UK might activate snapback mechanism against Iran, BBC reports

TEHRAN – The UK Foreign Office says is prepared to trigger snapback sanctions against Tehran in a move that reaffirms the West’s continued hostilities against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

“Don't bite the hand that feeds you”: British farmers unite against PM Starmer 

Hundreds of British protesters opposing changes to inheritance tax rules for farms gathered outside the Welsh Labour conference as the prime minister defended his government's recent Budget measures, the BBC reported.

UN Security Council members quarrel over Israel’s attack on Iran

TEHRAN – In an emergency meeting on Monday the UN Security Council members quarreled over Israel’s Oct. 26 attacks on Iran’s military installations.

‘A distraction from Gaza genocide’

TEHRAN – Iran’s embassy in the UK has said the Western country’s officials are trying to distract the public from London’s complicity in the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, after the MI5 spy chief claimed 20 “Iran-backed potentially lethal plots” had been disrupted in Britain since January 2022.

US, E3 acting on faulty intelligence, Iran says of claims of missile sale to Russia

'Iran has not delivered ballistic missiles to Russia. Period.'

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi on Wednesday insisted on Tehran’s previous announcements that the Islamic Republic has not sent ballistic missiles to Russia, saying the United States and the European trio of Britain, France and Germany are again acting on “faulty intelligence”.

Foreign Ministry summons British diplomat over anti-Iran sanctions

TEHRAN – Following Britain’s sanctions against three Iranian individuals and an institution under the pretext of causing instability in the West Asia region, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the British charge d’affairs to declare the Islamic Republic’s protest to the move.

The dark legacy of Western interference: slavery, colonialism, and coups: spox

TEHRAN- Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry, has criticized the United States and the United Kingdom for their meddling in the affairs of other nations, specifically highlighting their involvement in the 1953 coup in Iran that ousted the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.

Iran condemns U.S., Britain attacks on Yemeni cities

TEHRAN – The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned last night's attacks by the United States and Britain on areas in the Yemeni cities of Sanaa and Hodeidah, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of dozens of people.

Iranian military says will “cut the foot of aggressor”

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian military spokesman warned on Monday night that Iran will “cut the foot of any aggressor” if its territory comes under attack, warning the U.S., Britain, France and Germany to stop supporting the Zionist regime of Israel.

Raisi talks to Yemen’s Supreme Political Council chief, condemns US air raids

TEHRAN – In a telephone conversation with Yemen’s Supreme Political Council chairman Mahdi Al-Mashat late on Saturday, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran praised the bravery of the Yemeni nation for their support of the oppressed Palestinian nation and insisted on the principle of the safety of international shipping in the Red Sea.

‘U.S. action is the yardstick not its words’

Nuclear deal can be restored if US shows seriousness: Iran FM 

TEHRAN – If the U.S. shows seriousness in the negotiations the 2015 nuclear deal can be put on the right track, the Iranian foreign minister said on Saturday, suggesting in that situation all parties will return to their compliance under agreement.

West not entitled to shed crocodile tears for Iranians: Foreign Ministry 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry late on Friday said a small number of Western countries are not entitled to shed “crocodile tears” for the Iranian nation.

Spies from Sweden, France, and Britain in Iran’s captivity 

Over 50 intelligence services have set up Iran desk

TEHRAN- Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s Minister of Intelligence, revealed on Sunday that spies from Sweden, France, and Britain are in Iran’s captivity and that some of them had been put to death despite external pressure.

From soldier to prince: new perspective emerges on recovered Sassanian relief

TEHRAN – An Iranian researcher specializing in Sassanid bas-reliefs believes that a recently recovered relief from the UK depicts a prince or a man of royal blood, not a soldier.

Iran to start 2022 IWBF World Championships on Saturday

TEHRAN – Motivated Iran will begin the 2022 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championships on Saturday.

Tehran Papers

To what extent does the Taliban dance to the tune of America?

In its editorial, Kayhan addressed the recent tensions with the Taliban. It said: We will not abandon the main enemy.  The favorable opinion of America, Britain and Israel - behind the scenes of the operation room against Iran - is to destabilize the region and to push the neighboring countries in a conflict with each other, while our strategy has been friendship, cooperation and synergy between countries. 

Thousands march in London pro-Palestine demonstration

Thousands of people have gathered in central London in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

By Sara Atta

9 British crimes against Indians during the colonial era

TEHRAN- India celebrates its 74th National Republic Day on the 26th of January, 2023. The constitution of India was adopted on the 26th of November 1949 with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee.

IRGC arrests seven ringleaders of unrest in Kerman

TEHRAN – Seven persons who were instrumental in leading riots in the city of Kerman have been apprehended, the Kerman provincial branch of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement late on Sunday.

Iran rejects UK statement on internal developments

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned and described as rejected the meddlesome and delusional statements by the British foreign secretary about the developments in Iran, the Islamic Republic’s right to use nuclear energy for civilian purposes and Iran’s regional role, according to the Iranian foreign ministry.

Car of Mohammad Mosaddegh, who nationalized oil industry in Iran, named national heritage

TEHRAN - Car of Mohammad Mosaddegh, the 20th-century political leader who nationalized the huge British oil holdings in Iran, has been added to cultural heritage list of the nation.

Iran sends bills to Riyadh and London

TEHRAN- In an interview with the khamenei.ir published on Wednesday, Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib stressed that Tehran will send the bills of the recent seditious acts of Britain and Saudi Arabia to London and Riyadh as they should pay for their anti-Iran actions.

Heavy handed British crackdown against royal dissent 

The disturbing images of peaceful protesters across the United Kingdom being arrested by police for simply criticizing the British monarchy is yet another reminder of how the UK is not a democratic society and freedom of speech is not respected in the country as its leaders claim.