Aselection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributor John Lisnewich. Politics Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis website has published a heroic flexibility infographic. The graphic explains that,...

Tehran, Sept 23, IRNA Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said it was the inherent duty of his ministry to safeguard the culture of the sacred defense. The minister made the remarks here on Monday in a ceremony marking the Sacred Defense Week. He said the rich culture of sacred defense is a heritage belonging to all which is to ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian defense minister praised the countrys technological achievements in defense fields, and added that local technicians are now capable of designing and manufacturing all the necessary weapons systems inside the country. Today, we can assert to have reached such a level of science and technology that we are able to design ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said here Monday that US proposal for direct talks with Iran should not be taken at face value. The United States has showed in practice that it cannot abandon its arrogant and hegemonic traits and therefore we should have a pessimistic approach ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Army Ground Force will employ its latest achievements in the forthcoming wargames, dubbed Qamar-e bani-Hashem, commander of the force said on Monday. Speaking to reporters here in Tehran today, Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said his forces are set to stage massive ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that any deal with the West would have to recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium, as a record number of Iranian missiles capable of striking Israel were displayed at a military parade. The new Iranian president said on Sunday that Tehran was ready for negotiations with Western powers provided they set ...

A senior Iranian military official says Irans indigenous long-range missiles have turned the Islamic Republic into an influential power in the world. The Islamic Republic of Iran, with its long-range Qadr (Intensity) and Sejjil (Baked Clay) missiles, has turned into an influential power in international equations, said Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi....

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) The mobile version of Irans S-200 air defense system was put on display during military parades in Tehran on Sunday. Iranian armed forces began nationwide parades on Sunday, the first day of the Sacred Defense Week which marks the onset of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran 33 years ago, and put on display their latest military and ...

Iran will not refuse of its right to enrich uranium on its territory, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said during a military parade held in Tehran on Sunday, IRINN TV channel reported. The West should accept "all the rights of the Iranian people, especially the right to a nuclear program," president said. The U.S. and its Western allies suspect ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said Iran's Qadr and Sejjil, missiles which can hit enemy targets 2,000km in distance, have turned the country to an influential power in the world. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has grown into an influential power in international equations by its ...

Irans Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base has displayed a number of its hardware at the Armed Forces parade marking the beginning of the Sacred Defense Week in Tehran. The hardware include Nebo mobile radar system, Kasta surveillance system, Matla' al-Fajrradar system, S-200 missile system, Hog missile system, Shahab radar system and Skyguard defense ...

TEHRAN: Iran paraded 30 missiles with a nominal range of 2,000 kilometres on Sunday, the first time it had displayed so many with the theoretical capacity to hit Israeli targets. Iran displayed 12 Sejil and 18 Ghadr missiles at the annual parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. The stated range of ...

Tehran, Sept 22, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday stressed that Iran and its armed forces are no threat to the neighboring states but rather a factor of stability and peace in the region. Addressing a ceremony downtown Tehran to mark the start of the national Sacred Defense Week, he said those who were ignoring international regulations were ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran's powerful armed forces guarantee regional peace and stability. "The Islamic Republic of Iran's Armed Forces are the cause of stability in the region and Iran is no threat to the neighbors and the other regional states; actually those who have ignored all international rules and regulations ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed Tehran's preparedness to sit to the negotiating table with the western states, including the US, but meantime, said such talks should be held based on mutual respect and without any preconditions. "We are ready (for talks with the West) provided that no preconditions are there for negotiations ...

Iranian Armed Forces have begun a major parade to mark the 33rd anniversary of eight years of defense against Iraqi invasion under executed dictator Saddam Hussein. The opening ceremony of the 'Sacred Defense Week' started on Sunday at the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The latest military and defensive ...