Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to take a “step-by-step” approach in resolving a territorial dispute with Russia left over from World War II. Abe told a rally of former residents of four islands seized by Russia in the war’s final days and their supporters Thursday that settling the conflict over what Japan calls […]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced his plan to collect 10 million signatures against the interference of the United States in Venezuela’s internal affairs. “I thank people that came to Bolivar Square in Venezuela to sign a petition and speak against the interference of the US Empire into the affairs of our Motherland. This is a […]

Intelligence agencies in Nigeria are orchestrating a plot to kill top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) said. In a statement on Wednesday, the IMN exposed a plan by security agencies in Nigeria to kill Sheikh Zakzaky while in his detention facility, the official website of IMN reported. It added […]

The United States blocked a UN Security Council draft resolution condemning Israel’s decision to expel an international observer group tasked with protecting Palestinians in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Kuwait and Indonesia presented the motion on Wednesday after a closed-door UNSC meeting on the Tel Aviv regime’s recent decision to suspend the mandate […]

Former US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has slammed the Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the INF Treaty as a “gift to (Vladimir) Putin”. Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington would suspend its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and begin a six-month withdrawal process. The […]

The secretary general of Hezbollah praised the outstanding achievements made in Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic is now top-ranked in many fields both in the Middle East and the world forty years after the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. “Iran was under the significant influence of the United States during the (ousted monarchical) […]

 Iran’s Qeshm Air has launched its Muscat route with first flight landing at Muscat International Airport on Tuesday. The airline, Qesham Air, will be operating twice a week to Muscat International Airport twice a week from the Iranian island. The launch ceremony was inaugurated by Qeshm Air, Ambassador of Iran in Muscat, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Reza Sheikh […]

Expressing regret over the unilateral withdrawal of US administration from nuclear deal, European Union’s ambassador to the United States David O’Sullivan said trade and commerce with Iran is part and parcel of INSTEX. David O’Sullivan, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, wraps up his time in Washington at the end of February. The […]

 Danish multinational pharmaceutical company ‘Novo Nordisk’ has voiced readiness to resume its cooperation with Iran following the creation of EU’s trade mechanism to facilitate trade with Tehran in the face of US sanctions. The Iranian Ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, made the remark in a tweet on Tuesday, while referring to a report published by a […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the United States is supporting dictators and extremists in the Middle East. In a Wednesday tweet in response to Trump’s accusation against Iran, Zarif wrote, “Iranians—including our Jewish compatriots—are commemorating 40 yrs of progress despite US pressure, just as @realDonaldTrump again makes accusations against us @ #SOTU2019.” […]