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Araghchi on false-flag operation in Iraq: Our Kurdish friends should remain vigilant
Aug 18, 2026 06:27Pars Today – Iran’s Foreign Minister, in response to reports of an attack on the office of the Prime Minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, stressed that Iran’s Kurdish friends should remain vigilant against false-flag tactics designed to create divisions among neighboring countries.
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Yemen attacks a ship, four Saudi military boats in Red Sea
Aug 18, 2026 05:59Pars Today – The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced that Yemeni forces had targeted a Saudi-affiliated military vessel and four accompanying military boats off the coast of Al-Mokha in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles.
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Pezeshkian: Iran-Iraq war veterans never abandoned Iran’s dignity
Aug 18, 2026 05:38Pars Today – The President of Iran wrote in a message that what Iran’s war veterans endured was not merely a part of the history of the war, but the story of men who endured suffering without ever abandoning Iran’s dignity.
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Mohsen Rezaei: Iran’s Armed Forces spare no effort to protect country
Aug 17, 2026 09:28Pars Today — Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said that Iran’s Armed Forces will stand to the very end in fulfilling the directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and safeguarding the security and growing pride of the Islamic Republic of Iran, sparing no effort in this honorable path.
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Israeli settlers carried out more than 3,000 attacks in West Bank since 2025
Aug 17, 2026 08:42Pars Today — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that Israeli settlers have carried out more than 3,000 attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank from 2025 through the end of June.
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Former US National Counterterrorism Center Chief: Ending war with Iran is Trump’s only way out
Aug 17, 2026 08:24Pars Today — Joe Kent, former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center, said that withdrawing from the war with Iran is Donald Trump’s only way out.
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Commemorative ceremonies for 40th day of martyred Leader to be held in Tehran, Qom and Mashhad
Aug 17, 2026 07:44Pars Today — The Office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has announced that commemorative ceremonies marking the 40th day since the historic funeral and burial of the martyred leader will be held in Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad.
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Israeli media: Trump failed to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Aug 17, 2026 07:38Pars Today — Israel’s Channel 13 reported that, despite 60 days having passed, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and that Trump’s efforts to reopen it have failed.
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Iran Central Bank governor holds economic talks with senior Iraqi officials
Aug 17, 2026 07:23Pars Today — Central Bank of Iran Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati met with Iranian traders, exporters, contractors, and businesspeople operating in Iraq as part of the first engagement of his visit to the country.
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Malaysian PM: Iran’s resistance to US attacks commendable
Aug 17, 2026 07:20Pars Today — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, referring to Tehran’s steadfastness and determination in the face of US attacks, said Iran’s resistance to US military aggression is commendable.