Tehran, June 14 (IANS) The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is scheduled to begin here on July 4, Iranian media reported.Farewell ceremonies will be held at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla prayer hall in Tehran on July 4-5, followed by funeral processions in the capital and the central city of Qom on July 6-7, read a statement released by the headquarters responsible for Khamenei’s commemoration, which was carried by Iranian media.According to the statement, the final funeral ceremony…
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Tehran, May 11 (IANS) Iran’s latest draft proposal for talks with the United States calls for an immediate cessation of conflict on all fronts, a guarantee for no more “aggression” against Iran, and the lifting of US sanctions and naval blockade, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.”The proposal highlights the need to immediately end the war, provide guarantees for the non-repetition of the aggression against Iran, and certain other issues within a political agreement,” Tasnim cited an…
Washington, May 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that the United States is monitoring Iranian enriched uranium buried under the rubble, and the US Space Force takes charge of the matter.If anyone approaches the Iranian enriched uranium, the United States will know about it and “blow them up,” Trump said in an interview with independent journalist Sharyl Attkisson, which was recorded last week and aired on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.Trump claimed that it would only take two m…
Tehran, May 4 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that the United States has responded to Iran’s 14-point proposed plan to end the war.He made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV while noting that the US response is being reviewed.He stressed that Iran’s plan is exclusively focused on ending the war, and “nothing pertaining to the nuclear field’s details exists in it.””At present, we are focused on the parameters related to ending the war in the region, …
Tehran, May 3 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned US President Donald Trump’s remarks that called the US seizure of Iranian vessels “piracy.””The president of the United States has openly described the unlawful seizure of Iranian vessels as ‘piracy,’ brazenly boasting that ‘we act like pirates,'” Baghaei said in an X post.”This was no verbal slip. It was a direct and damning admission of the criminal nature of their actions against international maritime navigation…
Tehran, April 30 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that any US attempt to impose a naval blockade and maritime restrictions against Iran is “doomed to failure.”Pezeshkian made the remarks in a statement to mark Persian Gulf National Day, which falls on April 30. He said the “enemies” have changed their approach and shifted their pressure to the economic and maritime arenas, using a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and restrictions on maritime trade as a new tool a…
Tehran, April 30 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in mass rallies across the country to pledge allegiance to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and demonstrate national unity. The rallies, held concurrently in different cities on the birthday anniversary of the eighth Imam of Shiite Muslims Imam Reza, ran from 16:00 local time (1230 GMT) to 21:00 on Wednesday.In the capital Tehran, people marched from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square, waving Iranian flags and holding pict…
Berlin, April 30 (IANS) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his personal relationship with US President Donald Trump remains good despite a recent exchange of sharp rhetoric regarding the war in Iran. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday (local time), Merz said he and Trump remain “on good speaking terms,” adding that he simply had doubts from the beginning regarding the actions initiated with the war.Merz called for a swift resolution to the conflicts in Iran, as Germany …
Tehran, April 29 (IANS) The continued US maritime “piracy and banditry” in the form of naval blockade against Iran will soon be met with “practical and unprecedented military action,” Iran’s state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday. Iran’s armed forces maintain that “patience has limits,” and a “punishing response” will be necessary if the United States continues its “illegal” naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, it said, citing a high-ranking security source, Xinhua news agency reported.Acco…
Washington, April 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is not satisfied with Iran’s latest peace proposal, which seeks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the US naval blockade of Iran’s ports, while leaving its nuclear program for later negotiations, US media reported, citing several White House officials. The president discussed Iran’s proposal with his top national security officials at a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Monday afternoon, said the reports.One of the people atten…