TEHRAN – Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan has said that Iran’s missile program is not related to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. In an interview with ILNA published on Saturday, Dzhagaryan said that any change to the text of the JCPOA is a clear violation of […]

TEHRAN – Writing an article in the Foreign Policy magazine on Friday, Lincoln P. Bloomfield put forward a strategy for the U.S. government to counter what he calls Iranian threats without withdrawing from the nuclear accord. “The United States has urgent need of an approach that addresses the deal’s shortcomings without creating new foreign policy […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, as differences over a nuclear deal with Iran and trade cast a shadow over the transatlantic relationship. Merkel’s trip, to take place three days after French president Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the U.S. capital, […]

 Russia is considering an option of payments for oil in national currencies, in particular with Turkey and Iran, TASS quoted Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying. The parties are interested in it but there is also a matter of conversion of currencies and their further use, Novak told reporters on Saturday. “There is a […]

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has decried the growing threat of a resurgence of worldwide fascism bolstered by President Donald Trump’s scorn for democracy and human rights. “Fascism — and the tendencies that lead toward fascism — pose a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War […]

Russia’s telecommunications regulator has asked a Moscow court to order the blocking of messaging application Telegram in the country. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, known in brief as Roskomnadzor, said it had filed a lawsuit against the Telegram free instant messaging application after the corporation failed in due […]

French flag carrier Air France has announced massive flight cancellations due to strikes by cabin crews and ground staff for the fifth straight day over pay. Air France announced on Friday that nearly 30 percent of its flights would be canceled across the country on Saturday. The cancellation rate is believed to be the biggest during any […]

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, says the United States will probably get out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on the Islamic republic. Haley made the remarks on Thursday during her lecture titled, “Confronting Today’s Global Governance Challenges,” at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. She accused Iran of […]

The Non-Aligned Movement has condemned the illegal policies of Israel, calling for collective efforts to end its occupation of Palestinian territories. “We condemn the illegal policies and practices by Israel, the occupying power, against the Palestinian people, including, inter alia, the construction and expansion of illegal settlements, the demolition of Palestinian homes and properties, the […]

TEHRAN – Commenting on recent the U.S. and China tit-for-tat tariff disputes, Prof.Larry Backer says that the deep structures of economic integration cannot be undone by a series of shocks with offers of renegotiation. As the U.S. and China ratchet up a tit-for-tat tariff dispute, it has been said often in the last few weeks […]