TEHRAN – Dismissing the attempts of opposition parties to corner him ahead of general election next year, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he would be re-elected with an even bigger majority in parliament in 2019. In an interview with the Times of India newspaper, Modi said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government […]

Newly elected Imaran Khan will visit both Iran after taking oath of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. According to ‘Times of Islamabad’ Imran Khan has been offered a state visit of Iran, Saudi Arabia by the respective heads of state to which he had agreed. The PTI chairperson has accepted Iranian president as well as […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed the crisis in Syria and others international issues. There was an exchange of opinions regarding issues on the UN agenda with a special emphasis on Syrian settlement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Lavrov and Guterres also discussed the […]

TEHRAN – Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan said on Monday that the U.S. behavior is “unacceptable”, emphasizing that Moscow-Tehran political and parliamentary relations are growing. He made the remarks in a meeting with special advisor to Majlis speaker for international affairs Hossein Amir-Abdolahian, IRNA reported. Dzhagaryan recalled U.S.-North Korea talks, saying the U.S. is […]

How European countries will satisfy Iran with their operational plans to keep Iran in the nuclear deal of 2015 is seriously questioned by political pundits. Officials from three European countries, Germany, Britain and France, have delayed offering their package to maintain a nuclear deal with Iran. This delay has been quite purposeful. However, it should […]

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 […]