Commander:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami lashed at the US for its recent decision to designate the IRGC as a “terrorist organization”, reiterating that Washington itself is the main funder of terrorism and supporter of torturing in the world.
News ID: 76813 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
Amnesty:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Amnesty International announced that Saudi Arabia is making use of the death penalty to crush opposition figures, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
News ID: 76812 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress)- Washington’s political take on a number of Latin American countries is unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the 27th Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SWAP) on Saturday.
News ID: 76811 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh cautioned the US administration against continued pressure and sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying such moves will negatively affect the global oil market.
News ID: 76809 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – The world’s largest airplane – a Stratolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing 747 engines – made its first test flight on Saturday in California.
News ID: 76807 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – As optimism grows that the United States and China are nearing a trade deal, Japan kicks off its own negotiations with Washington from Monday, hoping to resolve some of the issues "very quickly."
News ID: 76806 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the Trump administration on Saturday of dragging relations with the United States to their worst level in decades and called on Cubans to strengthen the Communist-run country's defenses and economy.
News ID: 76804 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
Minister:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardekanian said the country is experiencing a year with the highest amount of annual precipitation during the past half a century.
News ID: 76803 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
Maduro:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sent a request to the Constitutional Assembly to integrate national militia into the Bolivarian Armed Forces.
News ID: 76802 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
Reports:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Germany's National Security Council, a secret security council consisting of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her chief ministers, has approved shipments of weapons parts to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to several German media sources.
News ID: 76801 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei granted a number of rescue workers killed in a boat accident in the recent flooding in northeastern Iran the title of martyrs.
News ID: 76800 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – Several Islamic resistance groups in Iraq condemned the US for labeling Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist group” and said Washington is the number-one supporter of terrorism around the world.
News ID: 76799 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
Zarif:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said wrong decisions made by US officials in support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are the main reasons behind ongoing conflicts in the region.
News ID: 76798 Publish Date : 2019/04/14
Leader's Top Aide:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Supreme Leader's top Aide for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati deplored Washington's designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a "terrorist organization", but meantime said the hostile move has enhanced IRGC's popularity rate more than ever.
News ID: 76797 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish Army and their allied militants attacked the Kurdish fighters' military positions in Northern Aleppo as Ankara dispatched reinforcement troops to borders with Syria, media reports said.
News ID: 76796 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
Report:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar received a pledge from Saudi Arabia of tens of millions of dollars to bankroll a military offensive to seize the capital of Tripoli and oust the nation’s internationally recognized government, according to a report.
News ID: 76795 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
Senior MP:
TEHRAN (defapress)- A senior member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission lashed out at US President Donald Trump for designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist organization", saying that he was blackmailed.
News ID: 76794 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
TEHRAN (defapress)- US President Donald Trump is under fire from veteran Democrats in the Senate for his "disgusting" and "shameful" remarks on Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
News ID: 76793 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
Pompeo:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia and China of spreading “disorder” in Latin America through their economic projects and of backing US adversaries like Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in the region.
News ID: 76792 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
TEHRAN (defapress)- Nine Jewish groups urged US President Donald Trump to curb the annexation by the Tel Aviv regime of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian territory sought by his close ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
News ID: 76791 Publish Date : 2019/04/13
