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U.S. Congress redoubles efforts to limit Trump’s Iran war powers

Twenty-eight lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties are pushing legislation to ban the use of funds for military action against Iran without congressional authorization, according to an internal letter obtained by Foreign Policy.

Rouhani says war with Iran will be ‘mother of all wars’ and peace ‘mother of all peace’

“Iran won’t talk to a criminal committing economic terrorism against Iranians”

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that peace with Iran will be “mother of all peace” and war with Iran will be “mother of all wars”.

Zarif to Trump: Iranians have outlasted aggressors for millennia

Zarif reminds Trump about U.S. defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan after Vietnam

TEHRAN – In response to a tweet by Donald Trump who on Monday said “the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation”, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a post on his Twitter page saying that “for millennia, Iranians have outlasted every aggressor.”

We are actually in all-out war with the enemy, says General Salami

IRGC chief: We will not be overcome in any war

TEHRAN – Commander of the IRGC, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Tuesday that Iran is in an “all-out war” with the enemy, Mehr reported.

Tulsi Gabbard: Neocons, Netanyahu, and Saudi Arabia have made it difficult for Trump to avoid war with Iran

TEHRAN - Democratic candidate and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has weighed in on foreign policy and her performance in the first primary debate on Thursday’s edition of FNC’s ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ 

Iraqi president: Sanctions will not change Iran’s behavior

Salih says Iraq will never let U.S. use its soil to attack Iran

TEHRAN – Iraqi President Barham Salih says his country under no circumstances will allow the United States to use its bases in Iraq to launch an attack on neighboring Iran.

Rouhani advisor: War and sanctions are two sides of the same coin

TEHRAN – Hesamoddin Ashena, an adviser to President Hassan Rouhani, said on Monday that Iran does not differentiate between sanctions and war, calling them “two sides of the same coin”.

Iran not favoring war but fully prepared to defend itself: IRGC general

TEHRAN – Commander of the aerospace unit of the IRGC says the Iranian people and the armed forces do not favor a war with the United States but are fully prepared to protect the country against aggressors.

‘A war with Iran not in our strategic interest’: U.S. military 

The United States has “no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East”, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

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More than 70 retired military leaders urge Trump to avoid war with Iran

More than 70 retired American military leaders wrote an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump urging him to avoid war with Iran.

General Rashid warns enemies not to ‘miscalculate’ the will of Iranians

TEHRAN - Gholam Ali Rashid, commander of the Khatam ol-Anbia Central Headquarters, said on Saturday that the enemies should not “miscalculate” the will of the Iranians.

All must stand against those who seek war, Nouri al-Maliki says

TEHRAN - Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Saturday that all should help reduce the tension between the United States and Iran and also stand against those who seek to start a war in the region.

‘There will be no war due to Iran’s power’

TEHRAN – Abbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman of the Guardian Council, has said there will be no war between Iran and the United States because Iran is much stronger than before.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Yemen drone capabilities turn the tide in the war

TEHRAN - Yemeni sources reported of extensive military operations against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. 

Trump dismisses report of plan to send 120,000 troops to counter Iran

US President Donald Trump has rejected a New York Times report that American officials are preparing a military plan to deploy up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East to counter any threat by Iran.

Neither a war will happen, nor will we negotiate: Leader

TEHRAN- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei rules out the possibility of war between the United States and Iran despite heightened tensions between the two sides, saying Washington knows engaging in such a conflict would not be in its interest.

Rouhani says U.S. has launched ‘war on hope’

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the U.S. has launched “war on hope” by tightening sanctions measures against Iran.

Washington has sent message to Iran saying it’s not seeking war: source

TEHRAN – U.S. officials have told Tehran that the United States is not seeking to engage in any military face-off with Iran, the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

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The dark fate of Trump in Yemen

TEHRAN - The crimes of the United States are continuing in Yemen. These crimes began under President Barack Obama and Democrats in power, and continue to this day (during the Trump presidency). Recent events that took place at the U.S. Congress show that Washington plans to continue killing innocent people in Yemen and create a famine in the country.

We seek war with no country, but defend ourselves solidly: Zarif

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran does not seek war with any country, but that does not mean that Tehran will lose firmness in defending itself.