Addressing a news conference during a meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in Vienna, Russian FM Lavrov slammed Trump decision to move embassy to al-Quds (Jerusalem).  “This announcement runs counter to common sense,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference in Vienna on Friday, referring to US President Donald Trump’s decision to move American […]

TEHRAN  – US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital has set the region ablaze, said Turkey’s president. “Taking such a step throws particularly this region into a ring of fire. What would you like to do [with this step], Mr. Trump? What kind of stance is it?” Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]

TEHRAN– President Trump just officially declared Al-Quds (Jerusalem) to be the capital of Israeli regime threatening to spark massive unrest across the Muslim world. Speaking in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room, Trump also announced his plan to eventually relocate the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds and begin the difficult logistical work of […]

TEHRAN– Vladimir Putin has confirmed that he will seek another term in office in next year’s presidential election. “Yes, I will run as a candidate for the Russian presidency,” Putin said while meeting with workers at a GAZ car plant in Russia on Wednesday. The upcoming election will be the fourth in Putin’s political career. He […]

TEHRAN – Dozens of Ukrainian police in riot gear raided a protest camp outside parliament on Wednesday in a failed attempt to detain former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was freed from custody by supporters a day earlier. Saakashvili later said police had searched the wrong tent at the camp, continuing a surreal hide-and-seek game […]

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TEHRAN  – A Spanish judge has withdrawn the European arrest warrants for the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium after the Madrid government fired him, and four of his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 […]