‘Smart’ missiles can change the region’s struggle for power
TEHRAN – Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have achieved much in the past four years in their resistance against the Saudis crimes. On Sunday, Brigadier Yahya Saree, spokesman of Yemeni Armed Forces and Popular Committees addressed last week’s military operations and missile tests prior to unveiling Badr P-1 missile. The […]
Intl. Day of Mathematics to honor late Iranian mathematician Mirzakhani
TEHRAN – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared March 14 as the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) to pay tribute to late Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani and some other female scientists. According to the UNESCO official website in mid-September through a proposal, prepared by the International Mathematical Union, UNESCO proclaimed […]
Italy reiterates support for Iran deal
TEHRAN – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has underlined the significance of maintaining and implementing the nuclear deal, also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying “we will support JCPOA.” Conte who is currently in India to attend an economic meeting told India Today that implementation of the nuclear deal can help improve […]
Moscow worried about possible chemical provocations by terrorists in Syria
Russian Foreign Ministry expressed worry about information on possible chemical provocations by terrorist groups in Syria in order to accuse the Syrian Arab army. Russian TASS news agency quoted the ministry as saying “alarming reports are coming from various sources that some terrorist and extremist groups in Syria never stop attempts at staging large-scale provocations […]
US calls for ceasefire, peace talks in Yemen
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has called for a ceasefire in Yemen and the start of peace talks in the next 30 days. According to Ankara-based Anadolu News Agency, Mattis said Tuesday during a speech at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. that US wants “to see everybody around a peace table based […]
Kashmir Black Day observed in Tehran
In observance of the Black Day, talks and seminars were held in Tehran as well as other big cities in Iran on Saturday in support for the cause of people of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). Seventy years ago, the Indian army landed in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir, giving rise to one of the world’s […]
Mohammed bin Salman is the next Saddam Hussein
In the 1980s, the United States embraced a brutal Middle Eastern tyrant simply because he opposed Iran. Washington should not repeat the same mistake today. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly shocked over the backlash to his government’s killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. In a recent phone call with U.S. President […]
Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan Wrap Up Ministerial Meeting in Istanbul Issuing Joint Statement
Foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan concluded a trilateral meeting in the city of Istanbul with a joint statement that entails closer political and economic cooperation among the three neighbors. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu and Azerbaijan’s Elmar Mammadyarov held their sixth trilateral meeting in Istanbul on […]
The EU’s purposeful delay in implementing the SPV
Reuters has recently reported that a new European Union mechanism to facilitate payments for Iranian exports should be legally in place by Nov. 4, when the next phase of U.S. sanctions hit, but will not be operational until early next year, three diplomats said. The mechanism, a so-called special purpose vehicle (SPV), is designed to […]
Putin: Syrian crisis won’t be resolved without Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that in the absence of Iran, it is not possible to resolve the Syrian crisis, IRNA reported. “Iran is one of the three guarantor states of Astana Peace Process for solving Syrian issues and without Iran, the problem will not be solved effectively,” Putin told a conference on […]