Maziar Motamedi

Tehrān

Iran Correspondent at Al Jazeera English

Journalist, Tehran-based online correspondent for @AJEnglish Digital [email protected]

Articles

Who are Iran's new top military leaders after Israel's assassinations?

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran - Iran has promoted several commanders to the top of its military leadership after Israel killed their predecessors in a series of air attacks. The leadership of Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has shifted significantly as the country defends against Israeli attacks and launches retaliatory strikes.
Iran says US bears responsibility for Israel's aggression

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Israel's attacks on his country could not have materialised without the agreement and support of the United States. "We have well-documented and solid evidence of the support provided by American forces in the region and their bases for the military attacks of the Zionist regime," Iran's top diplomat told reporters during a news conference in the capital, Tehran, on Sunday.
Shock, fear in Tehran after Israel bombs residential, military areas

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran - Roya, a 62-year-old resident of Iran's capital, was jolted awake just after 3am on Friday morning by the sound of explosions in her Marzdaran neighbourhood in western Tehran. "It was absolutely terrifying, my heart was beating out of my chest," she recalled. "I saw smoke on the horizon and at first thought all the strikes were farther away, but when the images came out, I found that a home just a few streets from us was hit too," she told Al Jazeera.
Iran doubles down as US signals Israel could strike during nuclear talks

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran - Iranian authorities have remained defiant amid concerns that Israel could launch an attack on Iran as the global nuclear watchdog adopts another Western-led censure resolution.
Israeli soldiers kill 13, wound 200 in Gaza in latest aid seeker attack

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi |Virginia Pietromarchi

The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 57 aid seekers have been killed by Israeli soldiers since yesterday morning. Sources at al-Awda Hospital, central Gaza, say Israeli soldiers again opened fire on aid seekers near an aid point this morning, killing at least 13 people and wounding about 200. At least 57 aid seekers were killed yesterday, the Health Ministry says.
Iran warns against IAEA pressure, Israel attack as more US talks loom

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran - Iran has warned against Western-led escalation by the global nuclear watchdog and any attack by Israel amid preparations for a sixth round of talks with the United States. Behrouz Kamalvandi, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the country will have a "proportionate" response to any action against it by Western countries, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Iran summons UK charge d'affaires amid nuclear friction

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

'Suspicious and unwarranted' arrests of Iranians come amid lingering tensions over Iran's nuclear programme and the fallout of Russia-Ukraine war. Tehran, Iran - Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the United Kingdom's charge d'affaires over what it called "suspicious and unwarranted" arrests of several Iranian nationals.
Iran’s leaders slam Trump for ‘disgraceful’ remarks during Middle East tour | Nuclear Weapons News

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s political and military leaders are pointing the finger back at Donald Trump after the United States president sharpened his rhetoric during his first major tour of the Middle East. In a speech to a group of teachers gathered for a state ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said some of Trump’s comments were not even worth responding to.
Iran’s leaders slam Trump for ‘disgraceful’ remarks during Middle East tour

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Maziar Motamedi

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s political and military leaders are pointing the finger back at Donald Trump after the United States president sharpened his rhetoric during his first major tour of the Middle East. In a speech to a group of teachers gathered for a state ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said some of Trump’s comments were not even worth responding to.
Nuclear enrichment 'non-negotiable', Iran says before US talks in Oman

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Maziar Motamedi

Iranian foreign minister says civilian enrichment cannot be subjected to any deal as Tehran and Washington set to hold talks. Tehran, Iran - Iran has emphasised its right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes as an Iranian delegation led by the foreign minister reached the Omani capital, Muscat, for a fourth round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States.