Araghchi attend Nonproliferation Conference in Moscow
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to visit Russia to attend 2019 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference titled Nuclear Energy, Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Araghchi is supposed to elaborate on the latest situation of Iran Nuclear Deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The event will be held in […]
Israeli drone in Gaza down by Hamas
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Palestine’s Hamas resistance movement shot down an Israeli drone in the northern parts of the Gaza Strip on Sunday night. According to Palestinian media, Hamas fighters have successfully shot down a “Quadcopter” drone that belongs to the Israeli regime near the Gaza Strip. The report did not provide further details but […]
Mahathir Mohamad criticizes imposed sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad criticized the move by a certain country that imposed sanctions on Iran, saying his country cannot trade with Iran, one of its big trading partners, due to sanctions. “Malaysia is now being sanctioned because we can’t trade with a very big trading country of ours, Iran. […]
Thousands of Lebanese Rally in Support of Michel Aoun
Thousands of protesters rallied outside Lebanon’s presidential palace on Sunday in a show of support for President Michel Aoun.
US Seeking to Blunt Rise of Russia, China
An American academic and political analyst said the US is confronted with Russia’s military resurgence and China’s economic might and is seeking to contain the two superpowers’ rise via sanctions and trade war.
Iraq Trade Minister: Iraq Protests Delay Food Shipments
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iraq trade minister said that ongoing protests delayed discharge of several rice and food shipments at the country’s main port of Umm Qasr. Protests have delayed the discharge of several food shipments, Mohammed Hashim al-Aani, Iraq trade minister said on Sunday, Reuters reported. Protesters on Saturday blocked all roads leading […]
Tillerson Urges Unity in Democratic-led impeachment inquiry
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday that Republicans and Democrats need to work together for the good of the United States, while avoiding a direct reference to the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Tillerson, whom Trump fired in a tweet in March 2018 amid friction […]
Turkey will send ISIS prisoners back to their hometown
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday that Turkey would send captured ISIS terrorists back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction on the matter. “That is not acceptable to us. It’s also irresponsible,” he said of Europe leaving Turkey to deal with the prisoners alone. “We will […]
Saudi Crown Prince Permitted Aramco IPO
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman finally gave the go-ahead for the initial public offering of Aramco. The crown prince made the decision of Aramco IPO at a meeting he chaired on Friday and an official announcement is likely as soon as Sunday, according to people familiar with the matter, who […]
UK Truck Deaths: Three suspects arrested
TEHRAN (Iran News)- Police in Vietnam and Ireland made three new arrests in the sprawling investigation into the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated truck container in Southeast England last week. Two people suspected of organising a people-smuggling operation in Vietnam were arrested in Ha Tinh province following reports from 10 families there […]