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In this file photo taken on February 25, 2009, Iranian technicians walk outside the building housing the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in the Iranian port town of Bushehr, 1,200 kilometers south of Tehran. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP Files/AFP)
June 25, 2019, 5:51 pm
Iran says it will abandon further nuclear deal commitments on July 7
Warning comes weeks after Tehran suspended some pledges under 2015 pact in response to US sanctions
By AFP
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
June 18, 2019, 12:59 am
Iran claims it discovered, busted a CIA spy network
General says ‘videos and confessions’ will be published at a later date, boasts Tehran and its allies have formed an ‘international anti-spying network’ against US
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. (YouTube)
March 3, 2019, 12:29 pm
Iranian official: Israel feels threatened as US defense strategy ‘stalls’
National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani says Israel concerned by threats from without and within; adds that ‘humiliated citizens’ of US Mideast allies will rise up
By TOI staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a televised statement after a meeting of his ruling Likud party in Ramat Gan on February 21, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 24, 2019, 2:18 pm
Netanyahu: Iran lying when it claims Israeli strikes in Syria have no effect
PM says he will continue to act to prevent Iranian entrenchment; top Iranian security adviser had boasted ‘we’ve accomplished more than 90% of our objectives’ in Syria
By TOI staff
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
February 23, 2019, 6:08 pm
Iran: Despite Israel’s efforts, ‘we’ve achieved over 90% of objectives in Syria’
Top official warns of imminent ‘major upheaval’ in upgrading deterrence capabilities against Jewish state
By TOI staff
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
February 5, 2019, 3:58 pm
Iran threatens to ‘teach Israel a lesson’ if strikes on Syria continue
Senior security official in Tehran says ‘calculated measures’ will by used as a deterrent to prevent further attacks on ally
By TOI staff
Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, the new head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (YouTube screen capture)
February 1, 2019, 12:54 am
Top Iranian general: We can destroy Israel ‘in three days’
Amid rising tensions between IDF and Iranian forces in Syria, IRGC deputy leader says Jewish state ‘will not find enough graves to bury their dead’
By TOI staff
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
January 29, 2019, 12:22 pm
Iran threatens Israel with ‘inferno,’ vows to improve missile accuracy
Top security official says Tehran won’t increase missile range due to its ‘defensive doctrine’; boasts that Hezbollah tunnels were an ‘absolute disgrace’ to Jewish state
By Michael Bachner
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
January 22, 2019, 1:11 pm
Iranian security official: We’ll remain in Syria as long as we’re asked to
Member of Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council says his country’s involvement comes at request of Damascus, is aimed at saving innocent lives
By Stuart Winer
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
September 27, 2018, 4:29 pm
Iran warns Israel will face ‘sorrow, penitence’ for striking its forces in Syria
Tehran’s national security official’s comments come after IDF targeted arms depots in strike that led to Syria downing Russian plane, crisis in Israel-Russia ties
By AP and TOI staff
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
June 2, 2018, 3:48 pm
Iran, Syria deny existence of Iranian military presence in country
Denials by senior officials from both countries come amid reported Israeli-Russian agreement to remove Iran-backed troops from border area
By TOI staff
Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri delivers a speech during a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 7, 2018, 9:41 pm
Iran’s military chief warns it will respond to Israel, eventually
Mohammad Bagheri says the power and strength of the Islamic Republic will deter any enemies from attacking
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. (YouTube)
April 24, 2018, 4:41 pm
Top Iranian official: We’ll ‘choose time and place’ to strike back at Israel
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council says retaliation for attack on Syrian airbase is ‘inevitable’
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, shake hands for journalists at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran on, March 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 5, 2018, 4:35 pm
French foreign minister in Iran amid missile criticism
While Paris objects to Tehran’s ballistic weapons program, French companies have a lot of dealings in Iranian market, complicating possible sanctions
By Amir Vahdat
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with Iranian officials, participants of the 31st International Islamic Unity Conference and ambassadors from Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, December 6, 2017. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
January 2, 2018, 3:16 pm
Supreme leader blames Iran’s ‘enemies’ for unrest
Amid wave of protests in which 21 killed, Ayatollah Khamenei says foreign powers using cash, weapons and covert services to attack the country from within
By TOI staff and AFP
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