The final statement of the two-day International Conference of News Agencies (ICNA) was declared on Monday with an article passed to support Palestinian journalists killed at the time of reporting. The article to support Palestinian journalists martyred while doing their job was added to the final statement of the two-day International Conference of News Agencies […]

British Foreign Secretary has said that the UK will try to protect European companies’ investment in Iran against US sanctions. Boris Johnson has said that the United Kingdom and France are determined to preserve the essence of the Iran Nuclear deal. The UK Prime Minister had said earlier that it was in both the UK and […]

Turkish President Erdogan said that the United States had lost its role as a mediator in the Middle East by moving its Israel embassy to al-Quds (Jerusalem). “The United States has chosen to be a part of the problem rather than the solution with its latest step and has lost its mediating role in the […]

Iraq’s election commission has said that the results of Saturday parliamentary elections will be announced 48 hours after the polls closed on Saturday evening. According to Iraq’s election commission, the turnout which stood at 44 percent was lower than any other elections since 2003. The record low turnout was partly blamed on a curfew and restrictions […]

Firefighters are battling a blaze at a high-rise tower in the Dubai Marina amid a sandstorm sweeping the city in the United Arab Emirates. The government-run Dubai Media Office said the fire broke out Sunday morning in the Zen Tower, AP reported. It said residents have been evacuated and there were no injuries immediately reported […]

Officials in Pakistan say violent rainstorms in the northwest have caused at least 15 deaths and injured dozens. Latif Khan, a senior disaster management official, said Sunday that most of the deaths from the severe weather overnight were caused by the collapse of mud and stone walls and houses. He said the heavy rains also […]

 Mohamed ElBaradei, the former IAEA head, has described the US withdrawal from JCPOA as a sad day for collective security, calling on the Arab countries to help solve the crisis. Mohamed ElBaradei has called on Arab states to play a more active role and help solve the crisis caused by the US withdrawal from the JCPOA, […]

TEHRAN – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day state visit, Mehr reported. Sirisena’s visit is taking place at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. Sirisena is expected to hold meetings with Rouhani as well as other Iranian officials including Foreign Minister Zarif. According […]

TEHRAN – The former chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has criticized Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the nuclear agreement, saying the U.S. walked away from allies by the decision. “We walked away from allies and withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Yet strategically we should share complex problems. Fewer partners means […]

President Trump’s reckless decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal will not force Iran back to the negotiating table, nor will it address serious concerns about Iran’s behavior in the Middle East. But it will leave Iran’s nuclear program unconstrained, and an inconstant America isolated from its allies and far less […]