Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed Turkey’s ongoing Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s northwestern region of Afrin over the phone, a Turkish presidential source said on Saturday. According to the source, Erdogan and Macron also exchanged views on bilateral relations and on the outcome of the Syrian National Dialogue […]

Iran’s Ambassador to Spain Mohammad Hassan Fadaei-Fard said Trump seeks to scare European countries of entering Iranian market by attacking JCPOA. Speaking during a working luncheon with Spanish mass media and political-strategic think tanks representatives on Friday, on the eve of 39th anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Hassan Fadaei-Fard studied the newest bilateral, regional […]

TEHRAN – The situation remains foggy for Europe right now because Germany, as the prime country that has political and economic dominance, continues to suffer from the lack of an “incumbent government”. Angela Merkel as the German Chancellor has only focused on her country’s internal affairs in recent months, and thus she has virtually lost […]

FAO headquarters in Rome hosted a group of international experts that specialize in social-ecological systems to discuss a number of case studies including the Lake Urmia Restoration program. According to a press release by the FAO Representation in Iran, the overall theme of the expert workshop was to discuss how the social-ecological systems frameworks have been […]

North Korean skiers and skaters were due to arrive in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a “peace Olympics” after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Eight days before the opening ceremony, 10 North Korean skiers and skaters were to fly in on […]

Russia does not believe there is a case for United Nations action against Iran, Russia’s UN ambassador said on Wednesday after traveling to Washington to view pieces of weapons that Washington says Tehran gave Yemen’s Houthi group. The Trump administration has for months been lobbying for Iran to be held accountable at the United Nations, […]

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Wednesday he plans to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow. The Belgium PM, who is paying a visit to Russia, is scheduled to meet with Putin later on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Michel held talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. During his […]

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has slammed the French President Emmanuel Macron, saying that he has a “flawed understanding” of Ankara’s anti-terrorist campaign dubbed the ‘Olive Branch.’ According to the prime minister, “the whole world knows and should know that Turkey does not operate with the mentality of an invader.”, reported Sputnik. The statement came […]

China Wednesday called on the United States to abandon its Cold War mentality and outdated concept of zero-sum game, and view China and China-US relations in a correct way. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the call in response to US President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, in which he called […]

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have strongly condemned the results of a report by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) on how severing diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar affected the country. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the blockading quartet said that the findings of OHCHR, whose […]