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Senior Iranian cleric:

Daesh is US trick to curb Islamic awakening

TEHRAN( defapress ) – Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said that US claim of fighting against Daesh is a lie, describing it a trick by the US to restrict the Islamic awakening and divide the Islamic world.
News ID: 65793    Publish Date : 2017/09/01

Pakistan to formulate strategy to deal with US challenges

TEHRAN( defapress )– Pakistan says strategy would be formulated to deal with the situation arising out of the US Strategy for South Asia.
News ID: 65792    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Iran, Russia discuss JCPOA, Syrian issue on phone

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed issues of mutual interests on Thursday.
News ID: 65791    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

PM:

Iraq’s Nineveh Province Fully Liberated from Daesh Terrorists

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that Tal Afar and the entire northern province of Nineveh have been liberated from the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) Takfiri terrorist group.
News ID: 65790    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

President:

Closer Iran-Turkey Cooperation Needed to Boost Regional Stability

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed concern over security problems facing the Middle East, saying closer cooperation between Tehran and Ankara can help resolve them.
News ID: 65789    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Iraq's PMF Commander:

Lebanon Hezbollh, Iraq’s PMF on Same Front against Terror

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Deputy Chief of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes on Thursday sent a letter to Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah in which he stressed that the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon and Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces join the same front against the revetments of terrorism, extremism and Zionism.
News ID: 65788    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Minister:

Iran Eyes Exporting Military Equipment to Prevent Conflicts

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Defense Minister said many regional conflicts take place in countries that have weaknesses and, therefore, Iran’s Defense Ministry plans to export military equipment to prevent conflicts in the region.
News ID: 65787    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

UN:

ISIL Slaughters People, about 27 Raqqa Residents Killed Daily in US-Led Coalition Strikes

TEHRAN ( defapress )- UN humanitarian coordinator said the battle to recapture the ISIL stronghold of Raqqa by the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces is costing the lives of 27 civilians a day. And while the terrorists use residents as human shields, the US-led coalition often bombs escape routes.
News ID: 65786    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Iraq’s Hezbollah Hails Iran’s Role in Anti-Daesh Campaign

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The spokesman for Iraq’s Hezbollah Battalions underlined that Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement were the only backers of Iraq in the fight against the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group.
News ID: 65785    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Iran’s Speaker Congratulates Muslim Counterparts on Eid Al-Adha

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani offered his congratulations to his counterparts in Islamic countries on Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s holiest festival celebrated annually around the world and an official holiday in Muslim-majority countries.
News ID: 65784    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Iranian Martyr Hojaji’s Funeral Procession to Be Held in Tehran Saturday

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The funeral procession of an Iranian military adviser who was recently decapitated by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in Syria is slated to be held in Tehran on Saturday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force announced.
News ID: 65783    Publish Date : 2017/08/31

Commander:

Israeli, US, UK Spy Agencies Plotting against Iran with Saudi Petrodollars

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said plots hatched in recent years by the intelligence services of Israel, the US and Britain against the Islamic Republic have been financed by Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 65780    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

Iran’s FM Urges Int’l Community to Prevent ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims

TEHRAN ( defapress )– Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international community to help prevent Myanmar’s ongoing “ethnic cleansing” agenda against its Muslim community.
News ID: 65779    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

Spokesman Hits Back at UAE Minister for Anti-Iran Remarks

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi decried anti-Tehran remarks made by the United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister as “untrue and illusory”.
News ID: 65778    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

Iran’s Zarif Says Bolton’s JCPOA Exit Plan to Isolate US

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif deplored a plan recently proposed by former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton for Washington’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers, known as the JCPOA, saying the plan would isolate the US.
News ID: 65771    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

Iranian, Russian Top Generals Discuss Closer Defense Ties

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Nasrollah Kalantari and his Russian counterpart, Alexander Fomin, exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost defense cooperation between the two countries.
News ID: 65772    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

House Intel Dem:

Committee May Seek Trump Testimony on Russia

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the panel may need to call on President himself to testify on newly surfaced emails detailing a Trump Tower real estate plan for Moscow, Russia that was scrapped during Trump's 2016 campaign.
News ID: 65773    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

Syria Army Shells Daesh Positions across Deir Ez-Zor

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The Syrian army’s artillery units targeted the gathering centers of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in Deir ez-Zor province, inflicting major losses upon them in the eastern province.
News ID: 65774    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

Iraqi Forces Retaking Territories North of Tal Afar

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iraqi Federal Police forces have launched an offensive to liberate al-Ayadhiya district north of Tal Afar, a commander said, noting that half of the district has been freed from the control of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) militants since Tuesday.
News ID: 65775    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

UN Council Unanimously Condemns North Korea Missile Tests

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday as an "outrageous" threat and demanded that Pyongyang not launch any more missiles and abandon all nuclear weapons and programmes.
News ID: 65776    Publish Date : 2017/08/30

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