Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s visit to Iran has been canceled. Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but has scrapped the Iran leg of the trip “because of his busy schedule”, his office said. Iraq’s prime minister has been under criticism since last week, when he told reporters that […]

The U.S. has told the UK to back President Donald Trump over his tough stance on Iran or face “serious trade consequences”. Britain and its European allies were left disappointed in May when Trump decided to pull out of a 2015 agreement which relieved sanctions on Tehran if it limited its nuclear program. UK Foreign […]

TEHRAN – German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Sunday criticized the U.S. sanctions against Iran, the first set of which came into force last Monday. “We do not let Washington dictate trade relations with other countries and therefore stand by the Vienna nuclear agreement,” Altmaier said, Politico reported. In a joint statement last week, the […]

Unilateral actions against Turkey by the United States will undermine American interests and force Turkey to look for other friends and allies. For the past six decades, Turkey and the United States have been strategic partners and NATO allies. Our two countries stood shoulder to shoulder against common challenges during the Cold War and in […]

TEHRAN – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative to Tehran has criticized Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi for hurriedly saying Baghdad was complying with U.S. sanctions on Iran. Abadi should have waited until the new Iraqi government was formed, so Baghdad could clarify its position on the U.S. trade war against Iran, Nazim Dabagh was quoted […]

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sat. that Turkey was preparing to trade with its top trade partners like China, Russia, Iran and Ukraine and even European countries in local currencies instead of the US dollar. According to Turkey’s Daily Sabah English website, the Turkish president made the remarks while addressing the ruling Justice and […]

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo spoke on a phone with his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland and discussed the diplomatic row between Riyadh and Ottawa as well as the US sanctions on Iran, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. The relations between Saudi Arabia and Canada have been tense since last week, when the Canadian Foreign […]

Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz says the will of his country and the European Union is based on promoting bilateral relation with Iran, noting that the aim of his visits to major Iranian provinces was to continue bilateral cooperation. Speaking at a meeting of the Islamic Council of Yazd, Scholz termed as unique the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed the importance of the return of the Syrian refugees to their areas. Putin’s remarks came during a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin stressed during the call that the international community should continue to contribute to the return of Syrian […]

TEHRAN – The EU has never wavered in its support for the JCPOA as it wholeheartedly believes that the nuclear deal is a “good agreement that is working”, says Nathalie Tocci, an aide to EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. In an interview with Tasnim published on Saturday, Tocci said the JCPOA is an agreement […]