TEHRAN– Iran sent a letter of protest to Pakistani interests section of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the murder of the Iranian youth in the US and called for immediate measures to be taken concerning the crime. The letter of the interests section of Iran in Washington reads “we have been informed that Bijan […]

TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would draw up a list of extremist organizations to convey to Saudi Arabia after its crown prince pledged to cut their funding. Saudi Arabia finances groups overseen by the Mecca-based Muslim World League, which for decades was charged with spreading the strict Wahhabi school of […]

Sources in Venezuela have indicated that Rafael Ramirez, the country’s representative to the United Nations in New York, has been removed from his job. Four sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday that Ramirez, once known as Venezuela’s oil czar and a former powerful politician, was dismissed by the government of President Nicolas […]

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced that he may retract his resignation by next week. “Matters are positive, as you hear, and if this positivity continues, we will announce, God willing, to Lebanese next week with President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri the withdrawal of the resignation,” said a statement released by […]

Former American Secretary of State John Kerry has said both Israel and Egypt pushed the United States to “bomb Iran” before the 2015 nuclear deal was struck. Kerry defended the deal during a forum in Washington, where he said that a number of kings and foreign presidents told the U.S. that bombing was the only […]

Some of the United States’ closest allies, the UK, Germany and France, have formed a united front to defend the 2015 nuclear deal, CNN reported on Tuesday. Without being invited, they’ve organized a joint team to travel to Washington this week, setting up their own meetings to ramp up the pressure on the U.S., according […]

issuing a statement Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel condoned north Korea’s missile test. The statement reads, “On behalf of the German Government, I condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile test in the strongest possible terms. This represents another breach of international law on the part of North Korea, whose irresponsible actions represent an enormous threat to international […]

TEHRAN – Signing a peace treaty between Russia and Japan requires understanding and trust among the people of both countries, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. “For signing a peace treaty between our countries, there is the need to have understanding and trust among our peoples,” Abe said. Speaking on the possible joint […]

TEHRAN – Two men suspected of being involved in terrorism were arrested by police in raids in London and Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon. A 20-year-old man was arrested by armed officers in north London at about 2.50pm, while a 21-year-old man was detained in south-east Birmingham at about 4.30pm, The Guardian reported. They were detained […]

TEHRAN – A shooting erupted from a high-rise luxury condominium in Reno, a city in the US western state of Nevada, in an echo of the Las Vegas massacre in October that left 59 dead, as a gunman took a female hostage and began firing inside the condo and on the street Tuesday night. According […]