Iran escalated its pressure campaign on the eve of U.S.–Iran nuclear talks by unveiling an underground “missile city” housing a new ballistic missile it claims can reach Israel in 10–12 minutes, while IRGC-linked outlets outlined a multi-stage plan for war against the United States.
President Donald Trump has been briefed on U.S. intelligence assessments describing Iran’s regime as being in its weakest position since the 1979 revolution, citing internal dissent, economic collapse, and growing instability, according to officials familiar with the briefings.
Israeli envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon accused his Iranian counterpart of “playing victim” after Tehran requested an emergency Security Council session to halt Israeli strikes on Iran, calling him “a wolf pretending to be a diplomat,” declaring “we are done pretending otherwise,” and vowing that Israel would not stop its attacks until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled.
Senior Iranian hardline cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warned the U.S. against attacking Iran, threatening on Wednesday that Israel and other American allies would be directly targeted if it did.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that the country’s top leader has appointed a new chief for its air force.
Iranian media are saying that university students invited to meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan harshly criticized the country’s direction.
Iran’s top leader said Monday the United States is pushing Saudi Arabia into a war against Iran.
TEL AVIV – A senior Iranian cleric warned that its terror proxy Hezbollah has powerful new missiles that could “turn Haifa and Tel Aviv into ghost-towns.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Wednesday on the people of Muslim countries to defeat Israel. “With an intense and planned struggle, they should force the enemy to retreat toward the point of demise,” he said.
Organizers planned more pro-government rallies in Iran after Friday prayers while activists posted new videos purporting to show protests challenging the Islamic Republic’s government.
Anti-government demonstrators have reportedly attacked police stations in Iran, prompting Tehran to intensify its efforts against people participating in rallies that have been raging since last week.
As protests over Iran’s faltering economy rapidly spread across the country, a channel on a mobile messaging app run by an exiled journalist helped fan the passions of some of those who took to the street.
Tehran, IRAN — A member of Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators that struck the 2015 deal with world powers has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted in Iran of espionage, a semi-official news agency reported on Wednesday.
With Turkey’s president by his side, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged Wednesday that they would ensure borders in the region remain unchanged after the recent Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme Leader said that Saudi Arabia is a “cow being milked” by the United States.
Iran’s presidential election may turn on turnout. Historically, the more Iranians who cast ballots, the greater the chance a reformist or a moderate like incumbent President Hassan Rouhani will be elected.
A hard-line candidate in Iran’s upcoming presidential election says the United States should be made to fear Iran so that it will back off on sanctions and threats.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday he does not view recent U.S. missile strikes on ally Syria as a message for Iran, which he called a “powerful country” that the U.S. cannot harm.
Iran said on Friday that Congress’s decision to renew US sanctions for 10 years was a violation of last year’s nuclear agreement and promised an “appropriate” response.
Iran’s two top leaders — its president and the country’s supreme leader — both sought Wednesday to calm concerns in Iran over the future of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in the wake of Donald Trump’s election for US president.
Thousands of Iranians burned American flags and “chanted anti-U.S. slogans as they marked the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by militant students 37 years ago.”
The big political comeback of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to have been scuttled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who told Ahmadinejad not to run for president in the May elections, according to Iran’s state-run media.
TEL AVIV – Islamic Jihad Leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah (pictured) is visiting Iran for bilateral talks after a year-long rift. On the trip, Shallah met the Iranian leadership for the first time, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif, and others.
Iran has sued the United States at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), attacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that Iran must pay compensation to the victims of terrorist attacks it sponsored.
