Cmdr. says;

Iran developing new air defense systems with no equivalent

TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Iran's army air defence force is completing new indigenous systems with no known foreign equivalent, which will enter the production phase after technical and legal stages, the force commander said.

Iran military vows to target origin of any aggression firmly

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – The General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces and the Central Headquarters of Khatam-al-Anbia have issued stark warning against any renewed US agggression, vowing to target its origin.

Leader agrees to pardon, reduce sentences of 2,500 convicts

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has agreed with pardoning or reducing the sentences of 2,500 convicts on the occassion of the holy Prophet Mohammad and Imam Sadegh's birthday anniversary.

IRGC shoots down hostile US MQ-9 drone over Hormuz

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Local Iranian media reported shooting down yet another MQ-9 Reaper drone belonging to the US enemy over the east of Hormuz Strait on Monday afternoon.

Pezeshkian:

Iran ready to implement Islamabad MoU if US does so

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Pezeshkian made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan on Monday.

Military source refutes US claim on Iran mining Hormuz

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – A military source rejected the US claim that its latest attack on Iran was aimed at preventing Iran from laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz as "fantasy."

Iran, Kyrgyzstan presidents meet in Bishkek for SCO Summit

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov met and held talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit held in Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Monday.

Iran strikes two US airbases in Jordan

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – The IRGC said its aerospace forces launched a combined missile and drone operation against two U.S. airbases in Jordan in response to an air attack on the Iranian island of Larak.

Iran wins title of FIVB U17 World Championship for 1st time

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – Iran defeated France 3-1 (25-18, 25-15, 22-25, 25-12) to win the 2026 FIVB U17 World Championship on Saturday.

Ghalibaf calls U.S. Treasury secretary a big liar

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has criticized U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on social media, pointing to soaring bond yields and war costs.

Iran to continue building defense capabilities: acting MoD

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – Caretaker Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Seyed Majid Ibn-ol-Reza has stressed his ministry's resolve to advance military and defense capabilities.

Maintaining unity brought defeat to the enemy: Ghalibaf

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that Islamic unity has successfully delivered defeat to aggressors, adding that regional security built on extra-regional intervention is inherently fragile

IRGC dismantles terrorist team in southeast Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its ground forces dispmatnled a team of terrorists upon their arrival into the country at the shared borders in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

Leader stresses need for preserving national unity

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojataba Khamenei has praised the administration of President Masoud Pezeshkian for handling the people’s needs amid the aggression, urging for strengthened national unity.

Iran FM:

“Operation Economic Outcast” amounts to state terrorism

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – In a statement on Friday, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged all countries in the world to refrain from implementing new US “economic terrorism” against Tehran.

No one will sell oil in region where Iran cannot: Ghalibaf

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that no one will be able to sell oil in a region where the Islamic Republic cannot do so.

Senior Iranian MP:

Naval blcokade must be lifted before Iran agreement with Oman

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – A senior Iranian lawmaker has stressed that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz in agreement with Oman until the United States lifts the naval blockade.

FM Araghchi:

Pressure does not work; US must rebuild trust for diplomacy

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said after hosting his Qatar counterpart in Tehran that the United States must first recognize that pressure against Iran will not work and in order to restart talks it must rebuild trust.

Pezeshkian:

All Iranian nation's legitimate rights must be recognized

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian says all the legal rights of the Iranian people must be recognized within the framework of international law, stressing that Tehran seeks nothing beyond its legitimate rights.

Rezaei:

US must end war on Lebanon as one of Iran's conditions

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Major General Mohsen Rezaei has said that one of Iran's conditions to end war is that US must end its wars on all fronts, including Lebanon.

Pezeshkian urges Muslim nations' unity despite differences

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on the Muslim countries to establish unity and amity, emphasizing that Muslims' unity will thwart the conspiracies and plots hatched by enemies against these countries.

Washington’s Iran policy has reached pure parody: FM spox

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Lashing out at the US policy towards Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that Washington’s Iran policy has reached pure parody.

Ghalibaf:

Iran-China strategic relations need no one's permission

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says China's rejection of the latest round of US sanctions against Iran shows the strategic partnership between the two allies needs no one's permission.

US economic terrorism should be condemned: Araghchi to UN

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has penned a letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guteress, calling for widspread condmenation of the recently intensified sanction campaign launched by US adminstration against Iran.

Hostile West-based Farsi-language media in Iran's target list

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – The senior Spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces said Wednesday "The hostile media act like the Zionist and American soldiers and they are included in the bank of our military targets.'

Iran replacing, producing new air defense systems

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iran is now producing new air defence systems and replicating those that performed well during the recent wars, all based on fully indigenous technology, a senior military commander said.

Deputy FM sheds light on Iran-Oman deal on Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tuesday that the understanding reached with Oman does not mean the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and that the waterway remains "militarily closed."

Iran FM issues message after hosting Omani, Pak delegations

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi isssued a message after hosting Pakistani and Omani delegations, stressing Iran's commitments to strengthening peace and stability through diplimacy with neighbors.