Untrustworthy US betrays own allies: Nasrallah
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement warned against putting trust in untrustworthy US, emphasizing that Washington cannot be trusted at all as it betrays own allies and does not stand committed to any agreement. “No one can rely on untrustworthy US and an agreement struck with it because of […]
UAE Pulls 200 Troops out of Yemen’s Aden: Witnesses
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The United Arab Emirates pulled some of its forces from Yemen’s southern port of Aden on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. Two officials told Reuters that an Emirati convoy boarded a military vessel at Buraiqa oil terminal near Yemen’s Aden refinery that had shipped out. Four employees at the refinery said […]
US envoy barred from impeachment hearing by State Department
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The State Department barred Gordon Sondland, the US European Union ambassador, from appearing Tuesday before a House panel conducting the impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump, his lawyer said. Attorney Robert Luskin said his client was “profoundly disappointed” that he wouldn’t be able to testify in impeachment hearing, Iran News quotes […]
US Role in Ukraine Conflict Talks is rejected by Kremlin
US Role in Ukraine Conflict Tehran (Iran News) – Russia on Tuesday rejected the idea of involving the United States in talks to help resolve the conflict between the Kiev government and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was no support for the idea of US role in Ukraine conflict […]
Afghanistan clashes: Bomb Goes Off inside Classroom
Tehran (Iran News) – An Afghan official said a bomb has gone off inside a classroom in eastern Ghazni province, wounding at least 19 university students. Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, says 12 of the wounded are female students of the Ghazni University, located on the outskirts of the provincial capital, the city […]
Brexit ball now in EU’s court: Boris Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the European Union on Monday that the Brexit ball was in its court, and that the bloc should now urgently discuss in detail his proposal for breaking the deadlock in talks ahead of Britain’s departure on October 31. With just 24 days to go before the United Kingdom is […]
Iran Opposes Turkish Military Operation in Syria
Tehran (Iran News) – Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Tehran’s opposition to any military operation in Syria, warning Turkish military which its invading the Syrian territories would cause widespread humanitarian and financial damages. In a statement on Tuesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reacted to the latest Turkish Military Operation in Syria and the alleged […]
Turkish army strikes Syrian Border Town
Tehran (Iran News) – Turkish army forces amassed near the border town in north-eastern Syria on Monday evening, according to a report. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the Turkish army on Monday evening “launched an assault on a number of areas in Hasaka northeastern countryside.” Iran News quotes the report. The agency […]
‘Buckle up’: Abrupt Syria policy shift is sign of Trump unchained
Over the span of just a few hours, U.S. President Donald Trump upended his own policy on Syria with a chaotic series of pronouncements, blindsiding foreign allies, catching senior Republican supporters off guard and sending aides scrambling to control the damage. Trump’s decision on Sunday to remove some U.S. forces from northeastern Syria, opening the […]
Time for EU to Match Britain’s Brexit Compromise
Tehran (Iran News) – The European Union must match the Brexit compromise made by Britain to secure a deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday, adding British negotiators were ready to continue talks at pace. The spokesman acknowledged that the talks on a Brexit deal were subject to time pressure, and said Johnson […]