IRGC Deputy Commander for Operations Abbas Nilforoushan has warned against any Israeli military operation against Iran, threatening "If Israel makes a strategic mistake, it has to collect bits and pieces of Tel Aviv from the lower depths of the Mediterranean Sea."
Iran's hardline media have welcomed President Hassan Rouhani's defiant speech at the UN General Assembly in their Thursday issues and some of his most staunch critics have praised him for echoing Supreme Leader Kahamenei's rhetoric.
World leaders have been urging Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to meet Donald Trump, who himself seems to be trying every possible avenue to arrange a handshake.
U.S. President Donald Trump has defended U.S. sanctions against Iran and called on all nations to act against Tehran and not "subsidize Iran's bloodlust."
Iran and the EU-3, Germany, UK and France have been sending each other mixed messages as world leaders gathered in New York for the 74th UN General Assembly meeting.
Iranian presidents attending UNGA have mixed records, but one thing is common: They failed to use the occasion to bring their country out of international isolation.
In unprecedented remarks by a regime insider, reformist activist and veteran politician Behzad Nabavi has said four financial institutions linked to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei control 60 percent of Iran's national wealth.
Iranian military commanders have been talking big since Friday evening, threatening the United States and Saudi forces in the region, warning against even limited attacks against Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized a “moderate” bolstering of U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) following the attack on Saudi oil infrastructure that many in the administration have blamed on Iran.
Religious and military leaders across Iran used the occasion of Friday Prayers to issue warnings to the U.S. and its allies in the region, six days after attacks on Saudi oil Facilities.
Two senior Iranian officials have threatened a "swift and all-out response" in case the U.S. or others launch military action against Iran.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani may not take part in the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, as no visa has been issued to him and his entourage as of midday Wednesday September 18.
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