China’s economy grew more than expected in the first quarter as it withstood headwinds from Beijing’s fight against financial risk and pollution, and trade tensions with the United States. While acknowledging the potential negative impact of a US trade war officials on Tuesday warned the country faced greater downside risk at home, citing the need […]

TEHRAN – Evidences suggest that the United States is likely to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran. The appointment of “John Bolton” as the U.S. National Security Advisor and “Mike Pompeo” as Trump’s Secretary of State, have sent certain signals to those following the JCPOA news.  The two American officials share kid of intrinsic […]

Chinese Ambassador to Tehran, Pang Sen, said Sun. that the alleged chemical attack in Syria must have been first investigated by the United Nations before any country took any measures in response. The Chinese ambassador made the comment while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the meeting of a member of China’s Foreign Policy Advisory […]

The British Foreign Secretary and his Iranian counterpart held a phone conversation today, during which Boris Johnson briefed Zarif on the joint US-led strike on Syria yesterday. Today, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson made a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss British involvement in the missile strike on Syria yesterday. […]

Major General Igor Konashenkov Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lashed out that UK government and expounded on the way of recent chemical attacks on Syria’s Douma city and said, “opposition groups to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out such heinous act with insistence and pressure of British government.” Given […]

Steven Blockmans a senior member of Europe Policy Studies Research Center said on Friday that EU should threaten US to stick by Iran’s nuclear deal.” He went on to say that Europe must threaten Washington in the World Trade Organization (WTO) more than ever in order to live up to its commitments in this important […]

In a new tweet on Thu., US President Donald Trump dialed back on his earlier belligerent rhetoric against Syria, claiming that an attack on Syria may not take place. Donald Trump continued his ‘Twitter diplomacy’ on Thursday to add that there is no timetable for attacking Syria. “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could […]

Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state told US legislators on Thursday that fixing “the flaws” in the Iran nuclear deal would be a priority for him if given the job. Revising the 2015 nuclear accord (JCPOA) was in “America’s best interest”, Mike Pompeo told Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his confirmation hearing. The CIA […]

Russia said the Syrian army has liberated Douma, the last Eastern Ghouta town under militant control, less than two months into its counter-terrorism operation in the suburban area near the capital, Damascus. “The raised state flag over a building in the town of Douma has heralded the control over this location and therefore over the […]

Fifteen months into Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States finds itself on the cusp of a grave constitutional emergency at home — and closer to stumbling into direct conflict with Russia than at any time since the Cold War. It’s a moment when the chaos, wild rhetoric and crushing of presidential norms on which Trump […]