Irans regime has stepped up its attacks on the US over Iraq and Syria, claiming that American bombing of the Islamic State is merely a political stunt.
Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani (pictured), picking up weeks of derision of the US by the Supreme Leader and the Iranian military,said after meetings in Pakistanon Friday, The coalition formed under ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) The director general of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) described as "unfounded" claims about sectarian and ethnic conflicts in Syria, and stressed that the US is seeking destruction of the Muslim country.
Ahmad Dhowa emphasized that the US has officially declared that it wants to destroy Syria.
Speaking during the 7th General ...
[caption id="attachment_96537" align="alignright" width="240"] Syrian residents look for survivors following an air strike on May 15, 2014 in the city of Maarat Al-Numan in Idlib Province.[/caption]
Nasim The United States is about to send a number of troops to Jordan to be part of a regional training mission to train and equip Syrian rebels. The ...
A top Iranian military commander has slammed the United States for feeding the flames of violence in Syria, saying Washingtons wishes will not come true in the country.
On Monday, Irans Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi referred to recent US plans to further boost its support for the foreign-backed Takfiri groups operating ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) A member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission called on the countrys government to impose sanctions against countries supporting terrorist groups in Syria.
As a countermeasure, the (Iranian) Foreign Ministry should impose sanctions on criminal leaders, supporters of terrorists and those ...
[caption id="attachment_92273" align="alignright" width="180"] The file photo shows a militant firing a rocket-propelled grenade during fighting in Homs Hamidiyah neighborhood in Syria.[/caption]
(Reuters) - Online videos show Syrian rebels using what appear to be U.S. anti-tank rockets, weapons experts say, the first significant American-built armaments ...
Supplying Syrian opposition forces with the anti-tank weapons (TOW) is an indication of a major transition in US Middle Eastern policy and could be used as tool to unobtrusively exercise pressure on current regime, Carnegie's senior Middle East analyst told RIA Novosti.
"If the US is supplying TOWs, this is quite an important shift. But it may be ...
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the US seeks to undermine the resistance front against Israel by supporting anti-Damascus militants.
Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi made the remark in his opening speech to an international parliamentary meeting in Tehran on the ongoing crisis in Syria.
The reality ...
A senior Iranian lawmaker has blamed the United States for supporting terrorist groups fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking in Damascus on Wednesday, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of Iran's Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, warned that terrorism could backfire against Washington itself....
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran calls on the Western and the regional countries to stop supporting the militants in Syria, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak Ayeen said.
Commenting on the Geneva II peace talks on Syria, the Ambassador said that success of the Geneva II talks depends on halt in certain states' support for the dispatch of terrorists ...
An Iranian deputy foreign minister has condemned the US decision to resume sending arms to foreign-backed militants in Syria as totally wrong.
Arming irresponsible armed groups will not help to end the ordeal of the Syrian people, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian stated on Wednesday.
Amir Abdollahian ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri warned the US, Europe and the Arab regional states of the consequences of financing terrorists in Syria, and said the terrorist groups will eventually harm their interests as well.
Some terrorists might be killed within the framework of a preplanned ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Washington has decided to negotiate with the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Front as an alternative for the so-called moderate Free Syrian Army to cover up its support for extremists, Global Research said.
The existence of more moderate opposition brigades supported by the West is a myth. They exist in name; they do not constitute a meaningful ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian commander questioned the western states' claims about their enthusiasm for the establishment of peace and democracy in the region, specially in Syria, asking sarcastically how the West intends to restore peace in Syria while it is sending weapons to the terrorist groups.
"Military, terrorist and inhuman acts are ...
The United States has begun delivering weapons to foreign-backed militants in Syria, a major escalation of the US role in stirring unrest in the Syrian crisis.
The CIA and State Department began shipping weapons through Turkey and Jordan over the past two weeks, The Washington Post reported, citing US officials.
The weapons include vehicles, sophisticated ...
An Iranian lawmaker says the US military is not ready to engage in a new front in Syria, warning that a possible war in the Arab country would spread across the whole region.
I suppose the US will not repeat the mistake [Washington made] in Iraq and Afghanistan in Syria, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of the Iranian Majlis (parliament) Foreign ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran on Saturday warned against further tension in the region, and stressed that crisis in Syria has no military solution.
"Iran has on many occasions announced that crisis in Syria has no military solution, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi told Tasnim on Saturday.
He pointed to the US media reports ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker cautioned against the negative consequences of any foreign military intervention in Syria, reiterating that the US is trying to repeat the Iraq scenario in Syria.
The Americans are trying to exercise the same scenario in Syria that they implemented 10 years ago in Iraq, where they could not find even one ...
A British Conservative lawmaker has warned the UK government not to consider claims accusing the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against militant positions in the suburbs of Damascus as a ploy to increase involvement in Syria crisis.
Speaking at the BBC's Newsnight programme, the MP for Basildon and Billericay John Baron said, "My worry ...
Irans Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the US and other arrogant powers are behind the terrorist activities conducted by extremist Takfiri groups.
The footprint of arrogant currents, particularly the US, is visible in many of the terrorist activities [carried out] by these extremist groups, Larijani said on Wednesday.
He accused the US of arming ...