On Obama’s Campaign against Trump
While some have pinned hopes for Demarcates victory in the next presidential election in US, the author argues that whether Republican or Democrat, American politicians are all the same to Iran. Recently, the name of former US President, Barack Obama, is repeatedly heard in American political circles. While guiding and managing the Democrat’s electoral campaign […]
EU does its best to keep Iran benefiting from JCPOA: Mogherini
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said that the European Union is doing its best to keep Iran benefiting from the economic advantages of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). She made the remarks on Tuesday in a joint press conference with New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. “We are doing our best to […]
Turkish delegation to visit Washington to discuss sanctions
A delegation of Turkish officials will travel to Washington within two days to discuss US sanctions on Turkey’s interior and justice ministers, local media reported citing diplomatic sources. According to the Daily Sabah newspaper, the sides have reached a consensus over sanctions and agreed to a face-to-face meeting. The United States recently decided to impose […]
Brazil closes, then reopens border to Venezuelan migrants
Brazil briefly closed then reopened its northern border to Venezuelans on Monday as it struggled to contain mass migration from the South American country saddled with a crippling political and economic crisis, police said. A Supreme Court justice overturned a lower court judge’s decision that had suspended for a few hours the entry of more […]
Georgia’s accession to NATO may trigger ‘terrible conflict,’ says Medvedev
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday opposed Georgia’s accession to NATO, saying it may trigger a “terrible conflict.” Medvedev’s remarks came during an interview with the Kommersant FM radio station, which was broadcast on Monday. “Georgia’s accession to NATO may trigger a terrible conflict and lead to catastrophic consequences. We do not understand why […]
EU says ‘updated Blocking Statute’ to come into force Aug. 7
European Union’s updated Blocking Statute enters into force on 7 August to protect EU companies doing business with Iran from US extra-territorial sanctions, according to a joint statement issued by European guarantors of JCPOA on Monday. In a joint statement, the European guarantors of the Iran nuclear accord, including EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini […]
Why are Iranians unhappy with the Elysee Palace?
France has been one of the main motivators of Trump’s pullout from the nuclear deal. If the young French president had not supported calls by Trump to change the content of the nuclear accord, today we would not have faced the current situation. French politicians will continue to play their double standard approach toward the […]
HSBC pre-tax profit up 4.58% at $10.7 bn in first half
Banking giant HSBC said on Monday that pre-tax profit rose 4.58 percent to $10.7 billion in the first six months of the year and voiced “cautious optimism” despite the China-US trade row. After wide-ranging cutbacks that saw 50,000 jobs axed in an overhaul announced in 2015, the bank said it was now hiring again as […]
S Arabia slashes economic ties with Canada over civil rights activists
Saudi Arabia said it has expelled Canada’s ambassador and recalled its own envoy from the North American country after the government in Ottawa expressed concern over recent arrests of civil-society and women’s rights activists in the kingdom, adding it retained “its rights to take further action.” Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry early Monday said the kingdom […]
Turkey to sanction two US justice, interior secretaries in retaliation
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed that Turkey will freeze assets of US ‘justice and interior’ secretaries in Turkey as the fight over release of US pastor intensifies. The Turkish president said Saturday they will freeze assets of the US “justice and interior” secretaries in Turkey. “I am instructing my friends today. We will freeze assets, […]