A senior fellow with the Transatlantic Program of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) said a trio of European countries is engaged in a fresh round of talks with the US over the JCPOA in a bid to help save Europe’s “most significant foreign policy success”. A working group comprising American and European officials, namely Britain, […]

US Ambassador to the United Nations continues to spew forth inflammatory rhetoric against Iran. In the past year, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has made every effort to oppose and discredit the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). In her lame efforts, Haley has tried to convince other members of the US cabinet, such as […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the preparations for holding the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in the Russian city of Sochi. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Lavrov and Cavusoglu discussed in a phone call initiated by the Turkish side the details for holding the […]

A senior member of the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, said Iran’s belief in the importance of liberating al-Quds (Jerusalem) is the reason behind the letter of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. Speaking to Tasnim, Salah al-Brodil pointed to a recent decision by US President […]

Former Iranian defense minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan announced that the state-of-the-art stealth fighter jet “Qaher (Conqueror)”, which has been designed and manufactured by domestic experts, is undergoing pre-flight tests and conducting fast taxi runs. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Brigadier general Dehqan pointed to the development process of Qaher and said the fighter […]

TEHRAN– American political theorist Michael Walzer in an interview with MNA addressed the Turkish aggression on the Kurdish populated northern district of Afrin in Syria, saying no-one wants to condemn Turkey because no-one is prepared to fight for the Kurds. While addressing Turkish aggression on the Kurdish populated northern district of Afrin in Syria, Prof. […]

The United Nations human rights chief has warned that US President Donald Trump’s speech in Switzerland would take the world back to the eve of World War One. Zeid Raad al-Hussein expressed the alarm on Friday after Trump said in a speech at the Swiss ski resort of Davos that countries should pursue their own […]

At the end of the two-day intra-Syrian talks in Vienna, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura stressed the need for following up on the Geneva process and implementation of resolution 2254. Speaking to reporters in Vienna early Saturday morning on 27 January, de Misturaassessed that it is understood that any Constitutional Committee would at […]

TEHRAN – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said he would like the “best relationship” with Iran, but added that Lebanon must deal with Iran. Hariri made the remarks in Davos during a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF), CNBC reported. “I as a prime minister would like the best relationship with Iran, but […]

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived at the Davos Summit in Switzerland to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) with other world leaders such as U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron. Notwithstanding a U.S. government shut down reflecting tension between the Democrats and Republicans in the U.S Senate, […]