US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has repeated the unfounded claims on Iran’s missile program describing it as a threat to Europe and the Middle East. In a Tuesday statement, Pompeo said, “Iran’s attempt to launch a satellite into orbit with a three-stage rocket demonstrates the Islamic Republic’s intent to develop missiles able to reach […]

Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran’s English-language Press TV television news network, has been imprisoned in the United States for unspecified reasons. According to Press TV, Hashemi is being held at a detention facility in Washington DC although no formal charges have been pressed against her. The American-born journalist and television presenter, […]

 The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said that his country supports Iran’s missile program, calling the criticisms against the Iranian missile nonsense. Talking to reporters on Tuesday, after Iran’s launching of Payam satellite, which a technical failure prevented it from placing into the orbit, Sergey Ryabkov reacted to Western countries’ criticism against Iranian missile program. Sergey […]

Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif spotlighted Iran’s reliability as a friend and business partner for Kurds after his visit to the Kurdistan Region during a trip to Iraq. In a late Tuesday twitter message, Zarif hailed the comprehensive talks with the leaders of the Kurdistan region, saying that Kurds can rely on the Islamic Republic […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump don’t have any personal deals and all sanctions against Moscow are real and very serious, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Argumenty i Fakty weekly newspaper published on Tuesday. “This is delving into conspiracy theory, which has nothing to do with reality,” Peskov […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that he viewed a planned 20-mile (32 km) safe zone in Syria positively and added that its range may be extended further. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he had discussed a safe zone which Turkey would set up inside Syria along the length of their border, […]

A Saudi woman accepted as a refugee in Canada said in an Australian television interview that she expected her experience would inspire other women to flee her homeland. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. in an interview recorded in Toronto and broadcast in Australia on Tuesday that she hoped that the international attention […]

Jordan agreed Tuesday to a UN request to host a meeting between forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Ansarullah troops to discuss a prisoner swap deal, a Jordanian foreign ministry statement said. The statement did not say when the meeting of a follow-up committee set up to discuss implementing […]

Hundreds of Honduran migrants began the long trek north on Monday, part of new US-bound caravan that hopes to succeed even as a previous wave of Central Americans were unable to quickly enter the United States. Central American migrant caravans have become a flashpoint in the debate over US immigration policy, as President Donald Trump […]

China asked some state-run enterprises to avoid business trips to the US and its allies and to take extra precautions to protect their devices if they need to travel, according to people familiar with the request. In recent weeks, the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission — a regulatory body that oversees about 100 government-run […]