The Syria’s Foreign and Expatriates Ministry condemned Sun. the decision of the US administration to slap fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran which are due to enter into effect on November 5. According to SANA, an official source at the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates ministry said in a statement that Syria considers this […]

 Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Pang Sen on Sunday stressed China’s firm decision to confront new U.S. sanctions against Iran, saying his country will continue cooperation with the Islamic Republic despite U.S. pressure, IRNA reported. “Beijing is opposed to the U.S. unilateral policy and continues cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, considering its responsibility on […]

An older brother, who has spent his life traveling with his wife (they are childless) and photographing and writing light travel articles, has been in Oman these past two weeks and writes me an enthused e-mail about how Sultan Qaboos is such a “leader”, having recently hosted Netanyahu and even Mahmoud Abbas on visits to […]

 Heiko Maas considered the INF Treaty one of the most crucial agreements on arms to keep the world away from another arms race, yet outlined that further regulatory pacts like this should be reworked. In a guest column for the magazine Der Spiegel, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the INF Treaty banning ground-based medium-range […]

 A Bahraini court on Sunday ordered life sentences for three senior opposition members, overturning a previous acquittal on alleged charges of spying for Qatar. A statement from the public prosecutor said the court sentenced Sheikh Ali Salman, opposition al-Wefaq group secretary general, and Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Alaswad, members of the same group, to […]

The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in an op-ed piece published by the Washington Post on Friday. However, he wrote: “I do not believe for a second that King Salman, the custodian of the holy mosques, ordered the hit on […]

Iranians from every walk of life poured into streets in cities across the country on Sunday to mark the anniversary of US Tehran embassy takeover and express their opposition to the arrogant policies and attitudes of the enemies, particularly the US government. The nationwide rallies to mark the 1979 takeover of US embassy in Tehran […]

 Russian Foreign Ministry has invited Iran to take part in the next Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Moscow on November 9. The next Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan will be held in Moscow on November 9, representatives of the Taliban radical movement (outlawed in Russia) will take part in it, the Russian Foreign […]

TEHRAN – A security summit about formation of the Arab NATO, the Middle East Strategic Alliance (Mesa), ended on Sunday in Bahrain’s capital. Earlier last month, there was a summit on the Arab NATO in Kuwait, an initiative pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump to confront Iran in terms of political, economy and military affairs. […]

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that Khashoggi abduction, torture and murder was undoubtedly done on the orders of MBS.” “This is how Saudi Arabia works. Anyone who is familiar with Saudi Arabia knows this,” Hossein Askari, who served as […]