Additional U.S. service member diagnosed with brain injury from Iran attack

One more U.S. service member has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury following Iran’s January missile strike in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Friday.

By Mohammadreza Farahzadi

A president’s childish wishes and the lies that damage the American people’s psyche

“No American or Iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well,” said Donald Trump in response to Iran’s strong slap by launching missile attack on Ain al-Assad airbase. Regarding the leaked statistics on the casualties of U.S. troops from various sources, Trump has made contradictory remarks.

Iran fires missiles at U.S. air base to avenge Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN – Early on Wednesday, on the dead of the night, the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles at the U.S. Ain al-Assad airbase in southwestern Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Iran’s vice president: IRGC missile attacks on U.S. base was a crushing, deterrent operation 

TEHRAN - The Iranian first vice president announced on his official Twitter account on Wednesday that the IRGC airspace force’s missile attacks on the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq was a crushing and also a deterrent one. 

By Afshin Majlesi

World reacts to Trump’s threat to raid Iranian culture targets as ‘a war crime’

TEHRAN - Donald Trump’s new threat to attack 52 important targets in Iran, including cultural sites, has provoked a strong backlash worldwide, with many calling it a “war crime.”

By Fatemeh Salehi

Wicker image of Israel with dummy soldiers

TEHRAN - The successful missile attack of Hezbollah against the Zionist regime’s soldiers over past few days from Lebanon toward the occupied territories has continued to attract the attention of Arab and international media outlets since it has broad aspects and there are important messages in this operation in view of Hassan Nasrallah’s words.

Iran to adopt tit-for-tat in case of aggression: ex-IRGC chief

TEHRAN – Iran would attack the enemy with missiles should it conduct missile attacks against Iran, says former IRGC Chief Mohsen Rezaee.

Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism’s Letter to William Rogers

Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism (ADVT) Public Relations – On the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the missile attack to the airliner in the Persian Gulf, ADVT requested the commander of the Vincennes to confess and provide access to justice for the victims of the terrorist crime.

U.S.-led forces killed 1,600 civilians in Syria's Raqqah in 2017

TEHRAN- Amnesty International and another high-profile war monitoring group say the U.S.-led coalition allegedly fighting the Takfiri terror group of Daesh (ISIL) has remarkably understated the deaths its campaign caused among civilians in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah in 2017, saying the coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians during its assault on the city.

Saudi, Israeli agents killed in Iran’s missile attack: general

TEHRAN – Agents with Saudi Arabia and the Zionist regime were killed in Iran’s September 9 missile attacks against the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iran (KDP-I) terrorist group in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, commander of the IRGC aerospace division announced on Wednesday.

‘Iran missile attack on terrorists shows military might’

TEHRAN – Iran’s missile attack on terrorists in response to the Ahvaz attack showed the country’s military might in the fight against terrorism, President of Russia’s Academy for Geopolitical Problems Leonid Ivashov said on Tuesday.

We took you seriously, Shamkhani tells Bolton after missile attack

TEHRAN – “We did take you seriously. This Hajizadeh [the IRGC Airspace commander] took you seriously when he landed missiles three miles away from you,” Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday, addressing Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton.

Syrian FM praises Iran’s missile strike on Daesh Positions

TEHRAN – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has praised Iran’s missile attack on the positions of Daesh in Syria.

Iran says missile attack won’t impede Astana talks

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that Iran’s missile attacks on IS terrorists in Syria will not cause any impediment to the process of the Astana talks.

IRGC fires ballistic missiles on Daesh positions in Syria in retaliation for Ahvaz terror victims

Iran fires missiles at Daesh positions in revenge for Ahvaz terror attack

TEHRAN – At the dead of the night the IRGC rained surface-to surface ballistic missiles on the positions of Daesh in eastern Syria which along with the al-Ahwazia terror group took responsibility for the September 22 terrorist attack in Ahvaz.

Iran will not sit silent if enemies continue hatching plots, General Baqeri warns

Military chief: Missile attack on terrorists shows accuracy and strategy

TEHRAN - Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said on Tuesday that Iran’s armed forces will not sit silent if enemies continue hatching plots.

By Eric Zuesse

What Just Happened?

What happened right after the second direct U.S.-missiles invasion of Syria, which had occurred on the night of April 13th, could turn out to have momentous implications — far bigger than the attacks themselves.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Locked, loaded and lost: an arrogant autocrat’s abortive surgical strike on Syria

“It’s not the cigar, stupid. It’s the cruise missiles launched to cover the shame.” — Christopher Hitchens

Iran: We have no arms links with Yemen

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly denied claims that Tehran supplies weapons to Yemeni Houthis.

Ayatollah Khamenei lauds IRGC missile attack on ISIL

TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday praised the IRGC’s powerful missile attacks on ISIL in Syria as well as the massive rallies on Quds Day and huge turnout in the May 19 presidential elections, saying these are all “valuable social assets” which are the source of honor and hope.

Any aggression on Iran will face harsh response: top general 

TEHRAN – Any aggression against Iran will face harsh response from the Islamic Republic, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces said on Wednesday.

Missile raid only fraction of Iran’s response to terrorism: defense minister 

TEHRAN – The Sunday missile attack that the IRGC carried out against the positions of terrorists in Syria was only a small part of Iran’s response to Daesh and its sponsors, Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said on Tuesday, lauding the IRGC’s attack on the terrorist group.

Syria requested missile attack on Deir ez-Zor: Iranian MP

TEHRAN – The Syrian government had requested Iran to fire missiles at ISIL positions in Deir ez-Zor which took place late on Sunday, the deputy chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Tuesday.

Iran fires missiles at ISIS in Syria for Tehran attacks  

TEHRAN – Late on Sunday Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps fired six missiles into eastern Syria, targeting Islamic State strongholds in retaliation for the recent ISIS-claimed terrorist attacks in Tehran.

Doc on history of Dezful photo atelier completed   

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Shahed Soltani-Azad has completed a documentary that recounts the history of the Saba Photo Atelier in Dezful, which was considered as a rich archive of historical photos of the southern Iranian town.