Ali Shamkhani

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

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

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani, right, with interpreter at centre, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2017. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

December 10, 2017, 12:11 pm

British foreign secretary meets Iran’s president

Johnson expected to discuss fate of imprisoned dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was convicted of plotting against Iranian government

By Agencies

Ali Akbar Velayati, senior aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (YouTube screenshot)

October 22, 2017, 1:09 pm

Iran praises Hamas for sticking to armed struggle against Israel

In Tehran, Gaza-based terror group’s deputy chief rejects Israeli and American demands and vows to eliminate the ‘Zionist entity’

By TOI staff and Dov Lieber

Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, right, shakes hands with the head of the UN's atomic watchdog Yukiya Amano during a meeting in Tehran on July 02, 2015. (AFP/ATTA KENARE)

September 15, 2017, 10:54 am

Iran: US ‘seeking excuses’ to destroy nuclear deal

Top security official in Islamic Republic says Tehran has ‘no undisclosed nuclear activity in any geographical location in the country’

By AFP and TOI staff

Members of Iraqi counter-terrorism forces take part in training under the command of international military instructors in Baghdad on March 20, 2016, as they prepare for a future operation aimed at retaking the northern city of Mosul. (AFP/Sabah Arar)

July 24, 2017, 1:31 am

Iran, Iraq vow to boost military ties

Neighbors agree to ‘wide range’ of defense cooperation’ that includes the ‘fight against terrorism and extremism’

By AFP

Buses drive through the Syrian government-controlled crossing of Ramoussa, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, on December 18, 2016, during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and civilians from rebel-held areas. (AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN)

December 18, 2016, 7:14 pm

Gunmen attack buses sent to evacuate Syria pro-regime villages

Two dozen armed men set fire to at least 20 vehicles meant to rescue civilians from northern Aleppo

By AFP

A view of Tehran's skyline (YouTube screen capture)

June 20, 2016, 12:30 pm

Iran claims to foil ‘biggest terrorist plot’ in its history

Several suspects nabbed with bombs and ammunition, are not identified beyond the term ‘takfiris’

By AP

November 29, 2015, 5:00 pm

Iran: Nuke deal off unless UN drops atomic weapons probe

Watchdog says its upcoming report on past military dimensions of Tehran’s program is not ‘black and white’

By AFP

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly September 25, 2014 in New York. (photo credit: AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

June 2, 2015, 2:47 pm

Rouhani blames world backing of Syrian rebels for jihadis’ rise

Iranian president says West miscalculated, vows Tehran will never abandon Assad regime

By AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, November 20, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

April 14, 2015, 8:32 pm

Netanyahu urges Putin in vain not to supply Iran with missile defenses

Russian president says S-300 ‘no threat’ as PM warns it will boost regime’s aggression, reduce Mideast stability; IAF said to have trained against system

By Elhanan Miller and TOI staff