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The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, has warned that Tehran would react swiftly and decisively to any action to harm his country's security from Iraqi territory. Shamkhani spoke during his reception of the Iraqi Speaker, Mohammad al-Halbousi, who arrived on his first visit to Tehran since…

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani implicitly linked diplomatic efforts at the Vienna talks for reviving the nuclear agreement, and the Revolutionary Guards adopting a “ballistic missile” attack on Erbil against what Tehran labeled as “Israeli centers.” Shamkhani pointed to Iran using both the field and…

"Bitter experience" with broken US promises has made it inevitable that Iran will push to defend its interests by securing a "reliable" nuclear agreement, its top security official said on Wednesday, according to the Nour-news website. "Bitter experience with the US breach of promises and European inaction have made it…

Security talks between Iran and Syria were conducted in Tehran at a time when Syria’s Special Adviser at the Republic Presidency Luna al-Shebel announced Damascus having information about extremist fighters leaving the Middle East region and heading to Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Speaking to Sputnik on Monday, al-Shebel revealed that the…

Talks in Vienna on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers have made "significant progress", Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday at a weekly press briefing. Separately, Iran's top security official Ali Shamkhani said talks with European negotiators were ongoing and would continue while…

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, has indicated that verification and guarantees would be among the things needed to reach an agreement to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. This comes at a time when British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss has informed her Iranian counterpart that it…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused Western states of “tampering with the text and playing for time” at the Vienna negotiations aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. However, he said that arriving at a good deal was at hand. For his part, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s…

Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday that Tehran and Washington are still far from achieving the required “balance” in commitments at the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. “Despite limited progress in the Vienna talks, we are still far from…

Iran's top security official Ali Shamkhani said on Saturday that it has a right to continue nuclear research and development that cannot be curbed by any agreement. "Iran's legal right to continue research and development and maintain its peaceful nuclear capabilities and achievements, side by side with its security ...…