U.S. to remain in nuclear agreement for ‘time being’: Tillerson
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 […]
Rifts Remain between US, Russia over Syria Assad Political Future
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 […]
Kremlin Praises Tillerson’s Statement about Talks with North Korea
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 […]
N Korea’s Kim vows to turn country into world’s strongest nuclear power
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 […]
JCPOA Working, Renegotiation Not An Option, EU’s Mogherini Says
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 […]
EU welcomes decline of U.S. global hegemony: expert
TEHRAN _ Andy Storey, the professor of Politics and International Relations of Dublin University believes that Trump’s recklessness may inadvertantly preciptate a faster decline of the U.S. than would otherwise have occurred, and possibly a desire on the part of European elites to create, for example, an independent military capacity. Rise of Donald Trump changed […]
Trump and two shocking surveys
TEHRAN _ The president of the United States is deeply concerned about the decline in his popularity with his citizens. Many polls show that since the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House, many of his supporters in the 2016 presidential election are no longer demanding that he continue to be in power. The […]
Macron should be responsive
TEHRAN _ The French President “Emanuel Macron” once again called for “completion of the JCPOA” by negotiating the missile power of the Islamic Republic of Iran in his latest interview with the French 24 network. He also stated that negotiations over Iran’s missile program, shouldn’t make any changes in the content of the nuclear deal! […]
Russian Embassy in US Urges Citizens Stay Vigilant after New York Attack
TEHRAN- The Russian embassy in the United States is urging Russian nationals in the country to remain vigilant after an attempted terror attack occurred in New York City on Monday, embassy’s spokesperson Nikolay Lakhonin said in a release. Earlier in the day, a man detonated a bomb inside a New York City subway passageway near […]
UN Aid Official in Yemen Urges Lifting of Blockade
TEHRAN – The continuing blockade of ports in Yemen must be lifted, a senior United Nations humanitarian official urged, calling for greater access to more than eight million people on the verge of famine. Speaking from Sana’a, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick said that “the lives of millions of people, including 8.4 […]