Tehran, May 12 (Xinhua) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that the country’s armed forces are ready to give a “lesson-teaching” response to any aggression.His remarks on social media platform X came after US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran’s Sunday response to a US proposal, warning that the ceasefire between the two countries is “on massive life support.””Our armed forces are ready to give a lesson-teaching response to any aggression,” Qalibaf said, stressing…
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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…
Tehran, April 20 (IANS) Iran’s official news agency IRNA said that the country has rejected taking part in the second round of the peace talks with the United States, which were reportedly to be held in Pakistan soon. Iran’s absence from the second round of talks “stems from what it called Washington’s excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade, which it considers a breach of the ceasefire,” the agency said in a…
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) A high-level Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf arrived in Islamabad on Saturday to participate in the upcoming talks with the United States, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement.The delegation also includes Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.According to the statement, the Iranian delegation was received upon arrival by Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, along with National As…
Tehran, April 7 (IANS) Iran has rejected a US-proposed 15-point peace plan, calling instead for a permanent end to the conflict, the official news agency IRNA reported.Tehran delivered its response in a 10-point document, citing past experiences as the reason it would not accept a ceasefire, Xinhua news agency reported.The response outlines Iran’s demands, including ending regional conflicts, establishing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reconstructing war-affected areas, and lifting i…
New York, March 23 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Monday sounded optimistic about an imminent settlement of the Iran War with major points of agreement in talks, while Tehran was signalling that there were no negotiations. Trump told reporters that “we have points, major points of agreement, I would say, almost all points of agreement”, especially on the three major points on eliminating nuclear development.The remarks were greeted by a slump in oil prices and a rise in stock markets.The S…
Tehran, March 22 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian proposed to form a security structure comprising regional countries to ensure peace, security and stability in West Asia without foreign interference, reiterating conditions to end the ongoing war.He made the remarks in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which the two sides discussed bilateral ties as well as the latest regional and international developments in the wake of the US and Israeli attacks against Iran, Xinhua…
Tehran, March 13 (IANS) Several top Iranian politicians and officials, including country’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, attended an International Quds Day rally in Tehran on Friday, marking their most high-profile public appearance since the joint US-Israel airstrikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials on February 28. Videos shared by local media showed Pezeshkian greeting people on the streets of Tehran and even stopping to take pictures with them …
Tehran, March 1 (IANS) Hours after long-time Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike, Iran on Sunday named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as his interim successor.Ayatollah Khamenei, whose death in an attack on his residential compound in Tehran was announced by Iran, had been the Supreme Leader since 1989 after the passing away of the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989.After announcing his death, the government said that a three-memb…
Tehran, March 1 (IANS) Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, stated on Sunday that the transition process following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will commence later in the day, according to reports from state media.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, along with Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i and a member of the Guardian Council, a significant institution responsible for ensuring the coordination of legislation in accordance with Sharia law and the Irania…