Iran has denounced a powerful explosion outside the Russian embassy in Afghanistan, which hit the diplomatic mission's premises in west Kabul's Darulaman neighborhood that killed more than a dozen people, including two employees of the embassy.
On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani expressed his sympathy with the Russian government and the families of the two victims, as well as those Afghans targeted in the terrorist attack.
He called on the Afghan authorities to take more
Iran has vehemently denounced a terrorist assault at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, which left 18 people dead. Tehran has pledged its support for Afghans in their struggle against terrorism.
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, slammed the assault on Guzargah Mosque worshippers in a statement on Friday.
Kanaani said, “The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by Afghanistan and its oppressed people in the fight against the evil phenomenon of extremism
Iran’s top human rights official says the Islamic Republic will not leave any safe haven for the terror groups, which have the backing of the West and Israel, across the world and will stand firm in confronting them.
Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, made the remarks on Wednesday over a conference for reviewing legal aspects of the United States’ crimes against Iranians.
“There are more than 17,000 victims of terrorist attacks; the terrorist groups are set up
The memoir of Martyr Mohammad Ali Rajaei has been published in Spanish for Latin American audiences.
The book, which is the first work introducing Martyr Rajaei in Spanish, has been collected from Persian sources by Abbas Mousavi.
Having been revised, the book has been translated into Spanish on the anniversary of the martyrdom of the figure.
Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) detonated a bomb at the office of Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar on Pasteur street in downtown Tehran on August
The Iranian embassy in Italy released a statement on Monday in which it suggested that the European Union needs to stop double standards and rename the MKO as a terrorist group.
The statement was released as Iran on Tuesday marked the memory of President Mohammad Ali Rajaie and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Baonar who were assassinated by the MKO on August 30, 1981.
The embassy suggested the EU officials should stop practicing double standards in fight against terrorism, saying standing up for
The secretary of the Guardian Council, Iran's top supervisory body, says the Islamic Republic is "the biggest victim" of international terrorism, slamming the so-called human rights defenders for turning blind eye to it.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati made the remarks on Wednesday, a day after the country marked its National Day of Fight Against Terrorism.
"Iran has suffered more from terrorist acts than any other country," the senior official said, "while those who lay claim to defending human rights
The office of the vice-president of the Iranian Judiciary for International Affairs has issued a statement on the occasion of Counter-Terrorism Day in Iran, calling on all governments to stop exempting terrorists throughout the globe.
Kazem Gharibabadi is the Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The office warned that following more than seven decades of ratification of the Charter
Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres says the world body is committed to preserving and protecting the rights of the victims and survivors of various acts of terrorism in the country, pledging to further support attempts aimed at justice-seeking for them.
Guterres made the remarks in a message read out by the director of the United Nations Information Center in Tehran, Inger Marie Vennize, as she took part in a conference in the Iranian capital on the occasion of the
In the past four decades, Iran has been the biggest victim of terrorism in the world regarding the number of Iranian politicians and scientists who have fallen victim to the terrorism sponsored by the West and Zionists.
Following the 1979 victory of the Islamic Revolution under the wise leadership of Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, the US, the Zionist regime, and the western-backed anti-Iran terrorist organizations plotted many conspiracies against Iran such as economic sanctions, Coup d'état, war
Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the 1980s should be considered as the most important decade. Political, security and military developments along with a chain of tragic events have made this period highly distinctive. This decade witnessed long-term foreign imposed war and the emergence and expansion of terrorism against Iran.
In this decade, the summer of 1981 can be considered the focal point of these developments. At the same time, not more than a year had elapsed since the Iraqi
ISIL terrorists launched two attacks on areas in Diyala province in Iraq, killing and injuring 7 Iraqi military forces.
Iraqi sources reported on Friday night that ISIL terrorists attacked the positions of the Iraqi army in the Kan'an region of Diyala province, killing an Iraqi military force and injuring another one.
Five Iraqi forces were also killed and injured during another attack launched by these terrorists in Jalawla town of Diyala province.
Earlier on Friday, Iraqi army fighters carried
Iraqi security sources on Wednesday announced that 17 ISIL terrorists were detained in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
The terrorists were detained in different areas of the Kurdistan region including Sulaymaniyah and Chamchamal.
Seven of the detained terrorists were promoting ISIL terrorist activities through social media, according to the reports.
The reports added that the terrorists were planning on assassinating several Peshmerga officers and bombing some bases.
These terrorists also played a role
Sharmahd, the ringleader of the Tondar (Thunder), a terrorist group accused of committing terror attacks and anti-revolutionary operations against Iran, confessed to his sabotage acts in a Tehran court.
At the beginning of the 7th session of the trial, the judge read the indictment against Jamshid Sharmahd in the presence of the defendant’s lawyer.
He then ordered Sharmahd to stand in the dock and explain how the group plotted the bombing of a religious gathering that killed several people
Iran has strongly denounced US airstrikes in eastern Syria, terming it the violation of the war-ravaged Arab country's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani, in a statement on Wednesday, described the latest American aggression in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr as a "terrorist act" against the people of Syria.
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, American warplanes carried out fresh airstrikes in Dayr al-Zawr, only a
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says terrorism in the West Asia and Africa is a product of interference by extra-regional countries.
“Interference by some extra-regional countries is the reason behind formation of some terrorist groups in the West Asia region and Africa,” Amir-Abdollahian said during a joint press conference with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Bamako on Tuesday.
“We are of the opinion that instrumental application of terrorism should be set aside and
Some members of families of martyrs of terrorist attacks in Iran called Monday on Europe to stop supporting the terrorist grouplet of Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) that has assassinated 17,000 Iranians.
Zohreh Elahian, chairman of Iran's Majlis (Parliament) human right committee, recalled the martyrs families' demand at a conference held in Tehran to mark the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism on August 21.
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Seyyed Ali Dibachi was born in Tehran in 1965. He studied up to middle school. On April 7, 1979, he was martyred along with his father and brother due to the explosion of a bomb planted by elements of terrorist groups in Mohseni Mirdamad Mosque in Tehran.
Abdolmahdi Tikdarinejad was born in Kerman in 1958. He was a worker and had a sanguine temperament. With the beginning of the imposed war, he went to the western Iran to fight the battle. Finally, he was shot by the elements of terrorist groups and was martyred in Mahabad on 13 April 1981.
Mahdi Faraji Berofti was born in 1960 in Mazandaran and made a living as farmer. When he learned about the presence of terrorists in western Iran, he joined the Basij forces to fight against them and started fighting against anti-revolutionary terrorist groups. Finally, on April 15, 1981, he was martyred due to a terrorist attack.
Farrokh Ali Gholami was born in Karaj in 1958. He was a cook and was interested in this profession. When the imposed Iran-Iraq was started, he went to the front line to help the warriors. Finally, on April 18, 1983, he was attacked by elements of terrorist groups in Karaj and was martyred.