We never want Idlib to turn into a blood bath
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey never wants Idlib to turn into a blood bath. He made the remarks in a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Tehran Trilateral Summit. Called for end to deaths in Syria, the Turkish president said that it is […]
Trump’s trade war with China poses greatest threat to global economic growth
As the trade war between the U.S. and China intensifies, the vice chairman of the world’s largest money manager believes U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies pose the greatest threat to global economic growth. “I would say the policies that are embraced by the U.S. administration around trade represent the biggest risk today to the […]
Trump exit from JCPOA inappropriate: Luxembourgian FM
Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told the Head of Iranian Parliament Research Center (IPRC) Kazem Jalali that Luxembourg and the European Union are disappointed with US exit from the JCPOA. Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said on Tuesday that his country is accompanying other European countries in feeling obliged to implementing the JCPOA. The Luxembourgian […]
US to Lead Security Council Talks on Iran in Late Sept.: Haley
US President Donald Trump plans to lead a meeting of the heads of state of the United Nations Security Council on Iran in late September, his envoy Nikki Haley said Tuesday. With the United States now holding the presidency of the Security Council, Haley said the aim is to put further pressure on Tehran over […]
Russia: UN Should Review Trump’s Exit from JCPOA
United Nations Security Council diplomats should review US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at a coming high-level meeting in New York, according to a senior Russian diplomat. “We hope very much aspects linked with the United States’ withdrawal from the JCPOA will be tackled,” deputy ambassador Dmitry Polyansky said, Washington Examiner […]
Syrian warplanes attack terrorists’ positions in Idlib, Hama
Syrian Army warplanes have conducted dozens of air strikes on the positions of Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria’s Idlib and Hama provinces, according to Russian Sputnik. According to Russian Sputnik-Arabic language website, this morning the Syrian warplanes carried out more than 25 air attacks on the positions of Turkistan Islamic Party in several locations in Jisr al-Shoghur area in […]
EU’s help to Iran “not serious”: American professor
Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, told MNA that that “Europe wants to keep Iran committed to JCPOA, and thus makes some vague promises, but it is not willing to give Iran serious help.” “It was recently reported that the EU will offer 18 million euros for some projects in […]
EU not wait for Trump to start building its common security: Former diplomat
Marc Finaud, France Former spokesman of Foreign Ministry says that “EU did not wait for Trump to start building its common security and defence policy, including by including in the Lisbon Treaty an assistance clause even stronger than the one in the NATO Treaty.” Former Senior Resident Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament […]
British Minister calls for respecting JCPOA
UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, in an exclusive interview with Mehr News, reaffirmed his country’s support to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal following the US’ unilateral withdrawal from the agreement, saying UK, and the European Union, are doing all they can to provide the mechanism by which they can continue […]
Russian Orthodox Church stresses continuity of religious dialogue with Iran
The chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Russian Orthodox Church highlighted the need to preserve Iran-Russia dialogue in the religious domain. Metropolitan Hilarion made the remarks in Sunday in meeting with the chairman of Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organizations Abuzar Ebrahimi Torkaman who is also the co-chairman of the Joint Russian- […]