UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid for a snap election on Dec. 12 was up in the air after his opponents said they want to rule out a no-deal Brexit first.

Japan's new trade minister said Friday he had submitted his resignation after being accused of violating election law by offering voters money and gifts, local media said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Thursday people would be free to exercise their right to demonstrate at imminent anti-government protests, but warned violence would not be tolerated.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Japan’s Abe in meeting with Iran envoy, Laya Joneidi urged all signatories to Iran nuclear deal on Thursday to fully implement the international treaty. Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said that Tokyo respects and supports the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Japan’s Abe meanwhile is urging all signatories to the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – European companies are looking to resume ties with Iranian petrochemical companies, the CEO of Tondgouyan Petrochemical Company said. Referring to Iran petchem companies’ participation in Germany’s K-Show, the largest exhibition in the plastics and polymer industries in the world, Seyyed Reza Ghasemi Shahri said, “The Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company has […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand called off his trip to Washington, DC, after the US government denied the members of his accompanying delegation visas for the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). After canceling his visit to the US for the annual IMF […]

The demonstrations seemingly began with a single spark. In Chile it was a hike in metro fares. In Lebanon it was a tax on WhatsApp calls. In Hong Kong it was a proposed extradition bill. Iran News qoutes the story about global protests told by CNN. Now those flickers have ignited wider protest movements, lifting the lid on deeper inequalities, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Veteran Turkish politician says President Recep Tayyab Erdogan should hold direct talks with the Syrian government if he wants to resolve Turkey’s security concerns permanently. “We must ask ourselves that why Turkey is talking with the US and Russia [over the north Syria developments], but not with the Syrian government?” Dr. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Republican and Democratic US senators asked the State Department Wednesday to quickly provide a visa so that the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces could visit the United States to discuss the situation in the Arab country. Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Marsha Blackburn and Democrats Chris Van Hollen, Jeanne […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that the sanctions imposed by the United States against member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have put hundreds of millions of people at risk and hampered global trade. Zarif made the remarks in an address to the preparatory ministerial meeting of the 18th NAM states Summit in […]