Iran and Iraq fought a brutal, eight-year-long war between 1980 and 1988, with Baghdad invading the Islamic Republic to try to seize the oil-rich province of Khuzestan soon after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Up to 1.2 million people died in the conflict, which included Iraqi use of chemical weapons […]
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On 21 September, Washington imposed sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claiming that “for nearly two years, corrupt officials in Tehran have worked with the illegitimate regime in Venezuela to flout the UN arms embargo”. A senior Venezuelan official has described the US […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080568035-iran-intends-to-cooperate-with-russia-on-covid-19-vaccine-production-envoy-reveals/ Russia registered Sputnik V, the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, on 11 August following two successful phases of clinical trials that proved that it was capable of building immunity against the virus in all of the volunteers involved in the tests. Iran and Russia […]
First published 24 September 2020, PressTV New and deeply disturbing footage shows a Saudi Arabia-backed terrorist group in the very act of a 2018 attack on a parade in southwestern Iran, which killed 25 people and injured 70 others, mostly civilian bystanders. The video pertains to September that year, when […]
Iran-based bitcoiner Zahra Amini was used to answering questions on cryptocurrencies, but usually about their relationship with crime. So when a 70-year-old man recently asked her to explain crypto because he no longer wanted to rely on the national rial, Amini felt something had changed. “If people that age are […]
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran […]
…from SouthFront.org Iran has supplied Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) with technical expertise and know-how, a spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said on September 22. However, the general claimed that Yemeni forces “have learned how to produce missiles, drones and weapons in Yemen […]
VT/Press TV: Russian foreign minister Lavrov announced that as of October 18 any and every Russian weapon system would be available to Iran up to and including the S400/500 and the SU 57 stealth fighter. Round trip range for an SU 57 steal fighter is around 3700 miles. The two […]
Work to begin soon on linking Iran power grid to Russia, Azerbaijan: Report …from PresssTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: I had known that Iran has been investing in electric generation, in what seemed far in excess of its projected domestic needs as a way to use its huge gas deposits […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080541258-macron-europe-will-not-compromise-with-washington-on-iran-sanctions/ French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “modern new consensus” on tackling global challenges in his speech to the 75th UN General Assembly on 22 September. Europe will not compromise with the United States on Iran sanctions, French President Emmanuel Macron told the […]
Iranian “Karrar” hacking team have hacked the election site of #US President #Trump and wrote:“Mr. Trump you gambler; I am your adversary”#Iran pic.twitter.com/yz1cx2VRYu — Ibrahim Muhammad (@IbrahimDSY1) September 19, 2020 The word is that the election will be rigged for Trump and then he will die of a brain tumor, […]
Venezuela has slammed a new round of US sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro and Iran as aggressive and illegal, while also contesting a new UN report alleging official abuses, saying it used “human rights as a political weapon.” “Venezuela denounces the new US aggression to the international community, announcing alleged […]
US diplomacy is turning into the not-so-subtle art of making demands and ultimatums, Sergey Lavrov has lamented, as the Americans go it alone in restoring anti-Iran sanctions under a 2015 deal that no longer legally applies. Washington’s reasoning behind bringing back the UN sanctions against Iran looks “funny,” as the […]
On Sunday, Tehran called on Washington to “return to the international community and stop the rebellion” following the US’ claims about the reinstatement of all UN anti-Iran sanctions. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has lashed out at the US in light of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent move to […]
France, Germany and UK say Washington does not have the authority, setting up clash European leaders have warned the US that its claim to have the authority to reimpose sweeping UN-mandated sanctions on Iran has no effect in law, setting up a major legal clash that could lead to Washington imposing […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106827/37/1068273784_0:266:5098:3133_1200x675_80_0_0_04121059d36c2c5c3a7b2ab60ea9c6b5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080520474-pompeo-slams-european-countries-for-failing-to-support-reinstating-un-sanctions-on-iran/ MOSCOW, September 20 (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday has slammed European countries for failing to support Washington’s efforts to reinstate United Nations sanctions on Iran. On Saturday, Pompeo stated that UN sanctions against Iran were being reinstated after […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/31/1079193136_0:0:3073:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_baef435a6861e37b395bbfcba4f302a4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009201080517309-moscow-slams-us-statement-on-restoration-of-iran-sanctions-as-theatrical-performance/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States’ claim that the UN sanctions on Iran were restored is misleading as the UN Security Council (UNSC) took no steps leading to the restoration of restrictions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. “The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0a/1080414700_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_c7a33d3a47d0d194a527f89e1d8b9779.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080516569-pompeo-says-un-sanctions-on-iran-have-been-restored/ MOSCOW, September 20 (Sputnik) – The Trump administration is expecting UN sanctions to be reinstated on Iran at 00:00 GMT on Sunday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced back in late August that Washington had triggered the 30-day process to restore almost […]
At a campaign rally in North Carolina on 8 September, President Donald Trump praised Washington-brokered deals to normalise relations between Israel and two Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, while also saying that the US was not involved in the Middle East for oil, but because “we […]
[ Editor’s Note: Mr. Terehov takes on quite a challenge in giving an overview of the complex negotiations between China and Iran for a long term bilateral agreement, whose major anchor would be China’s commitment for $400 billion on infrastructure investments inside of Iran. What does Iran have to give […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Someone made a silly mistake putting out an Alice in Wonderland story about Iran considering an assassination of a female diplomat outside the theater of war in the Persian Gulf, when there are many military targets to strike. […]
…from SouthFront.org Late on September 15 and early on September 16, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a large-scale strike on weapon depots and training camps of Turkish-backed terrorists in the Syrian province of Idlib. According to pro-government sources, over 30 Russian strikes hit the areas of Sheikh […]
President Donald Trump has warned that an Iranian attack on US personnel would trigger a massive response, citing an anonymous-source-based report claiming the country is seeking revenge for the killing of a top general. “According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009151080458777-trump-warns-any-attack-by-iran-against-us-will-be-met-with-attack-1000-times-greater-in-magnitude/ Trump’s statement came as he received reports on Tehran allegedly planning an assassination against the United States in retaliation for Gen. Soleimani, killed in a US targeted attack in January. President Donald Trump has warned that any attack by Iran against the United […]