Iran’s Foreign Minister @Amirabdolahian: “We do not recognize the current government ruling Afghanistan and we emphasize the need to form a comprehensive government in Afghanistan because the Taliban is part of the reality of Afghanistan, not all of it.”
France condemns Iran's test of a long-range ballistic missile, describing it as a "violation of Security Council resolutions"
Iran says it has successfully test-launched ballistic missile
Tehran Times: Iranian President Appoints Ali Akbar Ahmadian as Secretary of Iran's National Security Council
German Foreign Minister: The European Union will take a decision today regarding new sanctions against Iran, including the Revolutionary Guards
1 year agoSecretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani will leave his position, according to Nour News, which is affiliated to the SNSC.nShamkhani has also posted a poem on his Twitter which implies he's leaving his position
Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are participating via video-link on Wednesday in the signing ceremony of an agreement on the creation of the Rasht-Astara railway section in the republic
1 year agoAzerbaijan has detained 7 people on charges of spying for Iran
Security guards at Tehran University attacked students at the School of Fine Arts after a quarrel with a student over her head covering. The guards reportedly beat a number of students who had come to the defense of the female student
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran begins in Moscow
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk: “On average so far this year, over 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, making it one the world’s highest executors
Iran’s new ambassador to Damascus says Iranian president Raisi will travel to Syria on Wednesday, May 3
Iran army says two Iranian crew members are missing after the collision with the foreign tanker, which was seized by the navy
US Navy Central Command says Iran's IRGC has seized the 'Advantage Sweet' oil tanker while it was transiting international waters in the Golf of Oman. The US 5th Fleet is monitoring the situation. The tanker was headed for the US
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - southern Iran
Turkish Minister of Defense: I discussed with the defense ministers of Syria Iran the strengthening of security in Syria and the normalization of relations between Ankara and Damascus
1 year agoTreasury sanctions senior officials in Iran for protest suppression and internet censorship
Russia, China and Iran state media seeing growth on Twitter. Multiple accounts "began to gain followers after months of decline or stagnation" after apparent decision by Twitter to stop filtering them, per @DFRLab analysis
Iran's navy forced a US submarine to surface as it entered the Gulf, Iranian navy commander Shahram Irani told state television on Thursday, in the latest report of an apparent confrontation between Iranian and US forces in the Gulf
Israeli Defense Minister: The army must prepare for war on all fronts simultaneously
“Microsoft assesses that Mint Sandstorm is associated with an intelligence arm of Iran’s military, IRGC, an assessment that has been corroborated by multiple credible sources including Mandiant, Proofpoint, and SecureWorks”
@Politico reports China and Russia are in advanced secret talks with Iran to replenish the Islamic Republic's supply of ammonium perchlorate, which could also help Moscow replenish its depleted stock of missiles and would violate UNSCR 2231
Reuters: Russia has begun transporting fuel supplies to Iran via rail
The Iranian Tasnim Agency says that an Iranian technical delegation may visit Riyadh tomorrow to make preparations for the reopening of the Iranian embassy in Saudi Arabia
Russian President Putin's special assistant met Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran to discuss thwarting Western sanctions through ditching the dollar in bilateral transactions in the hope that this would weaken the US currency
The Israeli army: We are investigating Iran's role in the missile launches
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman: The Foreign Minister's meeting with his Saudi counterpart was positive, and it can be said that official relations between the two countries have been activated
Per the joint statement, Saudi FM renewed his invitation for Iran FM to visit SaudiArabia. Iranian FM also invited Saudi FM to visit Tehran for a bilateral meeting
IED most likely belongs to ISIS explodes in a car carrying Iranian-backed militiamen in the eastern countryside of Homs, central Syria, killing five and injuring three
Iran says it foiled drone attack against ministry of defense complex in #Isfahan. Tasnim reports that it was a small drone that was shot down before causing any damage to the complex
