Persian Spring

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani have both condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Their condemnations were to be expected. However, they did not offer …

Iran has slammed the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for turning a blind eye to real issues of the Muslim world, particularly the Palestine crisis, at this sensitive juncture and, instead, fabricating baseless accusations against …

The Arab world blasted U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, after his announcement that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Iran strongly condemned the decision, saying it threatened a “new intifada”, or uprising against …

Iran’s foreign ministry denied on Wednesday U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic is playing a destabilizing role in the region, state media reported as reported by Reuters. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had said …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasized that the Palestine will be free, saying the Zionists’ aim to declare Quds the capital of occupied Palestine indicates their inability and failure, Mehr News reports. …

The head of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary has accused twice former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of “high treason”. Retaliating against recent Ahmadinejad’s anti-judiciary vitriolic remarks, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani accused him of “drawing the sword” against …

Iran has launched the first phase of a strategic southeastern port which it expects to open a multi-modal trade corridor connecting India to Central Asia, Press TV reports. The first phase of Shahid Beheshti International …

Reza Zarrab, the Iranian-Turkish gold trader who took the stand in a Manhattan courtroom on November 29, has confessed he worked with several Iranian officials to bypass sanctions on Iran, Iran Wire reports. He also …

A top judiciary official, in a direct attack on the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, has said that Tehran’s ultimate goal is to eliminate that position, Radio Farda reports. The deputy for …

China is financing billions of dollars worth of projects in Iran, making deep inroads into the economy while European competitors struggle to find banks willing to fund their ambitions, Iranian government and industry officials said …