ISIL

ISIL attack on prisons a new plot against Iraq

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) –An Iraqi intelligence service officer says there are reliable documents indicating that ISIL and its backers have plans to attack prisons around the country.
2019-12-04 11:29
Governor says ISIL, PJAK, MKO terrorists identified during unrest in W Iran

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – The governor of Kermanshah province Hooshang Bazvand said that members of terrorist groups such as ISIL, MKO and PJAK have been identified during the unrest in Kermanshah province.
2019-11-24 12:18
Islamic Unity Conf. final statement calls for bringing US to justice for backing ISIL, Israel, S Arabia

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The Muslim parties and political activists attending the 33rd Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran called for bringing US to justice for backing the terrorist ISIL group.
2019-11-13 20:13
By: Mohammad Ghaderi

Supreme Shiite authority’s strategy to lead Iraq out of crisis

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The latest statement issued by Iraq’s supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Sistani, on the current developments in Iraq is undoubtedly an indicator of his intelligent and comprehensive monitoring of the situation in the country. The grand ayatollah’s efforts are intended to put a real end to the current crisis engulfing the country.
2019-11-12 19:44
Top Iranian security official:

Iran's ability to mobilize forces has caught Washington by surprise

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani has said that the ability of the Islamic Republic of Iran to mobilize forces in the region has taken the United States by surprise.
2019-11-12 17:06
17th edition of 'Mehr Vision' addresses US traces in Iraq, Lebanon unrest

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The latest edition of 'Mehr Vision' rounds up interviews, reports and opinion pieces on the recent developments in Iran, the Middle East region and the world.
2019-11-12 16:08
By: Ramin Hossein Abadian

Promotion of terror by false harbinger of peace

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – While Saudi Arabia proclaims itself as a harbinger of peace in the region and around the world, its crimes recorded in various parts of the world well illustrate its full support for “global terrorism”.
2019-11-11 17:58
Cavusoglu:

Trump's statement about Syrian oil reserves violates intl. law

TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Saturday criticized the US' recent statements about Syria's oil reserves, saying that Donald Trump's statement about Syrian oil reserves violates international law.
2019-11-09 19:13
US to establish a new ISIL in Afghanistan: IRGC dep.

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – In an interview with Mehr news agency Mohammad Saleh Jokar, the deputy IRGC chief for parliamentary affairs aid that to maintain its interests, the US will transfer terrorist groups to Afghanistan and will support them to form a new ISIL in that country.
2019-11-06 11:26
Trump once again accuses Obama, Clinton of founding ISIL

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – The US President Donald Trump has once again said that the former US President Barak Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton created the ISIL terror group.
2019-11-02 22:37
Moscow interested in including Iran in Russia-China-US format of Afghan Talks: Russian official

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – Russia has an interest in Iran joining the Russia-China-US format for Afghanistan talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.
2019-11-02 15:12
US roleplay in wars ends in massacre of 8.5mn individuals: IRGC chief

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Saturday that “some 8.5 million of deaths is the result of direct or indirect interference of the US in wars in the region and the Muslim world during the past 40 years.”
2019-11-02 13:33
Iran urges Afghanistan to prevent potential ISIL activities on joint borders

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Iran’s First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri called on the Afghan government to gear up the efforts against terrorists’ activities on its soil, especially the potential moves by ISIL terrorists along joint borders.
2019-11-01 18:02
United Nations unable to verify Baghdadi’s death: Spokesman

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – The United Nations cannot verify the credibility of the United States’ statement announcing the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Daesh terror group, and believes that such information has to be confirmed by the various authorities on the ground, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said in a press briefing.
2019-10-29 11:41
ISIL activities will end when supports to it are halted: Vaezi

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – “ISIL terrorist activities will end when its supporters stop providing financial and weaponry aid to it,” Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi said reacting to death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
2019-10-29 10:44
Russia casts doubt on US claim of ISIL chieftain Baghdadi's death

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – "If ISIL chief al-Baghdadi is dead, Trump has made a big contribution to fighting terrorism," according to the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman.
2019-10-28 22:00
Iraq, Syria defeated ISIL with Iran’s logistic support: FM spox

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi, reacting to the reports on Baghdadi’s death in a US military raid, said the ISIL terrorist group had been long defeated by Iraqi and Syrian nations with Iran’s logistic support.
2019-10-28 12:34
US-backed terrorists still in Idlib waiting for order: Amir-Abdollahian

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Baghdadi was killed because his expiration date was due while US-supported terrorists are still active in Syria’s Idlib waiting for orders.
2019-10-28 10:00
Baghdadi’s death won’t be an end to ‘Daeshism’: Govt. spox

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said Sun. that just as Bin Laden’s death did not eradicate the roots of terrorism, the death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will not be an end to ‘Daeshism’.
2019-10-28 08:59
Trump says ISIL chieftain Baghdadi died “like a dog”

TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump says the ISIL chieftain Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew himself up and died "like a dog," and "like a coward" in a US raid on Saturday in Syria's Idlib province.
2019-10-27 19:07
VIDEO: Alleged US op. against ISIL chieftain

TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – A senior Pentagon official has claimed that the ISIL chieftain Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a raid by US special forces on his compound in the Syrian province of Idlib on Saturday.
2019-10-27 13:15
Senior Pentagon official claims ISIL leader is killed

TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – A senior Pentagon official has claimed that the United States military conducted a raid against ISIL chieftain Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
2019-10-27 12:31
Russia releases satellite images confirming US smuggling of Syrian oil

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – The Russian Defense Ministry published satellite intelligence images proving that oil from Syria was sent abroad under the guard of US servicemen before and after the defeat of the ISIL terrorists.
2019-10-26 11:23
Western coalition was pushing toward dismembering Syria: Russian FM

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the US-led Western coalition in northern Syria kept prodding the Kurds to create quasi-state entities and towards conflict with Arab tribes.
2019-10-16 17:38
By: Ramin Hossein Abadi

US Suspicious activities in Iraq

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Along with the achievements of Iraqi forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces in the fight against the remnants of ISIL terrorists in the operation of “The Will of Victory”, the US seeks to show Iraq’s situation unstable by disrupting the said operation and overshadowing its achievements. In this way, it will inflame Iraq's atmosphere in order to create chaos in the country.
2019-10-16 12:35
Trump urges Iran, regional countries to take measure about captured ISIS fighters

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – In a tweet on Monday, the US President Donald Trump called for Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia, and the Kurds to decide about what they want to do with the captured ISIS fighters in their neighborhood.
2019-10-07 16:55
By: Ramin Hossein Abadian

Manipulation of realities by mainstream media

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Mainstream foreign propaganda and news outlets have launched a new wave of anti-Tehran campaign in order to deceive public opinion and overshadow Iran's stabilizing activities in the region.
2019-10-02 17:39
Defeating ISIL not attainable without Iran’s help: Nasrallah

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah Movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says defeating ISIL terrorists in the region would not have been made without the historic and great positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Leader.
2019-09-29 16:09
Any nontransparent peace negotiation for Afghanistan doomed to fail: Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s UN envoy said that any peace process for Afghanistan should be “UN-facilitated, Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled” and that any unilateral method is doomed to failure.
2019-09-11 10:10
Larijani vehemently slams deadly terror attack at wedding in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani strongly condemned the ‘inhumane’ terror attack at a wedding ceremony in Kabul which left dozens of people dead and injured.
2019-08-19 09:08