TEHRAN – Saudi-led coalition has stepped up attacks on Yemen and its warplanes bombed the presidential palace in Yemen’s capital and some other areas across the country on Monday. The palace in Sana’a, currently used by the Houthi Ansarullah Movement, was pounded by at least four airstrikes late Monday, the Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported. […]

TEHRAN  – A Spanish judge has withdrawn the European arrest warrants for the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium after the Madrid government fired him, and four of his ministers. The judge, Pablo Llarena, said the former president and the Catalan cabinet members in Belgium had shown a willingness to return to […]

TEHRAN – A spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement called on the people of Palestine to unite against US President Donald Trump’s planned move to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of the Israeli regime. Davoud Shihab underlined that the recognition of al-Quds as the capital of the Israeli regime would be a hostile […]

TEHRAN – Jerusalem (al-Quds) is inviolable for Muslims, and ignoring that would have serious consequences, said Turkey’s president on Tuesday over reports that US President Donald Trump could decide to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. “Mr. Trump, Jerusalem (al-Quds) is a red line for Muslims,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a parliamentary group meeting of […]

TEHRAN – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world is working, rejecting attempts by certain countries to dismantle the agreement. “The deal we have made with Tehran works. It is a document that is more than 100 pages long, in which Iran has made very specific […]

TEHRAN – Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Tuesday called on the United States administration to refrain from recognizing Jerusalem (al-Quds) as the capital of Israel. Kalin on his Twitter account said: “The news that the US administration will recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital is extremely worrying. This is completely against Jerusalem’s (al-Quds) religious […]

TEHRAN _ In recent months, we have been witnessing the unification of the United States and Saudi Arabia against the regional policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Strengthening ISIS and Takfiri groups, preventing the establishment of peace and stability in the region, creating constant crises in the Islamic world, etc. were among the joint […]

TEHRAN  – Bangladesh has called for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to discuss the human rights issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Recently, Bangladesh had sent a notice along with Saudi Arabia to the UNHRC in this regard, Dhaka Tribune has reported. Their notice has received support of 33 of […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to. “They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are […]

TEHRAN- The German Interior Ministry is offering rejected asylum seekers a hefty bonus to go to their country of origin voluntarily rather than face deportation. This is a new effort to turn back the refugee tide brought on by Angela Merkel’s “open door” policy. The offer is intended to supplement the existing program dubbed ‘StarthilfePlus,’ […]