The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

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.

US current hostile relationship towards Iran should be traced back to 1953

FM Zarif criticizes Twitter for shuttering accounts of real Iranians

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Twitter has blocked the accounts of "real Iranians" but overlooks the "regime change" propaganda spewing out of Washington.

Mideast security hinges on regional cooperation: Iran FM Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comments upon his arrival in Kuwait City on Tuesday to take part in the three-day Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq (KICRI).

Imam Khomeini’s ideals becoming popular on social media

The international department of the institute for compilation and publication of Imam Khomeini’s works has set up special accounts to promote the ideals of the late founder of the Islamic Republic.