British PM May Defies Expectations in England Local Elections
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party fared better than expected in local elections in England, results on Friday showed, in her first test at the polls since losing her parliamentary majority last year. The centre-right party held on to key London councils despite a big push by the Labor main opposition, which failed to […]
Trump pulling out of Iran deal ‘could mean war’
French President Emmanuel Macron says in a new interview with a leading German newspaper that the US withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement could lead to war with the country, The Hill reported. The French leader tells Der Spiegel that President Trump’s threats to abandon the Obama-era deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear weapons program could open “Pandora’s […]
Syrian Army enhances its points in al-Hajar al-Aswad, southern Damascus
Units of Syrian Arab Army advanced in the depth of al-Hajar al-Aswad area amid collapse among terrorists. SANA’s correspondent in southern Damascus said that army units enhanced their points in the area extending from the east of al-Hajar al-Aswad to the west after clearing it of IEDs and mines. The correspondent added that the southern […]
MSC chief calls for ‘crisis summit’ if U.S. kills JCPOA
TEHRAN – The chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has called on the 5+1 group and the EU to hold a “crisis summit” in case the U.S. withdraws from the 2015 nuclear deal, IRNA reported. “On Iran: on German TV this morning, I proposed a crisis summit of the 5+1 and the EU if […]
Russia Says to Honor JCPOA As Long As Others Do
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Moscow would honor its commitments on the Iran nuclear deal for as long as other countries did. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday Russia would deem any changes to the deal to be unacceptable too, the Interfax news agency reported. Moscow has repeatedly said it wants […]
EU to maintain trade ties with Iran even US exits JCPOA
According to the informed sources, European powers will present their own plan for JCPOA to Washington next week but at same time, they have begun an effort to maintain trade and business relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran if the United States exits the JCPOA. The decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw […]
UN urges Trump not to scrap Iran nuclear deal
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Donald Trump on Thursday not to walk away from an internationally-brokered nuclear deal with Iran. “If one day there is a better agreement to replace it, it’s fine, but we should not scrap it unless we have a good alternative,” Guterres said in an interview with BBC Radio 4. “I […]
French President Calls for Respecting JCPOA
France’s President Emmanuel Macron described the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as “not sufficient” but said it is good to respect it. “The (nuclear deal) was a very important negotiation,” he said Wednesday, speaking in a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister […]
Pope Urges EU to Rediscover Unity
Pope Francis, in a major speech on Europe, on Saturday urged the European Union to “recover the sense of being a single community” if it wants a future of prosperity and fairness for all. Francis spoke at the end of a two-day conference at the Vatican called “Re-Thinking Europe”. Dozens of participants attended, including European […]
Merkel’s ineffectual visit to the U.S.
TEHRAN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled to the United States to speak with US President Donald Trump about different issues. Although some Western news sources mentioned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as the main goal of Merkel’s visit to the US, but it seems there were other objectives and topics that had […]











































