Iran blasts 'aggressive' US presence in Persian Gulf

Iran's defense minister has dismissed US reports of harassment by Iranian vessels as "baseless" and said the "illegal and aggressive" American presence in the Persian Gulf is causing insecurity in the region.

Imam Khomeini remains distinctive and unique among world leaders

Pundits and researchers maintain that the Islamic Revolution under wise leadership of Imam has changed the course of history and left deep impact on the balance of power across the region and world.

Did Imam Khomeini change his views about global arrogance during last years of his life?

Iran's Zarif says Persian Gulf security will be for all, or for none

Iran‘s Foreign Minister, Mohamad Javad Zarif, has highlighted the significance of maintaining security in the Persian Gulf, saying that either all countries in the region will benefit from security or all will be deprived of it.

Iran's President Rouhani tells US to leave region

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the US has no business and is not welcome in the region and must leave it, stressing that the security of the Persian Gulf can be ensured only by neighbors not outsiders.

B-Team promoted 9/11, now leads economic terror on Iran: Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the "B-Team" once facilitated the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC), and is now pushing the White House to drive up economic terrorism against Iran.

US anti-Iran policy in high seas harms Europeans: Los Angeles Times

Gibraltar’s release of an Iran-operated supertanker after its seizure by British marines shows the US is facing resistance from its traditional allies, the American daily Los Angeles Times says.

IRGC force shoots down intruding US spy drone

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has shot down an intruding American spy drone in the country’s southern coastal province of Hormozgan. In a statement issued early Thursday, the IRGC said the US-made Global Hawk surveillance drone was brought down by its Air Force near the Kouh-e Mobarak region — which sits in the central district of Jask County — after the aircraft violated Iranian airspace.