Tag: Iran

Baghdad: Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has said it was “astonished” by a report that Iran had moved ballistic missiles to armed groups in Iraq. The Ministry confirmed on Sunday that all Iraqi state institutions were committed to the Constitution that states that its territory should not be used as a base or passage for any operation […]

Tehran: At least two people were killed and 100 others injured when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Iran’s Kermanshah province on Sunday, authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was almost 9 km from the city of Tazehabad and about 30 km from the city of Javanrud, reports CNN. Both cities are close to the Iran-Iraq […]

Jakarta: The Indian women’s kabaddi team had to settle for silver after a narrow loss to Iran in the final at the 2018 Asian Games here on Friday. The defending champions lost 24-27 in a nail-biting encounter as Iran celebrated its first ever gold medal at the Asiad. This is the first time the Asiad […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a strong warning to America’s trading partners that anyone who does business with Tehran will not be doing business with Washington, following his administration’s re-imposition of sanctions on Iran. Trump described the new sanctions, which hit Iran’s access to dollars, gold and precious metals, as “the most […]

Tehran: At least 105 people were injured in the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Iran’s western Kohgiluye and Boyerahmad province on Wednesday, media reports said. The epicentre of the earthquake, with a depth of 8 km, was determined to be at 30.834 degrees north latitude and 51.559 degrees east longitude, Xinhua reported. People in Sisakht city […]

Tehran: A senior Iranian military official said here on Saturday that Iran will not negotiate its missile programme unless Europe and the US destroy their nuclear weapons and missiles. “What Americans say out of desperation about exerting restrictions on Iran’s missile capabilities is their unreachable dream,” Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier […]

Tehran: A passenger plane crashed in central Iran on Sunday killing all 66 people on board, authorities said. The ATR 72, a twin-engine turboprop operated by Aseman Airlines, crashed due to bad weather into the Dena Mountain near the town of Semirom, an official at the Iranian carrier confirmed to the media. The plane was […]

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister said on Saturday that threats made by the President of the US would never intimidate Iranians. Donald Trump threatened on Friday to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement and blasted Tehran for misdeeds ranging from the 1979 hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran to recent ballistic missile tests. […]

Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over the decision of US President Donald Trump to decertify Iran’s compliance with a nuclear deal, arguing that Tehran strictly abides by the landmark agreement. Trump blamed Iran for committing “multiple violations” of the nuclear pact, formally known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and “not […]

Tehran: Iran warned the US against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed, state media reported on Sunday. The warning came after the White House said that President Donald Trump would announce new US responses to Iran’s missile […]

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday “categorically” denied the reports that Tehran is ready to talk with powers over its ballistic missile programme. Iran has repeatedly announced that “its defence programme will never be subject to negotiations,” Xinhua cited IRNA news agency that quoted spokesman Bahram Qasemi as saying. Developing “missile programme is Iran’s […]

Tehran: Iran and Turkey on Monday reiterated their alliance against the recent Iraqi Kurdish disputed vote for independence and vowed to increase military cooperation. In a meeting here on the day, Iran and Turkey’s top military officials dismissed the results of the Kurds’ referendum and rejected it as “unacceptable,” Tehran Times daily reported. The visiting […]

Tehran: Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from the US that it was ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal over the issue. State-run Press TV broadcast a footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military […]

Tehran: A top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed that the country possesses the “father of all bombs” which overshadows the most powerful non-nuclear ordnance of the US. The bomb was developed under a special request of the IRGC, the corps’ Aerospace Force commander, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said in an […]

Washington: The US Treasury Department announced it has imposed sanctions on 11 entities and individuals for supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for cyber-attacks against the US. The sanctions announced on Thursday targeted one entity engaging in supporting IRGC ballistic missile program, two Ukraine-based entities supporting designated airlines, and two Iran-based networks responsible for […]