Sunday, 21 June_Former US national security adviser John Bolton says President Donald Trump had given Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu the green light to attack Iran, and pledged his support for such a military action .
TEHRAN, Jun 22 - A senior spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces warned the US against the mistake of taking military action on Iran, saying any attack will draw Tehran’s crushing response, cost the US dearly, and blow up a powder keg in the region.
TEHRAN, Jun 2 - China's defense minister warned Sunday that its military will "resolutely take action" to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters.
TEHRAN, May 14 - Hawkish American officials, led by National Security Advisor John Bolton, have reportedly presented President Donald Trump with a new military plan aimed at Iran, which would see Washington deploy tens of thousands of troops to the Middle East.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, shrugged off the recent deployment of US warships to the Persian Gulf waters, saying the Americans know that they cannot afford a military confrontation with Iran.
TEHRAN, May 07 - The US government is neither willing nor able to take any military action against Iran, a defense adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said.
TEHRAN, Apr 22 - The United States would not be seeking direct military intervention in Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly said off the record.
TEHRAN, Mar 05 - A political analyst based in London highlighted the European Union’s unwillingness to back US President Donald Trump's position on Iran and said the EU does not support any military action against Tehran or any move to “asphyxiate the Iranian economy”.
TEHRAN, July 28 - US Defense Secretary James Mattis has dismissed a news report that the United States is preparing military action against Iran, describing it as “fiction.”
TEHRAN, July 27 - Chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Ja’fari says Iran does not take military threats against it seriously, because a war on the country would have huge costs for its enemies.
TEHRAN, April 12 - The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, says members of parliament (MPs) should decide if British Prime Minister Theresa May can join the United States in any military action against Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack.
TEHRAN, March 22 - A widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan, and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea, after the United States passed a law to boost ties with Taiwan.
TEHRAN, January 17 - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has threatened North Korea with a military response unless it abandons its nuclear weapons program.
TEHRAN, September 27 - US President Donald Trump says Washington is "totally prepared" to take a “devastating” military action against Pyongyang as rhetoric heats up between the two countries following the recent spate of tit-for-tat barbs.
TEHRAN, March30, YJC- The United States should consider using “military means” against Iran, US Army General Joseph Votel says, calling Tehran “the greatest long-term threat to stability” in the Middle East.