"The US should know that if it starts a new war, this time it will be a regional war," Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says.
The deputy commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) dismissed recent war rhetoric and US naval deployments as psychological operations, saying Iran’s armed forces remain fully prepared.
A group of NATO countries is working to set up a new bank by 2027 to help fund military spending and prepare for a potential conflict with Russia, Izvestia reports, citing sources.
The US Department of War is locked in a dispute with artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic over restrictions that would limit how the military can deploy AI systems, including for autonomous weapons targeting and domestic surveillance.
US President Donald Trump has said that American oil companies are going to Venezuela in light of the South American country’s latest push to incentivize foreign investment in its energy sector.
Iranian Parliament Speaker said that Europe’s move against the IRGC follows US directives, warning that under Iranian law, the armed forces of European countries are considered terrorist organizations.
Iran, Russia, and China are set to conduct a joint naval exercise in the northern Indian Ocean in late February, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The deputy foreign minister of Yemen’s Government of Change and Construction has strongly condemned the European Union Council’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, saying the move shows the elite force’s effectiveness in thwarting Israeli plots in West Asia.
The Foreign Ministry has confirmed taking place of a one-day visit by Qatar’s foreign minister to Tehran, during which the latter held talks with his Iranian counterpart and the country’s top security official.
Iran’s top security official says talks with the United States over the country’s nuclear program are taking shape despite heightened threats of military confrontation.
President Masoud Pezeshkian has reiterated that resolving disputes through diplomacy remains Iran’s priority, but notes that the Islamic Republic cannot be compelled into negotiations through threats or coercion and that war would benefit neither side either.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has played a consistent role in maintaining peace and stability in the Persian Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz within it, while warning that the presence and actions of extra-regional forces have historically driven escalation rather than de-escalation.
