by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2018 Iran will not ask for permission from the Trump administration to remain active in the Middle East, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. “We will negotiate with America when we want to be present in America,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by his official website on March 8. Khamenei […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2018 Iran no longer needs to explain the reasons for the tripling of its total missile production, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander said. “Our production has increased three-fold compared to the past,” Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the IRGC’s aerospace division said, according to Fars. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 11, 2018 Hizbullah said the downing of an Israeli F-16 on Feb. 10 marked a “new strategic era,” while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel inflicted a “heavy blow” on Iranian and Syrian forces in a series of airstrikes and warned the two nations were “playing with fire.” “This is the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 31, 2018 Iran’s leaders must be open to listening to all the nation’s people, including protesters, President Hassan Rouhani said on Jan. 31. During his State of the Union address on Jan. 30, Trump referenced the anti-government protests that hit dozens of towns and cities in Iran over the new year. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2018 Iran was able to contain recent anti-government protests in part by cutting off access to the Telegram messaging app that protesters used to communicate. Now, the Teheran regime is seeking full local control of the web in the Islamic Republic via the creation of a so-called “halal” or “permissible” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2018 Two days after U.S. President Donald Trump extended the waiver on Iran nuclear sanctions and kept the 2015 Iran nuclear deal alive, Iran’s “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani declared victory for the Islamic Republic. “The American administration has failed to undermine the nuclear deal,” Rouhani said on state television on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Media reports from Iran say at least a dozen people have been killed as protests entered a fifth consecutive day on Jan. 1. Video posted on social media showed anti-government protests spreading throughout a nation regarded as a regional strategic threat by pro-U.S. neighbors including Saudi Arabia and Israel. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 31, 2017 At least two people were killed when Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators on Dec. 30 in a third consecutive day of anti-government protests in the Islamic Republic. Posted images on social media appeared to show several bodies being carried away after protesters clashed with police in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2017 Saudi Arabia placing trust in the United States is a “tragic mistake and miscalculation,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Nov. 8. Rouhani, during a cabinet meeting, called for an end to hostile relations between Teheran and Riyadh, adding that the Sunni kingdom and other Muslim states should come […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 4, 2017 In the wake of Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence vote, Iraq, Iran and Turkey are taking steps to ensure that borders in the region remain unchanged. Turkey’s leader is huddling with Iran’s leadership in Teheran and the Iraqi government has demanded that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cancel the result of […]
