By Huda Z

Six-day sacred defense exhibition in Qom ends in all its glory

QOM - One thing I absolutely love about Iran is how the Iranians remember their history and retell it over and over again.

Iran wants to make 9/22 a day of peace, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran wants to make September 22 a day of peace – not war.

War tourism to be expanded in Khorramshahr

TEHRAN – War tourism, a kind of recreational travel to active or former war zones for purposes of sightseeing or historical study, is intended to be expanded in the city of Khorramshahr, a symbol of resistance during the 1980–1988 war against Iraqi invaders.

By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Trump enacting repetitive scenario against Iran

TEHRAN– The behavioral method that the US President is applying against Iran resembles those his country had previously employed for other countries; most recent of which were Iraq and Libya.

Zarif: U.S. must end arms sales to Saddam’s reincarnations

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday urged the U.S. to stop selling arms to “Saddam’s reincarnations” instead of complaining about Iran’s defensive program.

UNESCO lists Iraq’s Babylon as World Heritage site

TEHRAN - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added the sprawling Mesopotamian city of Babylon to its World Heritage list, boosting Iraq’s hopes of reviving its battered tourism industry.

Those who annihilate generations with bombs seek nuclear weapons: Zarif

Zarif: Iranians don’t believe the West’s opposition to WMDs

TEHRAN – With an indirect reference to dropping of atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the U.S. in August 1945 in which more than 200,000 people were killed, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that those kill “millions of people” are seeking to build nuclear weapons and not Iran.

Khorramshahr liberation is an example to follow: cleric

TEHRAN – An interim Tehran Friday preacher has said that the liberation of Khorramshahr in 1982 from Saddam Hussein forces is an example to follow.

Zarif: Another vestige of Saddam war removed

Iran and Iraq stress commitment to the 1975 Algiers Treaty 

TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq issued a joint statement on Tuesday stressing commitment to the 1975 Algiers Treaty which delineates the border river between Iran and Iraq. 

Leader warns of enemies’ attack on spirituality

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned of the enemies’ attack on spirituality and insisted on the need to boost the achievements of the Islamic Revolution.

By Ryan Costello & Sina Toossi

Mohammed bin Salman is the next Saddam Hussein

In the 1980s, the United States embraced a brutal Middle Eastern tyrant simply because he opposed Iran. Washington should not repeat the same mistake today.

By M.A. Saki

Khashoggi scandal: Insult to wisdom of the entire world

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi has proven an extremely huge scandal for the tribal al-Saud family. Probably, worse than the savage murder was repeated denials of the act and contradictory explanations about it.

Under shadow of threats 'we treasure our missiles' more than ever, Rouhani notes

Iranian president likens Trump to Saddam Hussein

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Saturday compared U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrogation of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran to the behavior of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who violated the 1975 Algiers Agreement and launched a war against Iran in 1980.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

The ninth of April, the martyrdom of the Sadrs

BEIRUT - On the 38th martyrdom anniversary of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir AL Sadr and his sister Sayedah Amina Al-Sadr [Known for Bent Al Huda], on 9 April 1980. Remarkably enough, the same date marks Saddam’s Baathist regime collapse, following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.

New generation more prepared to repel enemy: Leader

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that today’s youth generation is more prepared than the earlier generation to repel enemy.

By M. A. Saki

First look at real threats and then talk about missile program

TEHRAN - Talks on Iran’s missile program is expected to feature high in talks between French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian with top Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday.

Rouhani: Iran’s defense program is like most other states

TEHRAN –President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Iran’s defense program is like many other countries in the world and no one has the right to object it.

Iraq's Turkmen areas become battlefield in Kurdish referendum debate

The Iraqi Turkmen Front, the largest political party representing the minority Turkmen ethnic group, has reiterated its objection to the Kurdistan referendum scheduled for Sept. 25.

By Asa Winstanley

A year after Chilcot, Blair is still not in jail. He should be

One year ago this month Sir John Chilcot, a leading former civil servant, finally published the report of his long-awaited enquiry into the British role in the illegal and immoral U.S. imperial invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Tehran to host chemical weapons conference on Sunday

TEHRAN – Tehran is going to host an international conference on fighting the use of chemical weapons on Sunday.

S. Arabia doing what Saddam did to Kuwait: George Washington University professor

TEHRAN - An expert on Saudi Arabia is of the opinion that the Saudi kingdom “is doing what Saddam Hussein did to Kuwait” in 1990 but the only difference is that “the Al-Sauds want to take over Qatar with U.S. support.”

By Ewen MacAskill

The CIA and its long history of killing worldwide leaders

Some of the most notorious of the CIA’s operations to kill world leaders were those targeting the late Cuban president, Fidel Castro.

Time to stop hype and cover-ups, Zarif says of U.S. attack on Syria

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned on Friday the U.S. airstrike against a Syrian airbase, saying it is the “time to stop hype and cover-ups”.

By Mohammad Homaeefar

No confusion why Saddam started war on Iran in 1980: peace activist

TEHRAN - Phil Wilayto, a peace activist and editor of The Virginia Defender newspaper, says there is no confusion about how Saddam Hussein started war against Iran on September 22, 1980.