Leader says Iran needs unity, solidarity more than ever

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran at the current critical time requires “cooperation, unity and solidarity” more than ever.

Chomsky: Gen. Soleimani’s unlawful assassination showed US 'a rogue state'

Renowned American scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky says the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani showed that the US is a "rogue state," which has no regard for international law.

Iran stresses sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands at UNSC

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country’s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, saying those territories have always been and will always remain Iranian.

COVID-19 complications, given Trump's age and weight, could kill him: Reports

US President Donald Trump, who’s been tested positive for COVID-19, is at a high risk for a severe infection due to his advanced age and being overweight, according to reports. The COVID-19 complications can even kill him.

Sacred Defense Week: Iran has developed a totally native defence capability

Four decades ago, on 22 September 1980, a day etched in the collective Iranian consciousness, Iraqi airstrikes took the country by surprise. Eight major Iranian airbases and four military installations were targeted. Iran was a sitting duck.

In pictures: Eight-year sacred Defense and the eternal epic

President Rouhani says US repeated Saddam miscalculations by waging economic war on Iran

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the United States unleashed an economic war on Iran after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal based on the same “miscalculations” made by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1980, when he led Iraq into an invasion of Iran.

Leader says sacred defense proved invading Iran very costly

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran's decisively victorious defense against foreign-backed forces of Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein proved that invading the country is a “very costly” undertaking.