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Syrian Forces Enter Key Idlib Town after 5 Years

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Syrian troops entered a key town in Idlib for the first time since 2014 after intense fighting with terrorists and their rebel allies in the northwestern province.
News ID: 78414    Publish Date : 2019/08/19

Iran Dismisses US Plan for Safe Zone in Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman described as “provocative” the US officials’ comments on the establishment of a safe zone in northeastern Syria.
News ID: 78413    Publish Date : 2019/08/19

Danish PM Calls Trump's Interest in Buying Greenland 'Absurd'

TEHRAN( defapress ) – The Danish Prime Minister called Donald Trump's interest in buying Greenland "absurd" the same day the US president confirmed he had discussed the possibility of the US purchasing the country -- albeit, Trump said, it wasn't a high priority for America.
News ID: 78412    Publish Date : 2019/08/19

Iranian Envoy Confirms Seized Supertanker Set Sail from Gibraltar

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said on Monday that the country’s oil tanker that had been captured by the British forces last month and was released Thursday, has set sail from Gibraltar.
News ID: 78411    Publish Date : 2019/08/19

Iran, Japan Keen for More Consultations

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Ranking diplomats from Iran and Japan weighed plans for continued political consultations between the two countries.
News ID: 78409    Publish Date : 2019/08/17

Top General:

Iran on Verge of Self-Sufficiency in Making Aircraft Engines

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran is going to become fully self-sufficient in producing aircraft engines, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said.
News ID: 78408    Publish Date : 2019/08/17

Iran, Europe, Yemen’s Ansarullah Hold Trilateral Meeting in Tehran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Officials from Iran, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, as well as Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, exchanged views about political resolution of the protracted war in the Arabian Peninsula country.
News ID: 78407    Publish Date : 2019/08/17

Iranian envoy submits credential to Algeria’s interim president

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran's newly-appointed plenipotentiary ambassador to Algeria Hossein Mashalchizadeh submitted his credential to Algeria’s interim president Abdelkader Bensalah.
News ID: 78406    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

Senior Iranian military official:

Defensive power has made enemy change military approach towards Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Head of Iranian Defense Ministry's Marine Industries Organization Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari said Fri. that Iran’s defense power has made the enemy change its military approach from threatening Iran with 'military option on the table' to refraining from any military confrontation.
News ID: 78405    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

Envoy:

US Faces Humiliating Defeat after Gibraltar Releases Iranian Tanker

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said the release of an Iranian supertanker in Gibraltar in defiance of Washington’s last-minute request to detain the vessel, was “a humiliating defeat” for the US government.
News ID: 78404    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

Enemy Missiles Intercepted by Syrian Air Defense Systems over Hama Province

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - The Syrian Army’s air defense intercepted enemy missiles over Masyaf sky in the countryside of the central province of Hama.
News ID: 78402    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

IRGC Commander:

Arrogant Powers Succumbing to Iran’s Resistance

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) reacted to the recent release of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar despite US request to detain the vessel and said all arrogant powers are succumbing to the Islamic Republic’s resistance.
News ID: 78401    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

North Korea Rejects Further Peace Talks with South in Protest over Joint War Drills with US

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Pyongyang signaled its unwillingness to continue negotiations with its Southern neighbor, blaming the diplomatic deadlock on South Korea’s decision to participate in joint military exercises with the United States.
News ID: 78399    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

Senior Cleric:

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

Iran’s Zarif to depart for Europe on Sun.

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will leave Tehran for Helsinki, capital of Finland late on Sunday at the head of a high-ranking political delegation to meet and hold talks with Finnish president and foreign minister.
News ID: 78397    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

FM Zarif condemns US attempt to steal Iran’s property

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that in continuation of its economic terrorism against the Iranian people, Washington has attempted to steal Iran’s property but it has failed.
News ID: 78396    Publish Date : 2019/08/16

Senior MP:

Talks with Europe Confined to N. Deal Issues

TEHRAN ( defapress )- A senior member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission underlined that any talks with the European states should be focused on issues related to the nuclear deal and implementation of EU undertakings.
News ID: 78394    Publish Date : 2019/08/14

IRGC Commander:

US Offer for Talks with Iran Nothing but Deception

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami warned that the US officials' offer for negotiations with Iran is aimed at deceiving the country and breaking its resistance morale.
News ID: 78393    Publish Date : 2019/08/14

Iraqi Security Expert:

Israel Plotting to Bombard Hashd Al-Sha’abi's Arms Depots

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Tel Aviv regime is planning to target Hashd al-Sha’abi (Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces) in Iraq, an Iraqi security expert said, adding that Israel has most probably masterminded the recent attack on the weapons cache of Hashd al-Sha’abi near Baghdad.
News ID: 78392    Publish Date : 2019/08/14

Zanganeh:

US claim on Middle East oil ridiculous

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that the US claim that it does not need Middle East oil and natural gas is ridiculous, adding that the Americans are right; Middle East oil needs the US.
News ID: 78391    Publish Date : 2019/08/14

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