S Korea’s imports of Iranian crude exceed $100m in Jan.
South Korean companies imported $101.2 million worth of Iranian crude last month, the first such move in five months, data showed Tuesday. The January figure represents less than one-fifth of $539 million, the average monthly Iranian crude oil imports for the first seven months of 2018, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service, […]
US’ Warsaw conf. after creating new dividing lines in ME: Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the Warsaw conference came as a “new demonstration of the US administration’s policy towards creating new dividing lines in the Middle East.” “We have to state with regret that the conference in Warsaw came as a new demonstration of the US administration’s policy towards creating new dividing […]
Int’l Conference on Central Asia Kicks off in Tashkent
TASHKENT – The International Conference “Central Asian Connectivity: Challenges and New Opportunities” opened yesterday in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. The ceremony was inaugurated by a speech from Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov. Addressing the conference, Kamilov pointed to the current situation in the region especially after the previous meeting of leaders of the Central Asian […]
Iran offers sympathy to Zimbabwe over mine flooding accident
Iran has offered deepest sympathies and condolences to the government and nation of Zimbabwe over a mine flooding accident that left dozens of miners dead. In a statement on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi voiced his deepest regret over a tragic mine flooding accident in Zimbabwe, which has claimed the lives of tens […]
US, Israeli weapons left behind by terrorists found in Damascus
In the process of continuing work to secure the liberated areas in Damascus Countryside, the authorities found large quantities of weapons and ammunition including US and Israeli-made rockets. A source told SANA Monday that while the engineering units were combing areas liberated from terrorism in Damascus Countryside, the authorities found American and Israeli-made rockets, in […]
Ties with China ‘most strategic’ for Iran: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that ties with China is the most strategic for Iran among relations to other world countries. He made the remarks Tuesday in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. China is an important country for Iran and its foreign policy, said Zarif, adding that the […]
Yemen Warring Sides Agree to Begin Pullback from Hudaydah
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and forces loyal to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hudaydah, in a deal the United Nations described Sunday as important progress. The redeployment from Hudaydah was a key provision of a ceasefire deal […]
Partition scheme does not stop at Syrian borders: Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the enemies’ partition scheme does not stop at the borders of the Syrian state, but it covers the region as a whole. Addressing a Sunday meeting with the heads of local councils from all Syrian governorates, Bashar al-Assad said the partition scheme is not something new and it does not […]
Iran has given no commitment to any country on Yemen: foreign ministry
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, stressing that Yemen is an independent country and only Yemenis can decide on their country, said “Iran has given no commitment to any country on Yemen.” The Yemeni crisis, the three-year aggression against the country, the killing of innocent people and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen have always been […]
Zarif urges US to treat its malignant disease on Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the US has intensified its hostility against Iran, culminating in the breach of its JCPOA commitments, and urged the country to treat its malignant disease. Over the past two years, the United States has intensified its hostility against Iran, culminating in breach of its JCPOA commitments, as confirmed by Security Council, Zarif said, […]