Vladimir Yevseyev, the director of the Russian Center for Socio-Political Studies Russia will try to stop any military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities as any threat to the Islamic Republic is a problem for Moscow, a Russian military expert tells Press TV. Vladimir Yevseyev, the director of the Russian Center for Socio-Political Studies, told Press TV on Saturday that “a military attack against... 

China's Ambassador to Iran Yu Hongyang China’s Ambassador to Iran has reiterated Beijing’s determination to expand ties with Tehran amid Western-led efforts to impose more unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic. During a Saturday visit to the Iranian central city of Arak, Ambassador Yu Hongyang described Iran-China relations as satisfactory and added, “Considering the long history... 

Iran plans to put foreign spy drones it has in its possession on display in the near future, according to an informed source close to the Tehran Times. National reporters and foreign ambassadors based in Tehran will be allowed to visit the exhibition. The report was also published on the website of Nasim news agency. The latest domestically manufactured electronic warfare equipment will also be put... 

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal Former Saudi intelligence agency chief Prince Turki al-Faisal has warned that launching an attack on Iran will have ‘calamitous’ consequences. Speaking at Alfaisal University in Riyadh on Tuesday, al-Faisal said the impact of a military strike against Iran will be “calamitous … cataclysmic, not just catastrophic.” Al-Faisal added that the adverse implications... 

Confusion caused by military drill rattles markets. A rumor that Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices skyrocketing today, but the story turned out to be inaccurate and was likely a result of confusion surrounding an upcoming Iranian military drill set to take place near the key oil choke point. Yesterday, Parviz Sarvari an Iranian MP went public with the claim that Iran was about to... 

US President Barack Obama Following days of silence on the American spy drone captured and unveiled by Iranian armed forces, US President Barack Obama says Washington has asked Tehran to return the US reconnaissance drone. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” Obama said in a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday. The plea comes... 

Lawmaker Kazem Jalali A senior Iranian lawmaker calls on the Foreign Ministry to lodge a complaint against the US over the recent violation of Iran’s airspace by an American reconnaissance drone. Member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Kazem Jalali said Sunday that the US has a long history of violating the sovereignty of other countries, ICANA news agency... 

Iran has released video footage of the most advanced US reconnaissance drone which was downed by the Iranian Army in the eastern part of the Islamic Republic earlier this week. On Sunday December 4, the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit downed with minimum damage the US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft which was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225km) from the Afghan... 

An American RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned reconnaissance aircraft A senior Iranian military official says Iran’s Army has downed a remote-controlled reconnaissance drone operated by the US military in the eastern part of the country. The informed source said on Sunday that the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit successfully targeted the US-built RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft after it... 

Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam says 12 students were arrested during the recent protest rally in front of the British Embassy in Tehran. “After students entered the British Embassy and Qolhak Garden, 12 [students] were arrested…they have been turned over to judicial authorities,” Ahmadi-Moqaddam... 

Chinese Major General Zhang Zhaozhong US dispatches three more warships to Middle East. A military General from the Chinese National Defense University says that China should not hesitate to protect Iran, even if it means launching world war three, as more US warships are dispatched to the region amidst heightening tensions. According to NDTV, a Chinese news station based outside the country, in regard... 

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich Russia has warned Western countries over exacerbating tensions with Iran, stressing that such a move would be “fraught with severe consequences.” “We speak out categorically against cranking up a spiral of tension and confrontation on issues linked with Iran. We believe that this … is fraught with severe consequences,” Reuters... 

Senior Iranian military officials repeated their warnings to the US and Israel against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that enemies cannot imagine the extent of Iran’s response as they are unaware of the level and limits of the power of the Iranian armed forces. “Enemies do not know where our power ends,” Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier... 

Jericho ballistic missiles Saber-rattling rhetoric in the Middle East is reaching new heights. Israel is reportedly deploying its long-range Jericho missiles around Jerusalem, while the Iranian defense minister threatened massive missile retaliation against Israel. The threat to launch “150,000 or more” missiles was voiced by Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday as he was delivering a speech... 

Hundreds of Iranian student protesters storm the British embassy in Tehran Dozens of Iranian students have stormed the UK embassy in Tehran, chanting “death to England.” Before police intervened, protesters pelted the embassy with stones and petrol bombs, brought down the flag, and destroyed a pile of classified documents. Police have released six employees of the embassy who had been taken hostage...