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.

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”.

Campaign calls on Leader to ban production, importation of GMOs

TEHRAN — A public spearheaded campaign dubbed “no to genetically modified organisms” has called on the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to legally ban production and importation of any kinds of GMOs in or to the country, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

Leader plants trees on national tree planting day

TEHRAN — Concurrent with National Tree Planting Day, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei planted two fruit tree saplings on Wednesday.

Leader asks cultural organizations to increase productions on Sacred Defense

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has asked relevant organizations to initiate a massive increase in cultural productions on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is called the “Sacred Defense” in Iran.

463,000 foreign nationals studying in Iranian schools

TEHRAN – A total of 463,000 foreign nationals are studying in Iranian schools, Gholam Reza Karimi, head of the international affairs department of at the Ministry of Education has said.

Social Council to present report to the Leader: Interior minister

TEHRAN – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said on Sunday that the country’s Social Council is set to hold a meeting in a month, attended by the Leader of the Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Leader asks literati to satirize sword dance of modern ignorance

TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has asked Iranian literati to satirize the ceremonial sword dance of U.S. President Donald Trump and White House officials in Saudi Arabia as he called it “the sword dance of modern ignorance.”

Leader: Candidates should not look abroad

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the presidential candidates should set sights on the people and not pin hopes on outsiders.

Leader meets families of ‘shrine defenders’

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met on Tuesday with a number of families of the so-called “defenders of the shrine.” 

No nuclear restriction except those specified in Leader’s fatwa: Shamkhani

TEHRAN - Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani said on Saturday that Iran will accept no restriction on its nuclear program except those specified in the fatwa (religious decree)issued by the Supreme Leader.

Leader: Dialogue with U.S. is both harmful and unhelpful

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that holding talks with the U.S. is not beneficial, rather it is harmful.

Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 582 inmates

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 582 inmates on the eve of Eid al-Ghadir.

Supreme National Security Council has agreed on FATF: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – The Supreme National Security Council has reached an agreement on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the decision is awaiting a confirmation by the Supreme Leader, the SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani said on Wednesday. 

Iranians stage rally, urging Saudis to shoulder responsibility for Mina tragedy 

TEHRAN – Thousands of Iranians took to the streets on Monday in Tehran, carrying placards and chanting slogans against Riyadh, marking the first anniversary of the Mina incident, during which 464 Iranian pilgrims lost their lives. 

The Leader: Iran entitled to upgrade defensive and offensive

Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyah on Wednesday hosted an exhibition of defense industry achievements of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. For more than two hours, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei visited the exhibition which showcased sophisticated, homegrown and knowledge-based technologies which are all product of efforts, initiatives and knowledge of Iranian researchers and specialists and would directly help enhance the combat capabilities of Iranian Armed Forces.

No realization of Islamic civilization without Islamic-Iranian model of progress, Ayatollah Khamenei says

Leader: Islamic civilization different from expansionism

THERAN - In a meeting on Monday with members of the high council of the Center for the Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the main goal of the Islamic Revolution is the “realization of the Islamic Civilization.” 

Leader: Independent states should come closer together 

TEHRAN - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received on Sunday the visiting South African President Jacob Zuma during which the Leader highlighted the expansion of economic and political ties between Tehran and Pretoria.