Several European countries have set up a new transaction channel that will allow companies to continue trading with Iran despite U.S. sanctions. The announcement was made on Thursday. The channel, set up by Germany, France, and the UK, is called INSTEX — short for “Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges.” “We’re making clear that we […]

The al-Quds Battalions, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, warned the Zionist regime of Israel against crossing the red lines and its attempts to change the rules of fight. In a statement, the al-Quds Battalions underlined that they will not allow the Zionist occupying regime to cross the Palestinian red lines and change […]

Russia’s Ambassador to Venezuela Vladimir Zaemsky does not believe that the current situation in the South American country may be described as ‘dual power’ since opposition leader Juan Guaido does not have any real powers. “All those remarks, which are made about dual power, in my view, don’t have any serious grounds, because Guaido does […]

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Moscow is concerned over the fact that terrorists have not abandoned their attempts to stage chemical attacks against Syrian civilians. The White Helmets have deployed equipment in several hospitals in the Syrian province of Idlib to film false flag chemical attacks and blame it on Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova […]

A record arctic air mass will remain over the central and eastern United States over the next several days. Several people have died in the dangerously low temperatures, but the weather looks set to ease Freezing temperatures sweeping the northern United States had left at least seven people dead on Thursday with authorities urging people to stay […]

US lawmakers said on Wednesday they expect Congress will pass a resolution ending US involvement in the Yemen war, which would force President Donald Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency in order to continue supporting the Saudi-led coalition. Republican and Democratic senators and representatives said on Wednesday they were re-introducing a war […]

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Bratislava on Tuesday and conferred with Slovakian officials on the EU’s planned trade mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the face of US sanctions. Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, arrived in Slovakia Tuesday on top of a high-ranking delegation as the […]

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Mon. that consultations between Germany, France, the UK and the European Union have led to agreement on setting up the Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with Iran soon. “As far as the special purpose vehicle is concerned: it will be registered, it has not yet been registered, but I would say […]

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to “enter serious talks” with the government in Kabul Monday, following unprecedented marathon negotiations between the insurgents and the US in Qatar last week. “I call on the Taliban to… show their Afghan will, and accept Afghans’ demand for peace, and enter serious talks with the Afghan […]

Leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq has once again condemned the US unilateral sanctions against Iran, saying Washington must abide by international law. Ammar al-Hakim made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi. During the meeting on Monday, the two sides conferred on the latest political developments in […]