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Era of economic war against Iran coming to an end: Rouhani

TEHRAN (Defapress) - The Iranian president said on Thursday that the life of the anti-Iranian economic war is coming to an end and the country needs to put off the flames of the US sanctions.
News ID: 82801    Publish Date : 2020/12/24

New Documents Reveal UAE’s Covert Activities in Yemen

TEHRAN (Defapress) - New documents and videotapes confirm the UAE's involvement in illegal and covert activities in Yemen, including the use of commercial aircraft for arms transfers, and the use of charities as a facade for intelligence and political work.
News ID: 82761    Publish Date : 2020/12/15

Iran envoy: US role prominent in crimes against Yemeni people

Tehran (Defapress) - Iranian Ambassador to Yemen Hassan Irlu in a message highlighted the prominent role of the US in aggression against the peoples of the regional countries including Yemen.
News ID: 82732    Publish Date : 2020/12/09

Pentagon approves troops drawdown plan in Afghanistan, but keeps larger bases

The Pentagon has approved plans for partial withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, under which the US will remain in control of two larger bases in the war -ravaged country.
News ID: 82712    Publish Date : 2020/12/05

Iran Urges Prevention of War on Cities in Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia to avoid spreading the armed clashed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region to cities, stressing the need to protect civilians in the war .
News ID: 82221    Publish Date : 2020/10/07

China Urges US to Drop ‘Cold War’ Mentality

TEHRAN (defapress) – China said on Wednesday that the United States should stop its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China, accusing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating political confrontation and smearing Beijing.
News ID: 82220    Publish Date : 2020/10/07

North Korea Tells UN It Now Has ‘Effective War Deterrent’

TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea has a “reliable and effective war deterrent for self-defence” and was now focusing on developing its sanctions-hit economy, Kim Song, North Korea’s United Nations ambassador said on Tuesday.
News ID: 82150    Publish Date : 2020/09/30

Yemen War:

Journos Gather ‘War Crime’ Evidence at Scene of Saudi-Led Airstrike

TEHRAN (defapress)- A group of journalists looked for evidence of war crime at the scene of a recent massacre of civilians, including children, during a Saudi Arabia-led strike that targeted a civilian home near Yemen’s border with the kingdom.
News ID: 82137    Publish Date : 2020/09/28

Leader:

Commemorating War veterans ‘a national responsibility’

TEHRAN (defapress) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei hailed the braveries of the Iraq-Iran War veterans, saying that commemorating them is a national responsibility.
News ID: 82071    Publish Date : 2020/09/21

FM Zarif Blasts Trump's Hypocritical View of War

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted the US president's hypocrisy in criticizing the war and simultaneously selling weapons to certain countries in the region, and said that Donald Trump should come to know that war is bad in any form.
News ID: 82004    Publish Date : 2020/09/11

IRGC Stages Massive War Game South of Iran

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday launched the final stage of a large-scale military exercise in southern Iran, including in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
News ID: 81658    Publish Date : 2020/07/28

President:

Iran Emerges Victorious from US Economic War

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country has overcome the US sanctions and successfully dealt with the economic war challenges by cutting reliance on the oil incomes.
News ID: 81542    Publish Date : 2020/07/14

Iran Envoy:

Drug Decriminalization Ruining Global War on Narcotics

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna cautioned that the policy of certain countries to decriminalize and legalize drug use is undermining international anti-narcotics efforts.
News ID: 81399    Publish Date : 2020/06/27

US Cancels Major Philippines War Games Due to Virus

TEHRAN (defapress) – The US military has canceled large-scale exercises involving thousands of troops in the Philippines in May due to the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 80631    Publish Date : 2020/03/27

COVID-19 has many features of biological war , says Iran’s head of Passive Defense

TEHRAN (defapress) – According to the Head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization, the new coronavirus outbreak in the world can be a form of biological war fare, though further studies are needed.
News ID: 80475    Publish Date : 2020/03/11

Zarif:

Trump pushed US, Iran 'close to a war

TEHRAN (defapress) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran and the US came "very close" to a war following the US' assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani, slamming President Donald Trump for pursuing a misguided policy to war d Iran.
News ID: 80219    Publish Date : 2020/02/15

Trump Says Does Not Want War with Iran

TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump said he does not want, or foresee, war with Iran, after he earlier threatened to retaliate against the country following recent protests in Iraq.
News ID: 79746    Publish Date : 2020/01/01

Official:

Iran’s Economic Growth Unhampered by US Economic War

TEHRAN (defapress) – The US economic war and unprecedented sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic have failed to stop Iran’s economic growth, the Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said.
News ID: 79070    Publish Date : 2019/10/23

Arab Paper:

Al-Fagham Killed by MbS for Relaying Yemen War Intel to Saudi King

TEHRAN (defapress)- Major-General Abdul Aziz al-Fagham, the bodyguard of King Salman, was killed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for informing his father about the realities of the war against Yemen.
News ID: 78920    Publish Date : 2019/10/06

MBS:

War with Iran would collapse global economy

TEHRAN (defapress) – Saudi Arabia's crown prince war ned in an interview aired on Sunday that a military confrontation with Iran would collapse the global economy, adding that he would prefer a political and peaceful solution to a military one.
News ID: 78871    Publish Date : 2019/10/01