TEHRAN – Saving and implementing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is the main obligation of signatories, a former senior Chinese army officer has said, IRNA reported. “All parties should try to save the deal from collapse, and it requires all signatories to defend it firmly and implement it,” said Yao Yunzhu, a retired major-general of […]

Japan has amassed enough plutonium to make 6,000 atomic bombs as part of a programme to fuel its nuclear plants, but concern is growing that the stockpile is vulnerable to terrorists and natural disasters. Japan has long been the world’s only non-nuclear-armed country with a programme to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from its power plants […]

Colombia’s right-wing President-elect Ivan Duque announced a controversial appointment as defense minister on Tuesday, choosing a vocal critic of the 2016 peace agreement with FARC rebels. The 70-year-old entrepreneur Guillermo Botero, a lawyer by profession, has no experience in security matters. “We’re going to have a new defense minister, a defense minister with great management […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived another crunch Brexit vote in parliament Tuesday, as she struggles to unify her divided party around her strategy for leaving the European Union. The Conservative government defeated an amendment introduced by its own backbench MPs to a future trade policy bill which would have kept Britain in a […]

 Syrian Army units on Tuesday continued the military operations against terrorist organizations in the rest of the villages and towns in Daraa northwestern countryside. The army units expanded their control through liberating the village of al-Mal and al-Mal Hill after eliminating the last gatherings of terrorists in them, a military source said. SANA reporter said that […]

 Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that terrorist organizations in Syria bear responsibility for civilian casualties. In an interview with American Fox News T.V channel President Putin replied to a question on the allegations that “Russia bombed Aleppo and Ghouta” by saying “You know, when there is warfare going on – and this is the worst […]

 Tens of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of London on Friday to protest against the visiting ‘megalomaniac’ president of the United States. Holding placards and chanting slogans, the protestors called Donald Trump a “complete idiot” who does not understand how the world works. More than 100,000 protestors from all walks of life joined […]

 Russian President’s Special Envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev said Iran’s presence in Syria is advisory, stressing that there are no Iranian forces on the Arab country’s soil in south. Interfax news agency quoted Lavrentiev as saying on Monday that the Russia-US summit held in Helsinki, Finland, only covered issues of security and cooperation between the […]

Chinese Ambassador to Iran Pang Sen said Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has done his best to maintain JCPA, adding the deal is not only in the interest of Iran, but also all countries in the region, thanks to reducing tensions and providing a good model of international accord. JCPOA is a good example to […]

UK Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire said that supporting Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA) should not be limited to political slogans, rather, practical support is needed so that economic ties can continue. He made the remarks on Monday in a meeting attended by economic activists and foreign representatives of Iran in Tehran Chamber of […]