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Iran Army Chief to Trump: Iran has defenders who will break your legs
Aug 17, 2026 07:05Pars Today — Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Major General Amir Hatami said: “The criminal US president says he wants to declare the Strait of Hormuz part of the land of crime. You have no right to do that! Even making such a statement as a joke is outrageous. This is Iran, and it has defenders who will break your legs.”
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Erdogan: Israel is cause of current war in region
Aug 17, 2026 06:03Pars Today — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview with Al Jazeera, described Israel as the main cause and initiator of the current war in the region.
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Iran and Iraq hold talks to remove obstacles to bilateral trade
Aug 17, 2026 05:37Pars Today — The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnasser Hemmati, met with Iraq’s Minister of Trade during a visit to Iraq to discuss ways to facilitate economic ties and remove existing obstacles to trade between the two countries.
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Iranian Army: Any threat to prove ineffective against our defensive shield
Aug 17, 2026 05:35Pars Today — The Islamic Republic of Iran Army, in a statement marking August 17, the anniversary of the return of Iran’s honored prisoners of war to their homeland, said that the Iranian Army has today reached a position of strength by drawing on the legacy of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause of truth, as well as the valuable experiences of veterans and former prisoners of war.
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US general: We did not expect Iran to destroy our bases
Aug 17, 2026 05:21Pars Today — Former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to keep US aircraft carriers deployed for an extended period in the war against Iran, acknowledging that the United States had not expected Iran to destroy its bases in the region.
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Iran’s First VP proposes formation of union of Persian-speaking countries and regions
Aug 16, 2026 10:09Pars Today — Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, referring to the extensive cultural, civilizational, and linguistic commonalities between Iran and Tajikistan, proposed the formation of a union of Persian-speaking countries and regions and called for the proposal to be seriously pursued during official visits and meetings between the two countries.
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Senior US lawmaker: Enough with failed Republican war of choice in Iran
Aug 16, 2026 09:21Pars Today — House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized the treatment of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying they are not being treated “with dignity and respect,” and stressed that it is time to end the Republicans’ failed war against Iran.
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Bagherzadeh: Qatar should allow Iranian Air Force experts to determine Iranian pilots' fate
Aug 16, 2026 08:53Pars Today — The commander of Iran’s Missing Persons Search Committee at the General Staff of the Armed Forces, responding to Qatar’s denial that Iranian pilots were being held captive, said that a team of highly experienced Iranian Air Force experts has been waiting for months to enter Qatar and conduct an on-site investigation.
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Iran government branches stress continued coordination, synergy
Aug 16, 2026 08:49Pars Today — A meeting of the heads of Iran’s three branches of government, hosted by President Masoud Pezeshkian, was held with an emphasis on the need to maintain coordination and synergy among the three branches.
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Yemen’s Ansarullah condemns Israeli crimes in Lebanon, Gaza and West Bank
Aug 16, 2026 08:31Pars Today — The political office of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement strongly condemned, in a statement Saturday night, the Israeli regime’s recent crimes and killings in the towns of Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani in southern Lebanon, as well as its continued human rights violations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.