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Missing Saudi journalist killed at consulate in Turkey 07 Oct 2018

Missing Saudi journalist killed at consulate in Turkey

Authorities in Turkey have indicated that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist known for his criticism of then kingdom, could have been killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul where he went missing in on Tuesday. Two Turkish sources said on Saturday that they believed that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate. One source told […]

Erdoğan says increase of exchange rate not due to economic reasons 06 Oct 2018

Erdoğan says increase of exchange rate not due to economic reasons

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the recent increase in exchange rate is not due to economic reasons. Addressing the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s consultation meeting in Kizilcahamam district of Ankara on Saturday, Erdoğan said that increase in exchange rate is not only due to economic reasons, and that Turkey did not […]

Moscow wants further cooperation with Iran: Novak 06 Oct 2018

Moscow wants further cooperation with Iran: Novak

Moscow is interested in continuing cooperation with Iran, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday. “Iran is our longtime economic partner… Of course, we need to find (new) forms (of cooperation) and work together further by implementing joint projects,” Novak said at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow.

Bolton is obsessed with Iran: French official 06 Oct 2018

Bolton is obsessed with Iran: French official

 “Bolton is obsessed with Iran, and everything else plays second fiddle,” said one senior official from France, whose president, Emmanuel Macron, pleaded unsuccessfully with Trump to remain in the Iran nuclear deal during an April visit to the White House, Reuters reported. In an article published on Thursday, Reuters reported that, “Bolton has had most […]

Macron’s Anti-Iran Mission 06 Oct 2018

Macron’s Anti-Iran Mission

French President Emmanuel Macron continues to play an invisible, but uninterrupted game on the U.S. ground. In August 2017, an agreement was reached between the presidents of France and the United States on “changing the content of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”. The changes were supposed to cover the four controversial issues (the removal […]

Russia and India ‘set to sign $5bn S-400 missile deal’ 03 Oct 2018

Russia and India ‘set to sign $5bn S-400 missile deal’

Russia and India are set to sign a deal worth more than five billion dollars on the delivery of Russian S-400 missile systems to New Delhi, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee the agreement during his trip to India this week, top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday. “The president is leaving for India on […]

Cuban ambassador: The U.S. strategy is to provoke disappointment through economic hardship 03 Oct 2018

Cuban ambassador: The U.S. strategy is to provoke disappointment through economic hardship

In an exclusive interview, Mr. Alexis Bandrich Vega Cuban ambassador to Iran discussed a host of issues with Iranian Sites correspondent including the U.S. policy towards Cuba, the reason behind the popularity and even recent failure of some socialist governments as well as Tehran- Havana bilateral relations. Q: As the interview focuses mainly on the […]

Amano rejects Netanyahu claims about Iran, says IAEA won’t take intel at face value 02 Oct 2018

Amano rejects Netanyahu claims about Iran, says IAEA won’t take intel at face value

The UN nuclear watchdog has said its independence is paramount and it does not take intelligence presented to it at face value, in an apparent response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims of a “secret atomic warehouse” in Iran. Netanyahu – who opposes the nuclear deal between Iran and major powers that the International […]

JCPOA important deal for boosting regional security 02 Oct 2018

JCPOA important deal for boosting regional security

 Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said that Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is an important deal for the security of the region. Speaking to IRNA, she said her country feels a special responsibility for Iran nuclear deal since the agreement had been signed in Austria. She pointed to the bilateral […]

China open to changes in BRI projects 02 Oct 2018

China open to changes in BRI projects

China has expressed its openness to the changes proposed by the new government in Islamabad and “will definitely follow their agenda” to work out a roadmap for BRI projects based on “mutual consultation”, Chinese envoy to Pakistan Ambassador Yao Jing said on Sunday. “It constitutes a process of discussion with each other about this kind […]