President Rouhani says end of Iran arms ban triumph of logic over US bullying

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the lifting of the UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic as the victory of the logic of law and truth over bullying, saying the US failed in its plots to deprive the Iranians of their right to free trade in defensive equipment.

President Rouhani says Iran entitled to free arms trade in days with UN ban expiry

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will be free to trade weapons as of Sunday after the United States failed in its attempts to secure an extension of the United Nations arms embargo against the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Envoy to UN says US pressure campaign against Iran ‘example of state terrorism

The Iranian envoy to the United Nations (UN) has lambasted the so-called US maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic as an “example of state terrorism” aimed at creating suffering and social unrest in the country.

Trump, wife test positive for COVID-19, begin quarantine

US President Donald Trump says he and his wife Melania have tested positive for COVID-19 and are going into quarantine after holding rallies with thousands of people in recent weeks in the run-up to the Nov. 3 election.

President Rouhani says White House ‘responsible’ for all crimes against Iranians

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.

President Rouhani says US repeated Saddam miscalculations by waging economic war on Iran

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the United States unleashed an economic war on Iran after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal based on the same “miscalculations” made by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1980, when he led Iraq into an invasion of Iran.

President Rouhani says next US administration will have no choice but to surrender to Iranian ...

President Hassan Rouhani reasserts Iran’s determination to hold onto its independence and domestic freedom under whatever circumstances, expressing confidence that the next administration in Washington will inevitably surrender to the Iranian nation’s resilience.