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Zarif Resignation Not to Change US Policy toward Iran: Pompeo 26 Feb 2019

Zarif Resignation Not to Change US Policy toward Iran: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his Iranian counterpart’s resignation would not change Washington’s policy toward Iran “We note @JZarif’s resignation,” Pompeo said in a Twitter post on Monday. “We’ll see if it sticks… Our policy is unchanged,” he added. Last night, Zarif announced his resignation from the cabinet in a post on his […]

EU: Military Intervention in Venezuela Must Be Avoided 26 Feb 2019

EU: Military Intervention in Venezuela Must Be Avoided

The European Union on Monday urged countries to avoid any military intervention in Venezuela. “We must avoid a military intervention,” Maja Kocijancic, the spokeswoman for diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini, told reporters. “What is explicitly quite clear, from our point of view, is that we need a peaceful political and democratic and Venezuelan-owned resolution of this […]

Leader receives Bashar al-Assad 26 Feb 2019

Leader receives Bashar al-Assad

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received the visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on Monday morning. During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the Syrian people and government’s resistance against the terrorist and their supporters in the region, saying the resistance by Syrian president and nation was the key to defeating the […]

Growing Calls in Iran Asking Zarif to Draw Back from Resignation 26 Feb 2019

Growing Calls in Iran Asking Zarif to Draw Back from Resignation

More than 150 Iranian lawmakers asked President Hassan Rouhani to turn down Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation, while the president’s chief of staff has rejected reports that the president has accepted the top diplomat’s resignation. In comments on Tuesday morning, rapporteur of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said a group of […]

US-Taliban talks in Qatar to focus on US’ Afghanistan exit 25 Feb 2019

US-Taliban talks in Qatar to focus on US’ Afghanistan exit

Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said in an exclusive interview with Mehr that today’s US-Taliban talks in Qatar will focus on the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and safety of other countries from terrorist attacks from Afghan territory. Speaking to Mehr News correspondent ahead of US-Taliban peace talks in Doha on Monday, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah […]

Detained French businesswoman in Iran has been released: FM spox 25 Feb 2019

Detained French businesswoman in Iran has been released: FM spox

The Spokesman for Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Ghasemi said Sun. that a French citizen who had been detained in Iran for for entering Iran illegally has been released during recent days. Bahram Ghasemi said on Sunday that a French citizen who was arrested for entering Iran illegally has been released during recent days after completing legal process […]

Trump’s policy toward S Arabia to be subverted by Clintonites: Prof. Kovacevic 25 Feb 2019

Trump’s policy toward S Arabia to be subverted by Clintonites: Prof. Kovacevic

Prof. Kovacevic says Trump administrations policy toward S Arabia will eventually be subverted by the Clintonites who would prefer a regime change in Saudi Arabia. The US is rushing to transfer sensitive nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, according to a new congressional report. The issue was discussed with Professor Filip Kovacevic, University of San […]

Iranian Army Navy wraps up Velayat-97 drills; all objectives materialized 25 Feb 2019

Iranian Army Navy wraps up Velayat-97 drills; all objectives materialized

 Massive three-day naval drill, code-named ‘Velayat-97’, in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf, which kicked off on Friday with the participation of home-grown, recently unveiled ‘Fateh’ submarine and ‘Sahand’ destroyer, wrapped up today. According to the Public Relations Department of Iranian Army Navy, the three-day Velayat-97 naval drills ended today, during which different […]

9 Civilians Killed, 13 Wounded in Yemen: UN 24 Feb 2019

9 Civilians Killed, 13 Wounded in Yemen: UN

 Nine civilians were killed and at least 13 wounded earlier this week in attacks in the provinces of Hudaydah and Hajjah in war-torn Yemen, the UN said. In the western city of Hudaydah, eight people were killed and 10 were wounded Tuesday when an artillery shell hit a market to the west of the Tuhayta district, […]

Erdogan Hails ‘Significant Progress’ with Iran, Russia over Syria’s Idlib 24 Feb 2019

Erdogan Hails ‘Significant Progress’ with Iran, Russia over Syria’s Idlib

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “significant progress” has been made in Turkey’s ongoing talks with Iran and Russia to secure Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. “Let’s secure the Idlib region completely, we say. We are talking with Russia and Iran to do that and we have made significant progress,” Erdogan said on Saturday, Hurriyet […]