TEHRAN (defapress) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praised the growing unity among the Iranian military forces and the Army’s backing for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps after the US move to blacklist the IRGC.
News ID: 76877 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army heavily pounded Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the al-Nusra Front) terrorists' military positions and movements in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib over the past 24 hours, destroying their arms and ammunition depots.
News ID: 76876 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Defense Minister:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that the recent decision of the US to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization came after Washington reaped nothing from 40 years of anti-Tehran sanctions, reassuring that the new move will also lead to nowhere.
News ID: 76875 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – A Saudi court Wednesday postponed a fourth hearing in the trial of several women rights activists, a case that has intensified global criticism of Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
News ID: 76874 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Presidential Candidate Gabbard:
TEHRAN (defapress)- 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard comes to the defense of her fellow Muslim congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, who was recently attacked by US President Donald Trump over remarks on 9/11 terror attacks, calling Trump the “big brother and protector” of Riyadh-sponsored al-Qaeda terror group.
News ID: 76873 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress)- Israel's President Reuven Rivlin said a majority of parliament members have backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new coalition government.
News ID: 76872 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AK Party) submitted an appeal for the annulment and rerun of a municipal election in Istanbul, the country's largest city.
News ID: 76871 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian ICT minister condemned Instagram's move to block accounts attributed to Iranian commanders, pointing to a famous quote by an American novelist.
News ID: 76870 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
envoy:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran and Oman will stage a joint naval drill in the coming days, according to the Iranian Ambassador to Muscat, Mohammadreza Nouri Shahroudi.
News ID: 76869 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister and his Turk counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu held their first round of talks in Ankara on Wednesday.
News ID: 76868 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) - London was bracing for disruption by climate-change activists to underground train services on Wednesday after protesters blocked some of London's most important junctions including Oxford Circus and Marble Arch.
News ID: 76867 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Syrian FM:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem condemned a recent decision by US President Donald Trump to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and said Trumo takes decisions only in favor of the Israeli regime.
News ID: 76866 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) –US President Donald Trump in a letter to the Senate said he is rejecting a measure passed by Congress to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
News ID: 76865 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Ambassador to Spain and accredited Ambassador to Andorra Hassan Ghashghavi submitted his credentials to French President Emanuel Macron and co-prince of Andorra on Tuesday.
News ID: 76864 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Iran:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi hit back at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his anti-Tehran remarks, saying that there is “a global demand” for a change in the US regime’s nature due to its moves against the international law.
News ID: 76862 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif went to Turkey after paying a one-day visit to Syria, saying Tehran seeks to settle the region’s problems through dialogue.
News ID: 76861 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi aggression against Yemen that has so far killed tens of thousands of civilians, the White House said.
News ID: 76860 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – Turkey "expects" the Trump administration to grant it waivers from the US related to its purchases of Iranian oil, a top aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
News ID: 76859 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Maduro:
TEHRAN (defapress) - Venezuela is ready to accept humanitarian aid if its delivery has been coordinated with the legitimate government of the Bolivarian Republic, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday.
News ID: 76858 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari expressed his gratitude to the Iranian lawmakers for their support for the IRGC against a recent decision by the US to blacklist the force.
News ID: 76857 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
