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Senior WHO Official Warns against Mis-Labeling Coronavirus

TEHRAN (defapress) - A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against mis-labeling the novel coronavirus, calling for joint efforts to fight the disease.
News ID: 80558    Publish Date : 2020/03/19

Senior MP:

Triangle of US, Israel, Saudi Arabia Support Terrorist Groups in Region

TEHRAN (defapress)- A senior Iranian lawmaker underlined that Washington and its regional allies, specially the US and Israel are main source of terrorism in the region, and said that the US is meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq and Yemen.
News ID: 79163    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Senior Cleric:

US, Regional Allies Plotting for Iraq, Lebanon

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani cautioned the people of Iraq and Lebanon against the new plots hatched by Washington and its allies in the region.
News ID: 79150    Publish Date : 2019/11/01

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Downing of US Drone by Iran Shows US Weakness

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Seddiqi lauded the country's Armed Forces, specially the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), for intercepting a US stealth drone which violated Iran's airspace, and said that this move showed Washington’s weakness in area of technology.
News ID: 78398    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

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Iran not to accept words without action

TEHRAN (defapress) – A senior Iranian lawmaker says that Tehran will not accept ‘beautiful’ remarks of European countries while there are no actions followed.
News ID: 78116    Publish Date : 2019/07/20

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Enemy’s miscalculations about Iran’s power to be ‘costly’

TEHRAN (defapress) – Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, the commander of the IRGC's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, warned the country’s enemies that their miscalculations about Iran’s power and resolve will be costly for them.
News ID: 77540    Publish Date : 2019/05/25

Senior Cleric Calls on Iranian Gov't to Widen Youth's Role in Implementation of Resistance Economy

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran's provincial Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard underlined the importance of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei's insistence that the government should do its best to meet the resistance economy objectives and enhance the role of the younger generation to this end.
News ID: 77435    Publish Date : 2019/05/17

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EU Needs to Take Serious Iran's Test on JCPOA

TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers leader Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari called on the European states to do their best to fulfil their commitments under the nuclear deal with Iran, also known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
News ID: 77324    Publish Date : 2019/05/10

Senior MP warns of US plan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chairman of Parliament’s national security commission warned of US plans to push Iran into taking a hardline stance on JCPOA by leaving the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or stopping its cooperation with the IAEA.
News ID: 77225    Publish Date : 2019/05/05

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No power dares to attack Iran for next 80 years

TEHRAN (defapress) – Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said that Iran’s security is strengthened to the point that no power would dare to attack it for the next 80 years.
News ID: 75820    Publish Date : 2019/02/25

PLO Accuses Senior US Official of Supporting Occupation

TEHRAN (defapress)- Saeb Erekat, the Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), lambasted on Monday US National Security Advisor John Bolton for statements he made in Israel, accusing him of supporting occupation.
News ID: 74842    Publish Date : 2019/01/08

Senior US Official:

Saudi Version of Khashoggi Murder 'Not Credible'

TEHRAN (defapress) – The US does not believe the official Saudi version of the murder of the Washington Post columnist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi is credible, a senior administration official said.
News ID: 74761    Publish Date : 2019/01/05

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Trump’s sneaky visit to Iraq ‘display of contempt’

TEHRAN (defapress) – Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami says that US spent 7 trillion dollars on the Middle East while its president has to secretly visit a country in the region.
News ID: 74612    Publish Date : 2018/12/28

Senior General:

Iranian Forces Ready to Combat Any Threat

TEHRAN (defapress) – A top Iranian military commander said the country’s Armed Forces are fully mobilized and prepared to counter any hostile threat.
News ID: 74485    Publish Date : 2018/12/22

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Iran supports Yemen peace talks

TEHRAN(defapress)- The Islamic Republic of Iran expressed support for the Yemen peace talks in Sweden as the country has always been against war and violence, said the president of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
News ID: 74401    Publish Date : 2018/12/18

Senior US-Backed Militia Commander Killed in Bomb Blast in Northeastern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- One of the notorious commanders of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Raqqa was killed in a bomb explosion on Friday, local sources reported.
News ID: 74311    Publish Date : 2018/12/14

Senior cleric urges for Islamic unity against enemies’ plots

TEHRAN (defapress) – Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami has called for unity among Islamic Ummah in the face of the conspiracies to divide Muslims.
News ID: 73896    Publish Date : 2018/11/23

Senior Foreign Policy Official:

EU's Inability to Provide Iran with N. Deal Merits Unacceptable

TEHRAN (defapress)- Head of Iran's Strategic Foreign Relations Council Seyed Kamal Kharrazi called on the European states not to surrender to the US pressures, and take rapid action in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal to provide Tehran with the economic benefits promised under the agreement.
News ID: 73841    Publish Date : 2018/11/20

Senior cleric:

US unable to achieve own political goals through sanctioning Iran

TEHRAN (defapress) – “The possibility that America will be able to reach its economic goals by imposing sanctions against Iran is weak, but it will certainly not achieve its political goals,” according to Tehran Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani.
News ID: 73448    Publish Date : 2018/11/02

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US Aware of IRGC Navy's Operational, Military Power

TEHRAN (defapress)- A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps underlined that the US naval forces in the Persian Gulf are fully aware of the IRGC Navy's high operational and military power and they avoid any confrontation.
News ID: 72999    Publish Date : 2018/10/10