Russia condemns Washington's airstrike on eastern Syria and sees it as an unacceptable violation of the international law, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Friday.
"The attack was launched on the territory of a sovereign nation, a United Nations member state. This is an unacceptable violation of the international law, it it necessary to ascertain whom they attacked," the source said.
Iran assists the Syrian army's fight against the Islamic State terror
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on the United States to “immediately” end its failed policy of economic terrorism against the Iranian nation, saying such a move is a prerequisite for negotiations within the framework of the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.
Speaking during a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Rouhani stressed that the Islamic Republic still wants the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to remain strong, but that the agreement’s survival in the current
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, has assured his Syrian counterpart that Tehran will keep supporting the Damascus government in the fight against terrorism in the efforts to guarantee security and stability across Syria.
In a telephone conversation on Friday with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, the top Iranian diplomat emphasized that the Islamic Republic will continue to support Syria in various fields, notably in combatting terrorism.
Zarif also asserted the need for
Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN said the US claim for legitimate self-defense in case of the Jan 2020 assassination of General Qassem Soleimani is overwhelmingly rejected.
At the United Nations Security Council Open Arria Formula Meeting which was held in New York on February 24, Takht Ravanchi called on the world to strongly stand against some countries which misuse "legitimate self-defense" to excuse their illegitimate measures.
The Feb 24 UN meeting focused on "
Yemeni officials say members of the Takfiri al-Qaeda and Daesh terrorist groups are using the center of strategic Ma’rib Province to launch attacks on other regions in the war-ravaged country, and that the militants are receiving training from Saudi military officers.
“Al-Qaeda and Daesh [terrorist] groups have turned Ma’rib into a launching pad for attacks on entire Yemeni regions. They are under the auspices of a Saudi officer, and sending car bombs and death squads across the
The head of the Iranian Judiciary said General Ghassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were martyred by US terrorists, will always be heroes of the Axis of Resistance.
Addressing the meeting on the international and legal demands of the Sacred Defense on Tuesday, Seyyed Ebrahim paid tribute to the resistance martyrs and said, “Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis and Haj Ghasem Soleimani will always be heroes of the war against terrorism.”
The Judiciary chief reiterated that the country is pursuing
The interior ministers of Islamic Republic of Iran and Tajikistan stressed cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking and cybercrime.
In the course of his visit to Tajikistan, Iranian Interior Minister met and held talks with Tajik Minister of Internal Affairs Ramazon Rahimov on Tue. to discuss the relevant issues.
While reviewing the recent developments in the region, Iranian interior minister said that extremism, terrorism, human and drug trafficking and
President Hassan Rouhani says the preservation of the nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, entails the US move to end its economic terrorism against the Iranian nation.
"The new US administration should immediately stop the economic terrorism. If so, the path will open; then we can negotiate and talk.,” Rouhani said during a Cabinet session on Wednesday.
However, the president noted no talks will be held about the JCPOA, as it is a done deal and will not be
Tehran Police Chief reported the arrest of a terrorist at Tehran-Qom toll gateway, who was planning to create insecurity and disturbance in one or two centers near Tehran.
Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi broke the news on Wednesday, saying that a terrorist was arrested at the Tehran-Qom toll gateway this week.
According to the Police chief, the driver of the vehicle, who was threatened with a weapon by the terrorist, provided valuable assistance to the police and officers.
The War on Terror is an international military campaign launched by the US following the September 11 attacks. The campaign targets are mostly Sunni Islamic fundamentalist armed groups including Al-Qaeda, Daesh and the Taliban.
An exclusive report by The Daily Beast has revealed that US President Joe Biden has placed lethal US counterterrorism efforts under review while he evaluates the scope of US efforts in the War on Terror.
According to Emily Thorne, the chief spokesperson for the
Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad emphasized that terror case of martyred commanders of Resistance Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis should be seriously pursued and perpetrators of this crime should be punished.
Speaking in a special ceremony of awarding the winners of the First Festival of Anti-Terror Commanders on Monday, Iraj Masjedi said that assassination of martyrs of resistance namely Iran’s former IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani and Second-in-Command of Iraq’s
The Iranian embassy in Kabul condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, underlining that resorting to terrorism undermines the legitimacy of those who commit such crimes.
In a statement on Monday, the Iranian embassy in Kabul condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
The statement offered sympathy for the death of Afghan citizens who lost their lives due to the recent acts of violence in the country.
Denouncing such violent actions, the statement further noted that
The Daesh terrorist group has openly confirmed that its members are fighting alongside Saudi-backed mercenaries against Yemen’s army and forces from popular committees in the province of Ma’rib.
Over the past few weeks, Ma'rib has been the scene of major operations by Yemeni forces pushing hard to recapture it from forces loyal to the former Saudi-backed government.
Daesh issued a short statement on Wednesday, saying it has carried out operations against Yemen’s Ansarullah forces in Ma’rib
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the US of supporting PKK “terrorists” and other militant groups, dismissing America’s statement condemning the murder of thirteen Turks in Iraq as “ridiculous.”
The US condemned the killings of the Turkish kidnap victims on Sunday, with US State Department spokesman Ned Price stating that “The United States deplores the death of Turkish citizens in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq,” making clear that, if the PKK was responsible, the US condemns
Iranian Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi says the United States is relocating Daesh terrorists from their former bastions in Syria and Iraq under the guise of fighting terror, while Tehran, Baghdad and Damascus, along with other neighbors, are working to cleanse the region of the Takfiri outfit’s remnants.
“The US claimed that it seeks to fight Daesh and formed a coalition for the [declared goal], but we have [only] witnessed the strengthening of Daesh in terms of weapons, logistics, intelligence
President Hassan Rouhani has urged the new US administration to take a new path in dealing with Iran and move to make up for the crimes committed by former president Donald Trump against the Iranian nation, saying the world has no doubt that the pressure policy against Iran has failed.
“We have not seen [any signs of] new deeds and goodwill on the part of the new [US] administration yet. Its rhetoric may have changed, but action is what matters; therefore, we should see what it will do in
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi has stressed the need for punishment of American officials, who were accomplice in assassinating resistance commanders including Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi companion Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad on January 3, 2020.
Raisi made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with Faeq Zidan, chairman of Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, noting that the US criminals would continue to commit similar crimes in other countries, if they get
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami on Thursday said that those who had ordered and carried out the assassination of anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani will be punished.
As a great nation with strategic management, Iran will carry out this punishment without a doubt in the right place and time, the commander pointed out.
On Dec 16, 2020, the Supreme Leader made the remarks when he received the organizers of a commemoration ceremony on the first martyrdom
The Daesh terror group on Monday ambushed a military convoy in eastern Syria, killing at least 26 fighters, including seven Syrian troops, a war monitor said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the early morning ambush in the province of Deir el-Zour came as the convoy combed the area for terrorists, after a string of recent attacks.
"Violent clashes between the two sides led to large human losses," it said, calling the toll from fighting the "largest since the start of
Kazakhstan has repatriated another group of its nationals who have been in Syria alongside terrorist forces. Unlike some EU countries that are reluctant to take back their nationals, Kazakhstan is making the effort to re-integrate them, but also punish those guilty of terrorism.
According to an official communiqué on Thursday (4 February), the country’s National Security Committee, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and with the support of the United States and other