Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.
Thursday, July 04, 2019 12:20
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed confidence that no war would break out in the Middle East amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States.
Saturday, May 18, 2019 04:17
Iran’s foreign minister has lashed out at the administration of US President Donald Trump for staying tight-lipped on its ally Saudi Arabia’s latest mass execution of its nationals, one of whom was crucified after beheading.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 12:08
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the United States and its allies that it would be "suicidal" to go to a war with Iran.
Friday, February 15, 2019 03:11
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.
Thursday, January 24, 2019 10:19
Sunday, August 12, 2018 12:13
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns his country’s partnership with the United States might be in “jeopardy” as tensions intensify between the two NATO allies. Relations between Ankara and Washington have sunk to their lowest point in decades over a number of issues, including the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson on terror-related charges, and the depreciation of the Turkish lira to hit record lows against the dollar.
Saturday, August 11, 2018 09:00
Former national security adviser Susan Rice has called President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal his “most foolish decision yet,” saying the move will leave an “inconstant America isolated from its allies and far less safe.”
Wednesday, May 09, 2018 04:07