United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the announcement of a three-day partial ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday. This follows the recent announcement by the Afghan Government that it would begin a seven-day ceasefire on 12 June, the 27th day of Ramadan, and run to Eid al-Fitr. Guterres urged all parties concerned “to seize […]

Turkey and the US seem to have finally agreed on how to solve the Manbij puzzle in Syria, which has been poisoning relations like an open wound for almost two years.  A long-awaited summit between Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week in Washington sealed a road map, which represents […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for further carrying forward the Shanghai spirit to surmount difficulties, defuse risks and meet challenges. Xi made the remarks at the 18th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in east China’s coastal city of Qingdao, in which Iranian President Hassan […]

TEHRAN – India is likely to discuss with the U.S. its concerns over the impact of U.S. sanctions on deals with both Russia and Iran, an Indian official has said, the Hindustan Times reported. According to Indian officials familiar with the plans, India and the U.S. are slated to hold the first two-plus-two dialogue — […]

TEHRAN – Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s Iran policy, saying Trump has confirmed everything that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei feared about [trusting] America. In an interview with Switzerland’s Neue Zurcher Zeitung newspaper, Kerry said, “Trump’s exit is surely the biggest strategic mistake since the Iraq war […]

In the early 20th century when the Europeans were busy with their frustrating internal differences and conflicts, the Americans managed to rise as a global hegemon. Long standing conflicts in Europe which resulted in the Europeans weakness is one of the key reasons that paved the way for the US political, economic and military rise […]

An expert-level meeting of the Joint Commission of the Iran nuclear deal was held in Tehran on Thursday to discuss the fallout of US unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA. The meeting, which was held in two morning and evening sessions at the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies, discussed the fallouts of the US’ withdrawal from the JCPOA. During the meeting, the participants exchanged views […]

The representative of Palestinians resistance group, Hamas, in Iran told MNA that Quds Days shows that Iranian authorities and people have remained loyal to Palestine. Speaking to Mehr News Agency (MNA) correspondent in Tehran on Thursday, a day before the 39th anniversary of naming the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as the […]

China has warned the United States that its risky military actions near disputed islands would not affect Beijing’s resolve to protect its interests in the South China Sea. Hua said despite claims by Washington that China is militarizing the South China Sea by building facilities on disputed reefs and small islands, it was in fact […]

TEHRAN – The U.S.-EU conflict over the United States announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the EU has entered a new phase. The tariffs, which took effect from Friday, will end a two-month exemption for the U.S. allies. Accordingly, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission said: “This is a […]