The European troika are still insisting on having negotiations over a second or complementary agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. After the withdrawal of the United States of America from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) despite the official support of the European troika and those like “Federica Mogherini”, High Representative of the […]

Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin in a phone conversation discussed the future of Iran nuclear deal in the light of US pullout from the agreement, a source in Erdogan’s administration told Sputnik. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in phone talks on Thursday the prospects of the Iran […]

At least three armed insurgents were killed and four others wounded during military operations in Kunduz province, north of Afghanistan, a local official said saturday. “Security forces launched a military operation in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, on Friday night, killing three militants and injuring four others,” Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, a police spokesman in […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is ready to help its firms continue doing business in Iran, its economy minister said on Friday. Tuesday’s U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord and planned reimposition of sanctions against Iran came with the threat of penalties against any foreign firms involved in business there. Germany – along with France […]

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday that Europe should not accept that the U.S. is the “world’s economic policeman”. “Do we want to be vassals who obey decisions taken by the United States while clinging to the hem of their trousers? Or do we want to say we have our economic interests, […]

Iran is continuing to implement its nuclear commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, the UN atomic watchdog policing the deal said on Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump said Washington was pulling out of the accord. “Iran is subject to the world’s most robust nuclear verification regime under […]

A visiting delegation from the European Union met on Wed. with Mr. Salehi, the Director of Iran’s Nuclear Safety Center, to discuss the progress of Iran-EU joint project on nuclear safety. The first joint project aimed at strengthening bilateral nuclear safety cooperation between Iran and EU was discussed on Wed. in Tehran by the EU […]

A bit of fear and a bunch of loathing mark the days of intelligent people anywhere, and I’m hearing this from Iranian friends in Iran and in the US. It seems that this summer may be like no other in recent memory: either good sense and rationality will somehow prevail, or the world, and particularly […]

Barack Obama, the former U.S. president, publishes an article on his personal facebook page criticizing Donald Trump for withdrawing from the JCPOA. The full text is given below. There are few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang Wednesday local time to continue preparations for President Donald Trump’s upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pompeo’s visit to North Korea is expected to finalize the date of an unprecedented summit planned between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Asked whether Pompeo would […]