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EU to stand firm against US sanctions on trade with Iran 19 May 2018

EU to stand firm against US sanctions on trade with Iran

Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said Sat. that the European Union will stand firm against Washington’s pressures on the bloc to prevent Europe from doing business with Iran. The EU’s top energy official made the remarks in a joint press conference with the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi on Saturday in Tehran. […]

Sadr alliance announced winner of Iraq elections 19 May 2018

Sadr alliance announced winner of Iraq elections

The final results of the Iraqi election were announced on Saturday morning showing the Sairoon Coalition, led by Moqtada al-Sadr, won the most seats, followed by Fatih Coalition. Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission announced the final results a week after the polls were closed. According to the final results, the ‘Sairoon’ Coalition, led by Muqtada […]

Russian official expects new round of Geneva talks on Syria in near future 19 May 2018

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 19 May 2018

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 17 May 2018

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 16 May 2018

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 15 May 2018

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 15 May 2018

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 15 May 2018

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 15 May 2018

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 […]