Washington
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170 Iraqi MPs sign resolution motion to oust US troops from Iraq: report
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – In an extraordinary session on Sunday, 170 Iraqi lawmakers have reportedly signed a resolution requiring the government to request the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
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US’ pressure on Iranians not materialized: Shamkhani
TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – A top Iranian official said the Iranian nation is well aware that the United States’ policy of “maximum pressure” has not materialized and will never exert Washington’s intended influence.
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Zarif says he was sanctioned because he is a threat to US agenda
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to the US sanctions on him by saying that the US move indicates Washington sees him as a 'threat' to its agenda.
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Japanese Gov. expresses concern over US sending additional troops to ME
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – The Japanese government expressed concern on Tuesday over the United States’ plans to deploy additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East following the recent attacks on oil tankers in the Sea of Oman.
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Russia's FM spokeswoman:
Washington should drop its policy of dividing Venezuela’s military
TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA) – Russia is calling upon the United States to drop the destructive policy of splitting the Venezuelan armed forces, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday.
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Dialogue, consultation only way out to resolve Iranian nuclear issue: China
TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) – A Chinese foreign ministry's spokesperson stressed Mon. that confrontation is not the way out and dialogue and consultation is the only the correct way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue.
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‘Iran-US ties cannot be mediated’: senior MP
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Chairman of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, believes that Iran-US ties cannot be mediated and that conditions are not ripe for talks.
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Iraqi PM seeking to end Tehran-Washington tensions by dispatching delegations
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – The Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi says that Baghdad will send delegations to the US and Iran to help end tensions between the two countries.
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Anti-Iran US sanctions to deepen Washington-Ankara political row: Turkish expert
TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – Turkish expert on Middle Eastern issues Dr. Yasemin Konukçu believes that the US anti-Iran sanctions will have repercussions for Washington-Ankara ongoing political row and will further deepen it.
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US trying to throw international arena into chaos: Larijani
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani slammed the US’ incessant hostile policies against other countries, saying the US officials are trying to use psychological warfare to throw the international arena into chaos.
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By: Martin Love
US under Trump and his crazed Neocons aim to tyrannize the entire world
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – At least $6 trillion (If not $20 trillion which the Pentagon cannot account for) has gone down the drain over the past 20 years or so with the US efforts to gut or destabilize seven countries as per the “Project for a New American Century”, a dangerous scheme concocted by Zionists both inside the US and in Israel.
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By: Martin Love
It behooves largely Muslim lands to avoid becoming like Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MAN) – It’s possible that the US has set itself up for more failure, especially in the Middle East, even if there is no dominating internal “development” like economic or monetary collapse, and especially if the US resorts to more militancy. Meanwhile, it behooves Iran’s leaders to permit Iran’s people a louder voice in Iranian affairs of state and in the formulation of domestic mandates. Above all, Iran ought not to be or become like Saudi Arabia is as a Muslim country.
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Washington supports unrest in Iran by pursuing sanctions policy
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani has condemned the US administration’s support for rioters during the months of unrest in Iran after the announcement of presidential elections results in 2009.
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US won't be able to impose its will 100% on Iran: ex-White House official
TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Professor Frank N. von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology, says that it was a terrible mistake for the Trump Administration to take the United States out of the JCPOA.
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Turkey reportedly gains exemption from US sanctions on Iran oil
TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – Turkey is reportedly among the 8 nations which have received permission from the United States to continue Iran oil imports.
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US administration becoming more isolated day by day: Iran
TEHRAN, Sep. 27 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry has dismissed the anti-Iran remarks made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting called “United Against Nuclear Iran Summit”, saying that Washington is getting more and more isolated day by day as a result of its bullying behavior.
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Qatar cannot bow to Saudi Arabia: Askari
TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – George Washington University professor believes that “there is a history of animosity between Qatar and Saudi Arabia and it will not disappear at Camp David.”
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By: Mudasir Sheikh
Iran’s key role in fight against America’s economic terrorism
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The America’s economic terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran has assumed alarming proportions lately. But Iran stands unfazed. On August 20, 2018, Iran’s central bank-affiliated website took off US dollar as a standard of measuring the average rate of Iran’s most tradable currencies. In February, Iran had switched from US dollar to Euro as the official reporting currency of the nation.
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Hakim calls on Washington to review anti-Iran policies
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq has said Iraq should not remain silent about US Iran-related sanctions, calling on the Americans to change their policies against Iran.
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Turkey to sanction two US justice, interior secretaries in retaliation
TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed that Turkey will freeze assets of US 'justice and interior' secretaries in Turkey as the fight over release of US pastor intensifies.
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Richard Nephew:
Trump thinks meeting with Rouhani can solve all US problems with Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that Trump believes that “if he met with Rouhani, he could solve all US problems with Iran.”
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US presence in other states ‘a recipe for disaster’: Ghasemi
TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says that US is playing a destructive role in other countries.
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Nicaragua reiterates brotherhood with Cuba against US aggressive policy
MANAGUA, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Nicaragua rejected the decision of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to reverse the process of normalization of relations with Cuba begun by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
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Trumping the Climate!
TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) – US President Trump announced that his country would end its membership in the Paris climate deal signed in 2015, adding that Washington is ready to renegotiate the accord in order for it to be more beneficial to the United States.