MP says ‘American spies’ visited Iran as civilian experts
Radio Farda – Members of a “US military group” who visited Iran were “presumably” spies, the chairman of the Public Works Commission of Iran’s parliament has said. The group entered Iran to negotiate...
View ArticleIRGC spokesman terms US threats against Iran psychological warfare
FNA – Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Public Relations Department and Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif dismissed the US military threats against Iran as bluffs and a tool of...
View ArticleUS erects ‘observation posts’ on Syria-Turkey border despite Ankara’s dissent
Press TV – The US military says it has established “observation posts” in northern Syria with the purported aim of preventing clashes between Turkish forces and US-backed Kurdish militants, despite...
View ArticleFresh US-led airstrikes leave 17 Syrian civilians dead in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – More than a dozen civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed after the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a series of aerial...
View ArticleIran’s mailitry spending insignificant compared to US, regional states
FNA – Figures show that Iran’s total government spending on defense seems insignificant compared to the huge military budget of the US and Middle Eastern countries. Iran has allocated 3.2% of its...
View ArticleIRGC general: US military power, political savvy in decline
Tasnim – The Iranian nation has dealt so many blows to the US that not only its military strength, but also its political wisdom has been damaged, deputy chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps...
View ArticleVenezuelan envoy to UN says US preparing for ‘military invasion’ of Venezuela
Press TV – Venezuela’s envoy to the United Nations says the United States is preparing for a “military invasion” of his country, amid Washington’s recent move to impose sanctions on the state-owned oil...
View ArticleRetired US Army colonel: US military wary of war against Iran
FNA – A prominent American anti-war activist and a member of Codepink peace group underlined that the US army commanders are aware of Iran’s high military power and fear starting war against the...
View ArticleIran FM calls for labeling US forces terrorist
IRNA – Iranian foreign minister on Monday called for labeling the US military forces terrorist after Washington’s announcment to declare the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist...
View ArticleIran designates US military a terrorist organization
MNA – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has decided to designate the US Central Command-the CENTCOM-and the related forces as a terrorist organization in reaction to US similar action...
View ArticleMPs sign triple-urgency bill on designating US military as terrorist group
MNA – Iranian lawmakers on Tue. signed a ‘triple-urgency’ bill, the highest designation of importance, on labeling the US Central Command as a terrorist group. A number of Iranian lawmakers have signed...
View ArticleUS administration, military symbol of terrorism: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani strongly condemned Washington’s decision to designate IRGC as a terrorist organization saying that US administration and military force are symbols of...
View ArticleIran marks historic US failure in Tabas Desert
Press TV – Iran has marked the 39th anniversary of a failed US military operation in the central Tabas Desert that was launched in an attempt to release former US embassy staff held in Tehran after the...
View ArticleIran cleric warns US’ expensive fleet ‘can be destroyed by one missile’– Report
Sputnik – Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed that a carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear-powered aircraft carrier had arrived in the US 5th Fleet’s area of operations in the Middle...
View ArticleUS military deployments nothing to intimidate Iran: IRGC
Press TV – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States’ deployment of military assets to the Middle East does not intimate the Islamic Republic. Speaking on Friday, IRGC...
View ArticleTrump announces US military buildup in Middle East
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has announced he would deploy about 1,500 American troops to the Middle East region for “mostly protective” reasons, amid escalating tensions with Iran. “We want to...
View ArticleUS military took defensive action against second Iranian drone last week
Reuters – A U.S. Navy ship took defensive action against a second Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz last week, but did not see the drone go into the water, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleUS arms ban to be lifted if JCPOA survives by next year: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that “the country’s nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, is not dead yet and if it stands by the next year, all the US arms embargo will be lifted.”...
View ArticleUS military presence brings nothing but insecurity to Persian Gulf: Iranian...
Press TV – Iranian experts say the US military buildup has brought nothing but instability and insecurity to the Persian Gulf region, supporting Tehran’s initiative for collective regional cooperation...
View ArticleDon’t tell Trump: In 2002, Iran beat the US military in a simulated war
The National Interest | David Axe: The problem is that Washington hasn’t learned from its past mistakes and Iran could still sink a carrier under the right circumstances. As tensions escalate in the...
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