidity is usually, as now, followed by worse stupidity

NORTH CAROLINA - It is enough to make a rational, sentient person ill to witness Mike Pompeo telling Iranians he is “with” them, as he did again recently. Excuse me but I hope Iranians are not so deluded to imagine for a second that the U.S. government under Trump gives a gnat’s ass about their welfare. And yes, the U.S. is cheerleading the apparent outbreak of protests in Iran, allegedly over the price hikes in the cost of Iranian gas to consumers.

By staff and agency

Independent: U.S. support for Iranian protesters ‘no genuine’

In an article published by Independent on Tuesday, it is said that the United States’ support for the Iranian protesters is not genuine as Washington’s sanctions has caused economic crisis in the country.

By staff and agency

Russia to continue cooperation with Iran on Fordow reconfiguration

Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that Moscow will continue its close cooperation with Iran on the Fordow reconfiguration.

Pompeo says U.S. will no longer waive sanctions on Fordow facility

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. will no longer waive sanctions related to Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant after Tehran resumed uranium enrichment at the site more than a year after Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Zarif calls U.S. claim of support for Iranians ‘shameful lie’

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States’ claims of support for the Iranian people is a “shameful lie”.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Riding wave of people’s protest in Iran: Devil disguised as savior

After the failure of their “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic, the Americans have launched the project of “creating insecurity” in Iran, as they have done in Iraq and Lebanon.

Top reformist MP: Ill-wishers not allowed to meddle in Iran’s affairs

TEHRAN – A top reformist lawmaker says Iran would not allow ill-wishers to interfere in its internal affairs, hinting at Washington’s meddlesome remarks in the aftermath of the protests that erupted after the government implemented an unannounced decision to ration gasoline and increase its price. 

Foreign Ministry: Iranians condemn Pompeo’s support for rioters

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that the Iranian people condemn U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s support for rioters.

*By Mohammad Ghaderi

Why countries are reluctant to join U.S.-led maritime coalition

TEHRAN - The U.S.-led naval coalition to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf formally was launched in Bahrain on Thursday. But the notable point is that countries have not welcomed this plan. Only a few countries with ineffective naval power have joined the coalition.

U.S. lying that sanctions exempt food, medicine: Iranian minister

TEHRAN - Iranian Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati said on Tuesday that the United States is lying that sanctions against Iran do not include food and medicine.