President Hassan Rouhani hails departure of 'tyrant' Trump

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday hailed the departure of "tyrant" US counterpart Donald Trump, who is due to leave office later in the day making way for President-elect Joe Biden.

Late Ayatollah Rafsanjani played greater role in confronting arrogant powers during imposed war

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini says that late Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani had faced difficult times and confronted the global arrogant powers which backed the then Iraqi regime of Saddam during the imposed war against Iran.

President Rouhani says US Capitol riots show weakness of Western democracy

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reacted to the violent riots in Washington during certification of election results by Congress, saying the development shows Western democracy is “fragile” and “broken.”

Iran Foreign Ministry says Gen. Soleimani’s assassination proved US presence in region ...

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again denounced the “unlawful” assassination of the country’s legendary counterterrorism commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, by the United States, saying it proved that the US military presence in the West Asia region is destabilizing.

Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi passes away

Prominent Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a member of the Assembly of Experts, has passed away at a hospital in Tehran. Mesbah Yazdi died on Friday evening at the age of 85 due to gastrointestinal disease, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. He had been hospitalized since Saturday after his condition deteriorated. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi played a major part in the uprising — led by late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini — that overthrew the US-backed Pahlavi regime in 1979. Following the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi first founded Baqir-ul-Uloom Institute and then Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute in the city of Qom, which he headed for the rest of his life. The cleric, a philosopher and political theorist, was a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom. He also served as a member of the Assembly of Experts — the body responsible for electing and monitoring the performance of the Leader — and the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution. Iran Assembly of Experts appoints Yazdi as new chairman Iran Assembly of Experts appoints Yazdi as new chairman Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi has be

Selection managers and directors from Tehran Municipality meet Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson ...

Nasrallah says US, Israel, Saudi Arabia culprits in assassinating Iran’s General Soleimani

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, says Saudi Arabia is hand in gloves with the US regime of President Donald Trump and Israel in the assassination of Iran’s top commander, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and their companions, noting that the trio seek to kill other commanders of the resistance front.

Jesus Christ's has been messenger of divine wisdom and mercy

The grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic says Jesus Christ has been divine manifestation of divine mercy and wisdom.