The US presented for the first time pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons supplied to the Houthi in Yemen, claiming it as conclusive evidence that Tehran was violating UN resolutions. Displaying some fragments of weaponary at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling just outside of Washington, US defence ministry presenting some explanations tried to concluded that […]

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “much of the opposition to the JCPOA in the United States attempts to confuse people with vague references to “anywhere, anytime” inspections, and the Trump administration has joined in some of this confusion, the U.S. statement at […]

The government of British Prime Minster Theresa May has suffered a fresh blow as lawmakers voted to force changes in London’s Brexit plans, giving Parliament a legal guarantee of a vote on the final Brexit deal struck with Brussels. May was narrowly defeated in a key vote on its Brexit bill after a rebellion by […]

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed support for the 2015 Iran deal from all the signatories except for the US, calling on Washington to also honor its obligations under the landmark agreement. Guterres made the remarks in a report on implementation of a UN resolution that endorsed the July 2015 nuclear agreement, which was obtained […]

The final statement of the OIC extraordinary summit of Istanbul calls the international community to recognize eastern al-Quds as the occupied Palestine’s capital. The final statement of the OIC extraordinary summit of Istanbul was issued at the conclusion of the event on Wednesday. The 48 member states of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) […]

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has softened President Donald Trump’s harsh stance on the Iran nuclear deal, saying Washington would remain in the 2015 accord “for the time being”. “We have concerns about whether that agreement’s going to deliver on its objective but for the time being, we’re in agreement,” Tillerson told […]

TEHRAN – US and Russian officials are still in disagreement regarding the future of Syrian president. While Moscow has stressed that Bashar al-Assad should be allowed to run for reelection in 2021, the US said he should have no place in Syria politics after a postwar political transition. Answering Bloomberg question regarding the future of […]

TEHRAN  – The Kremlin considers US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s statement about readiness to talk with North Korea without preconditions to be constructive and better than Washington’s previous confrontational rhetoric, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. When commenting on Tillerson’s statement in which he said that the US was ready to start talks with […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will turn his country into the “world’s strongest nuclear power.” According to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, Kim made the remarks while addressing workers behind the north’s latest missile test on Tuesday, adding that Pyongyang “will victoriously advance and leap as the strongest nuclear power and military […]

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini rejected the idea of reopening negotiations on the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, stressed once again that the agreement “is working”. “If the IAEA certifies nine times that the nuclear commitments under the nuclear agreements are met, the deal is working. Full stop,” Mogherini […]