Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, talks to journalists about the military response to rocket attacks that killed two US and one UK service members in Iraq at the Pentagon on March 13, 2020. (AFP) July 15, 2020 Iran is persisting in its goal of “regional hegemony” despite the killing [...]
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tehran, Iran, January 23, 2016. (AP) By Camelia Entekhabifard July 14, 2020 In the past week, what was said and heard of the so-called “25-year strategic partnership between China and Iran” was mainly the comparison made between this deal and [...]
Burial of Covid-19 victims in Iran shows just a handful of family members standing afar and the grave being disinfected. April 3, 2020. (IRNA) July 13, 2020 Iran reported on Monday more than 200 new coronavirus fatalities that took the overall toll in the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak beyond 13,000. “Unfortunately, in the [...]
A special fishing trawler with capability to clean out whole fish schools. (IRNA) July 9, 2020 Under the cover of night, Chinese vessels are illegally cleaning out fish resources in the Persian Gulf, a pro-reform Iranian daily, Sharq (Orient) disclosed on Wednesday, July 8. Meanwhile, Iranian fishermen are forced to pay ten thousand [...]
An oil facility on Iran's Kharg Island. (AFP) July 08, 2020 Iranian oil production has reached its lowest point in almost four decades, according to industry experts, with the country’s storage facilities fast approaching full capacity. The news comes amid a dip in Iran’s oil exports due to a crash in global demand, [...]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a press conference in Tehran, Sunday, December 22, 2013. (AP) July 06, 2020 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday he coordinated regional matters with slain Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani on a weekly basis. “I met with him (Soleimani) every week and we [...]
New photos showing an Iranian "missile city". January 14, 2020. (Tasnim) July 06, 2020 Tehran has built underground “missile cities” along the Gulf coastline, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said on Sunday, warning of a “nightmare for Iran’s enemies”. “Iran has established underground onshore and offshore missile cities all along the coasts of [...]
An Iranian flag flutters next to a ground-to-ground Sajil missile before being launched at an undisclosed location in Iran. (AFP) By Pooya Stone July 3, 2020 Iranian officials’ aggressive behavior and remarks have proven in word and deed the importance of extending the UN arms embargo as the Security Council approaches its final [...]
Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets are part of Iran’s air force. (AFP) By Thomas Harding July 2, 2020 Iran will have a range of advanced military equipment it can choose from if the UN arms embargo ends in October. High on Tehran's list will be highly manoeuvrable Russian-made fighter aircraft, as well as some of [...]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani pray near the coffin of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, January 6, 2020. (Reuters) By Track Persia June 30, 2020 Over the past few months, the theocratic regime in Iran has been witnessing a sharp decline in the impact of its expansionist [...]
