Donald Trump
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CBI governor:
Sanctions are pressure tool, can't form Iran's fate
TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iran's central bank governor said that sanctions are a tool of pressure, not a means of determining Iran's fate, describing what the US has done so far as an attempt to inflame expectations and cause temporary market effects.
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Tehran IRGC Cmdr.:
Iran ready for rapid offensive operations
TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Greater Tehran said that Iran has moved past the defensive and air defence phase and now stands on the threshold of offensive operations.
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Trump’s ‘small potatoes’ conflict is now a big bill
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Seven months in, Trump’s “small potatoes” war with Iran has spiraled into a crisis hitting energy prices, military budgets, and his own approval ratings at home.
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Trump touts renaming New Mexico, claims ‘Moon is Ours’
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – President Trump spent much of Sunday evening sharing a string of AI-generated images and memes on Truth Social, including one suggesting New Mexico should be renamed "New America" and another declaring that "The Moon Is Ours."
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Murphy hits back at Trump’s ‘small potatoes’ remark
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator, has described Trump as “dangerously delusional” after the US president dismissed the war on Iran as “small potatoes and “not a big thing”.
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Hormuz: The bill for America's strategic miscalculation
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Washington's great miscalculation in attacking Iran may have been that it weighed the cost of war too heavily on the military battlefield and too little on America's economic balance sheet.
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Mad king: how Sanders rebuffs Trump over Hormuz renaming
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has rebuked the US President Donald Trump over his attempt to rename Iran's Strait of Hormuz, likening him to a "mad king."
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US army is grappling with profound crisis
TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) –In recent weeks, the US military has faced disagreements at War Department, departure of senior commanders to concerns about dwindling weapons stocks, showing Washington is facing a problem beyond direct costs of a military op.
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Has Trump entered a dangerous nuclear game?
TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Donald Trump's recent remarks about the possibility of using weapons of mass destruction have once again raised a discussion that goes beyond the usual political disputes between Tehran and Washington.
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Iranian nation to defeat US economic terrorism: Mokhber
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – Mohammad Mokhber, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says that Iranian nation with its resistance will defeat US economic bloackade.
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How Trump’s illusion of short war against Iran collapsed
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – A war that was supposed to be a quick and decisive victory for the United States has now become one of the costliest challenges of the Trump administration.
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VIDEO: Trump supporters attack pro-Palestine demonstrators
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Trump supporters attack pro-Palestine demonstrators in Portland outside an event featuring Palestinian rights commentator Hasan Piker.
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US Senator says;
Trump profiting from Iran war via energy holdings
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said that Trump personally profits from the war with Iran.
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Iran, Oman discuss temporary maritime corridor in Hormuz
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Iran and Oman foreign ministers discussed a phased framework aimed at restoring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, including a temporary joint maritime corridor, a joint statement issued after the meeting said.
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"Make America hungry again": Ghalibaf to Trump
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has ridiculed the newly announced US policy to escalate its capamaign of sanctions against Iran, saying that US President Donald Trump really seeks to make America hungry again.
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Hormuz will remain under Iranian control: Leader’s advisor
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – A senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the Strait of Hormuz has been and will always remain Iranian, rejecting remarks by US President Donald Trump regarding the strategic waterway.
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Iran warns Trump for claiming to seize Hormuz Strait: spox
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Spokesman of the Foreign Policy and National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament Ebrahim Rezaei has warned US President Donald Trump’s claims on seizing the Strait of Hormuz.
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VIDEO: Ghalibaf visits martyr Soleimani memorial site in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf paid tribute to the martyr Qassem Soleimani's tomb and Second-in-Command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis upon his arrival in Baghdad on Wed.
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Pentagon admits no military plan can secure Hormuz
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) –Pentagon has concluded that no existing military plan can guarantee the safe passage of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or ensure energy stability in the region, a report has said.
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Iran warns Trump over claims on Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has warned US President Donald Trump that his claim regarding the Strait of Hormuz will either be corrected or face a response from Iran.
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Hamas delegation due in Cairo for talks on Gaza ceasefire
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya is set to arrive in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for talks on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
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Trump must be worried for his security: Senior Iranian MP
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – The chairman of Iran's parliamentary National Security Commission says that Donald Trump must worry about his own security instead of making "endless threats" about the Strait of Hormuz.
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No one can seize Strait of Hormuz by tweets, Iran warns Trump
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Iran's deputy foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz can only be closed or reopened by Tehran's command, rejecting President Trump's claim that Washington will declare the strategic waterway U.S. territory.
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The getaway truck; when Trump gets stuck in Iran’s quagmire
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump departed on a secret military flight from Turkey to Britain last month when the White House said he was flying aboard Air Force One, in an extraordinary ruse – prompted by an assassination threat.
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US Senator Schumer slams Trump’s ‘illegal war’ on Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that Trump lacks strategy and discipline in his war on Iran while endangering American troops and driving up prices.
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Oil edges higher as US, Iran hit impasse over Hormuz strait
TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Oil prices climbed on Tuesday after Trump countered Iran’s terms to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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US senator Murphy says Trump has ‘lost’ war on Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says the US president has “lost this war” with Iran.
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Zolghadr:
Hormuz to remain closed until US meets Iran's demands
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has said Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US changes its behavior and meets a set of Iranian demands.
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FM Araghchi:
Agreement with Oman does not mean reopening Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi clarified today that ongoing negotiations in Oman regarding transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not signify a full reopening of the strategic waterway.
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Trump trapped in self-made Iran quagmire: IRGC
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – The IRGC on Saturday marked national Journalist's Day by praising journalists for exposing U.S. defeat, saying foreign media had acknowledged Donald Trump's failure in the war against Iran.