TEHRAN (Iran News) – Tunisia’s independent candidate Kais Saied won the second round of Tunisia’s Presidential election held Sunday by garnering 72.71 percent of the votes, Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Election (ISIE) announced on Monday. Nabil Karoui, leader of the Heart of Tunisia party and media mogul, won only 27.29 percent votes of Tunisia’s […]

National Security Adviser of the United Arab Emirates Tahnoun bin Zayed has paid a visit to Tehran on an undisclosed mission meant to defuse tensions in the Persian Gulf, a senior security source in the UAE told London-based news outlet the Middle East Eye (MEE). MEE contacted the UAE Embassy media office in London, but […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US President Donald Trump said the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other countries should be responsible for protecting Kurds in northern Syria against a Turkish incursion, not the US which is “7,000 miles away” from Syria. “Let Syria and Assad try protecting Kurds and fight Turkey for their own […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Monday for his second visit to the country after his 2007 trip. Russia President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia on Monday for the first time in over a decade. The visit comes as part of Putin’s tour to the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Syrian army troops entered Tabqah, Ain Issa and Tel Tamer in northeastern Syria after the Damascus government reached an agreement with Kurds in the region to deploy troops in the area, state media reported. The deployment to Ain Issa and Tabqah near Raqqah on Monday restores Syria’s foothold in an […]

terrorist cells dismantled TEHRAN (Iran News) – Two terrorist cells dismantled during Arbaeen march in southern Iranian province of Khuzestan have been dismantled, Iran’s Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi said on Monday. “Some 50 weapons have been seized in the operations to detain the terrorists,” Alavi said. Hailing all the Iranian affiliated organizations to ensure […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey’ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected offers for mediation with Syrian Kurds militia as the Turkish military continues its offensive against them in northern Syria. Speaking Sunday, Erdogan slammed Western allies for standing by the Syrian Kurdish militias and said Turkey won’t negotiate with “terrorists,” AP reported. NATO member Turkey views […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council highlighted the failure of all American plans for West Asia, saying even the US’ regional allies have arrived at the conclusion that the Middle East would be a safer place without the US. In an article published on Monday, Ali Shamkhani said three open […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Six people, ranging from 14 to 27 years old, are being treated in a hospital after gunshot in Philadelphia, police said. A 911 call came in Sunday evening reporting “gunshots and several victims,” Philadelphia police said. “At 8th Street and Clearfield Street on the highway at approximately 5:24 p.m., E-911 received […]

Donald Trump is ordering the withdrawal of remaining US troops from northern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday, a development that has paralyzed the fight against ISIS and ceded US and Kurdish battlefield gains to Moscow and Damascus. Iran News quotes the report by CNN. “We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, […]