Iran

Iran sweep past Cuba in Ufa friendly cup

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran swept past Cuba in straight sets (25-16, 25-19, 25-22) in Ufa friendly tournament on Saturday.

Why this is end of the line for Trump in Iran war?

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Washington, after months of military and sanctions pressure, is facing the narrowing of its effective options regarding the war it started against Iran.

Armed group failed to cross Iran border: Police

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – An armed group was repelled and one of its members killed by Iranian border guards during an attempt to infiltrate the country near Saravan, police spokesman Brigadier General Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi said.

Ministry Spox.:

Iran's defence equipment production doubled in a year

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran's defence ministry spokesman said that production of weapons and defence equipment has doubled over the past year and the country is now planning a threefold increase.

Georgia refuses to join EU sanctions against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Georgia has declined to join the latest sanctions adopted by the European Union against Iran.

Army Cmdr.:

Iran's arms self-reliance changed enemy calculus

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran's army chief said Friday that the link between the armed forces' combat power and the country's defence industry had forced enemies to change their calculations and ultimately accept a political settlement to the war.

Araghchi mocks US 'crushing' economic operation claim

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran's foreign minister said the United States had already failed with "crippling sanctions," "maximum pressure" and "unconditional surrender," and would fail again with its latest economic offensive.

Pezeshkian congratulates Bangladesh’s newly elected president

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the 23rd President of Bangladesh, expressing Iran’s readiness to deepen longstanding ties.

Tehran strongly slams US economic warfare against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly lashed out at the new US sanctions targeting the country, saying that such secondary sanctions find no foundation in international law.

Iran, Oman FMs discuss regional developments

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Oman discussed the latest regional developments in a phone call.

Pezeshkian:

No clause in Islamabad MoU signals Iran's surrender

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – President Pezeshkian said the MoU reached with the United States through the Supreme National Security Council was a major achievement, approved and defended by all who had a hand in it.

Senior cleric:

Iran's military power altered strategic equation

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Tehran's Friday prayer leader said the missile and drone fire of Iran's armed forces had "extinguished" the firepower of two nuclear powers and shifted the balance of power in favour of the Islamic Republic and Resistance.

Iran's response to new threats to be devastating

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iran's armed forces chief said that any enemy miscalculation and new threats would be met with "revolutionary, crushing, regret-inducing and devastating" responses.

Qalibaf calls for trade in national currencies

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iran's parliament speaker said that Iran and Iraq need a precise economic and trade road map, and called for bilateral trade to be settled in national currencies to challenge U.S. dollar dominance.

Recent wars reshaped global perception of Iran: Baghaei

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iran's wartime conduct had reshaped its image in global public opinion, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says.

Iran to rebuild defence industry based on war lessons

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iran's defence ministry said it would continuously modernise and rebuild the country's defence industry based on the lessons of the recent wars, treating the conflict as a field of learning rather than a stopping point.

Ghalibaf:

US seeks dignified exit from region, Israel has no future

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's parliament speaker said Wednesday that U.S. forces are seeking a "dignified exit" from the region, and that the Israeli regime "no longer has a future" in the West Asia region.

Iran warns Arab states against complicity in US aggression

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's armed forces chief warned southern Persian Gulf states on Wednesday that any assistance to U.S. forces amounts to complicity with Iran's enemy.

Iran war changed regional security equations: Araghchi

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's foreign minister said the Iran war had changed the region's security thinking, convincing Arab states that security must be collective and regional, not dependent on foreign bases that had become sources of insecurity.

Iran's Ghalibaf arrives in Baghdad for talks

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's parliament speaker landed in Baghdad on Wednesday and was received by Iraq's first deputy parliament speaker and senior officials, ahead of meetings on political, economic and security ties.

Strait of Hormuz transit slows again on Tuesday

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed on Tuesday, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.

Ghalibaf heads to Baghdad for high-level talks

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf left Tehran for Baghdad on Wednesday at the head of a senior parliamentary delegation for talks on regional developments.

Iran-Iraq ties built on brotherhood: Ghalibaf

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran and Iraq will work to consolidate "endogenous and shared security" and prosperity, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf said in a message ahead of his visit to Baghdad.

Ghalibaf says;

Iran-Iraq ties key to new regional order

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's parliament speaker said Wednesday that relations between Iran and Iraq are "fundamental" to regional developments.

Gharibabadi recalls 1953 coup as US-UK meddling

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's deputy foreign minister marked the anniversary of the 1953 coup, calling it "direct U.S. and British interference in the Iranian nation's right to self-determination."

Iran rejects UAE attack claim as baseless

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran rejected as "completely baseless" a UAE claim that missiles were fired from Iranian territory toward the Emirates, saying the accusation ran counter to good neighbourliness policy and efforts to build regional trust.

Diplomacy, battlefield in full coordination: Araghchi

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran's diplomacy and its military battlefield operate "in coordination and solidarity," with diplomacy consolidating the achievements of the armed forces to protect national interests.

Iran, Uzbekistan hold political consultations

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Uzbekistan's first deputy foreign minister met Iran's top diplomat in Tehran on Monday.