Intl. day for elimination of nukes: Iran stresses right to peaceful nuclear energy

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has stressed the country’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, saying that sanctions on Iranian scientists will not hamper such activities.

President Rouhani says White House ‘responsible’ for all crimes against Iranians

Sacred Defense Week: Iran has developed a totally native defence capability

Four decades ago, on 22 September 1980, a day etched in the collective Iranian consciousness, Iraqi airstrikes took the country by surprise. Eight major Iranian airbases and four military installations were targeted. Iran was a sitting duck.

President Rouhani says US repeated Saddam miscalculations by waging economic war on Iran

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the United States unleashed an economic war on Iran after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal based on the same “miscalculations” made by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1980, when he led Iraq into an invasion of Iran.

Leader says sacred defense proved invading Iran very costly

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran's decisively victorious defense against foreign-backed forces of Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein proved that invading the country is a “very costly” undertaking.

Iran warns US against making another ‘strategic mistake’ after Trump’s military threat

The Iranian government warns the United States against making another “strategic mistake” after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran with a huge attack.

Imam Khomeini led revolution with clear strategy, wisdom and rationality

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic believed that the leadership of the movement should have a strategy.

Leader denounces US sanctions on Tehran

Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has slammed US sanctions on Tehran as "a crime against the Iranian nation".