White House sought options to strike Iran: WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security team has over the past months conducted a series of meetings to discuss strikes against Iran. As part of the talks, Trump’s National Security Council, led by John Bolton, asked the Pentagon to provide the White House with military options to strike Iran. The request, which hasn’t been previously […]
US sanctions make Iraq all the more determined to boost ties with Iran
Leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq said Sun. that the US unilateral sanctions against Iran make Iraq all the more determined to develop relations with the Islamic Republic. Ammar al-Hakim made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his accompanying delegation on Sunday night in Baghdad. The […]
Iranians to Poland: You are ‘biting the hand that fed you’
The Polish government’s plan to hold an anti-Iran conference has been widely criticized by Iranian authorities, who described it as a “hostile act against Iran”. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that Poland and the United States are jointly organizing the global conference in Warsaw on February 13-14, with the aim of […]
Zarif lauds Iraqi officials’ stance toward Iran
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the Iraqi authorities’ positive stances toward Tehran will help improve ties between Iran and Iraq. Heading a politico-economic delegation, Zarif arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, IRNA reported. “In this trip, we plan to explore the areas of expansion of relations and cooperation,” he told reporters. According […]
Rumors on Hassan Nasrallah heart attack dismissed
The Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has strongly dismissed the rumors over the cardiac problem of Secretary General of Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrallah. In a twitter message on Sunday, Amir-Abdollahian rebuked the “false rumors by Zionists” concerning the Hezbollah leader’s hospitalization, saying, “The claims by Zionists […]
Beijing, Tehran economic ties on the rise
Gao Feng Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said that trade and economic ties between Beijing and Tehran are on the rise. He described economic ties between Iran and China as ‘sustainable and stable’. Iran and China are two important trade and business partners, he stressed in an interview with IRNA. He put the trade […]
Polish meeting means opponents have lost Iran case: Shamkhani
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says for enemies looking forward to an anti-Iran summit means that they have lost their case against the country. “Someone who [used to] talk about strongest sanctions, when they resort to seminars and congresses it means they have lost the case,” Shamkhani said on Saturday in […]
EU says will not allow U.S. to determine its trade ties with Iran
The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy says the United States cannot impose its policies on the 28-nation bloc’s legitimate trade relations with Iran. “We Europeans cannot accept that a foreign power – even our closest friend and ally – makes decisions over our legitimate trade with another country,” […]
A clear signal for the German chancellor
It’s a difficult time for the Chancellor of Germany. She had to pass the power inside the Christian Democrat Party to her rival, Kramp-Karenbauer. In a conference, Karenbauer rejected claims that she was the “mini Merkel”. “People consider me a ‘mini,’ a copy, a simple ‘more of the same,’ but I can tell you that […]
40 years of China’s open-door economic policy and great changes
China held a grand gathering on December 18, 2018, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the country’s reform and opening-up in Beijing, a great revolution that has changed the destiny of the Chinese nation and the world that began in 1978. he ensuing four decades has painted a completely different picture for China. The country […]