Russian official expects new round of Geneva talks on Syria in near future
The Russian president’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev expected a new round of the inter-Syrian talks to be held in Geneva in the near future. “All is contingent on the consultations in Geneva with the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. We will be working with him, and I expect this to […]
Europe to exempt its firms from US sanctions on Iran
Jean-Claude Juncker President of European Commission (EC) said, “we are preparing a legislation in order not to recognize US secondary sanctions imposed against European companies for cooperating with Iran.” For this purpose, European Union will enact a law to ban its companies from US sanctions imposed on Iran, Juncker maintained. Given the above issue, the […]
Iranian Committee of Humanitarian Law deplores Israeli attacks in Gaza
Iranian National Committee of Humanitarian Law has denounced the killing of tens of civilians, including children and teenagers, and injury of thousands by armed Israeli forces in Gaza Strip. According to the news and reports on the current attacks dated Monday 14 May 2018 –Nakba Day– in Gaza Strip by the Zionist Regime which coincided with 70th anniversary […]
Iran not to refrain from any attempt to defend Palestinians’ rights
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement Tue. to strongly condemn the recent crimes of the Israeli Regime in a joint, provocative scenario by the US government. The Government’s statement which was issued on Tuesday is as follows: Yesterday, which coincided with the day of misery, the anniversary of the occupation […]
Palestinians to resume protests day after Israel martyred 59
Palestinians have planned to continue their protests on Tuesday after the Israeli regime martyred 59 of them including 8 children and wounded more than 2,400 on Monday. Today May 15 marks the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba Day or Day of Catastrophe, a day on which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were […]
US, European troika bargaining over JCPOA
Whether transatlantic relations will be the same after US unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA or not is discussed in this piece of commentary by Mohammad Ghaderi. Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in his most recent statement, mentioned that the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran […]
ICNA passes article to support Palestinian journalists martyred at work
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 […]
London to protect European businesses in Iran: UK foreign secretary
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 […]
US no longer a mediator in ME: Erdoghan
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 election results to be announced tomorrow
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 […]