US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Washington is willing to engage in new talks with Iran to seek a “new deal”. “The United States is seeking new detail – excuse me, a new deal, rather, that will comprehensively address the Iranian regime’s destabilizing behavior – not just their nuclear program, but also their missile […]

 More than 70,000 people have been left homeless in the deadly earthquake that hit Lombok Island, forced to sleep in makeshift shelters and lacking food, medicine and clean water, authorities said Wednesday. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake killed at least 105 people and triggered panic among locals and tourists on Lombok on Sunday, just a week […]

Fatih Donmez, Tukey’s energy minister, said that buying natural gas from Iran will continue despite the risk of US sanctions. In an interview with Turkish Heber Turk TV, the Turkish minister said that his country’s imports of natural gas from Iran is based on a long-term contract that will continue until 2026, and Turkey will […]

Pakistani politician Farahnaz Ispahani said in an interview that the desire of Pakistan’s new prime minister Imran Khan to improve relations with Iran is a positive one that can help regional stability. Pakistan has just given mandate to Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) to form the new government, albeit with the help of […]

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko says that his country will negotiate with US to be exempted from Washington’s extra-territorial sanctions against Iran. Worried about Japanese business and trade interactions with Iranians, Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko said at a press conference on Tuesday that his country will try to […]

Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait told a local newspaper in Kuwait that he has invited Kuwaiti emir to attend Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) in October in Tehran. Alireza Enayati, Iran’s Ambassador to Kuwait, told the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas that he is hopeful that the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait will accept Iran’s invitation […]

TEHRAN – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry’s website. Zarif welcomed Ri and a team of officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, but no statement was made to reporters. Ri is on a two-day visit to […]

Iraq does not agree with U.S. sanctions against Iran but will abide by them to protect its own interests, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday. “As a matter of principle we are against sanctions in the region. Blockade and sanctions destroy societies and do not weaken regimes,” he said at a news conference. “We […]

Russia has said it will do “everything necessary” to save the 2015 nuclear deal and protect its shared economic interests with Tehran, according to CNBC. The Russian Foreign Ministry website published a statement on Tuesday stating that Moscow is “deeply disappointed by U.S. steps to reimpose its national sanctions against Iran.” It added, “We will […]

US President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that the newly imposed sanctions against Iran are “the most biting.” He added that in November they would “ratchet up to yet another level.” In the same tweet, the US president added that anyone, who is doing business with Iran, won’t be doing it with the US. Donald […]