Iran denounces Bahrain’s ‘cruel’ ruling on Sheikh Salman

Iran has censured a “cruel” ruling by Bahrain’s highest court that upheld a life sentence against prominent opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman, saying the Manama regime is after stifling all critical voices in the kingdom.

Russia says US attempting to engineer coup d’etat in Venezuela

Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has accused the United States of attempting “to engineer a coup d’etat” in Venezuela as tensions between Washington and Moscow surface at a UN Security Council meeting on political unrest in the Latin American country.

Hashemi calls for keeping global protests at US legal system

International boycott against US-led anti-Iran summit widens

The Unites States may call off a controversial anti-Iran summit in Poland scheduled for next month as Washington is facing a setback due to a widening international boycott of the gathering, a report says.

Iran's Gen. Soleimani tops Foreign Policy’s list of global defense & security thinkers

Major General Qassem Soleimani, who commands the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has topped Foreign Policy (FP)’s 2019 list of Global Thinkers in the defense and security field.

Iranian protesters demand US to free jailed journalist

Iranian protesters have rallied outside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which represents American interests, to condemn the detention in Washington of Press TV journalist and news presenter Marzieh Hashemi.

Anti-Iran summit in Warsaw doomed to failure, says Hassan Khomeini

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of late founder of the Islamic Republic has lashed out at an anti-Iran conference due to be held by the US in the Polish capital of Warsaw next month.

Imam Khomeini opposed Shah’s dependence on West

The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, had been dependent on the west throughout his rule – a source of anger among Iranian public, who had launched a struggle under leadership of Imam Khomeini against Shah and his western backers. The dependence on foreign powers had led to collapse of Shah regime.