Iran loses living legend maestro Mohammad-Reza Shajarian to cancer

Iran loses legendary maestro, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, the country’s most prominent and internationally-acclaimed vocalist in the area of traditional Persian music, to kidney cancer.

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.

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.

Leader says US governance model an utter failure

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States’ model of governance has proven “an utter failure,” and human values have taken the biggest hit in America.

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".

Iran denounces US 'act of terrorism' against its Beirut-bound flight

Iran has condemned the harassment of its Beirut-bound passenger plane by two US fighter jets over the Syrian airspace, vowing to lodge a complaint over the "unlawful" act at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Leader: Iran to deal US ‘counterblow’ for Gen. Soleimani’s assassination

Imam Khomeini: I hope that human beings reach a sufficient stage of development to change the ...