TEHRAN  – Hungary’s foreign ministry has summoned US envoy David Kostelancik over a plan to fund rural media outlets in Hungary, which Budapest considers a “political intervention” ahead of an election due early next year. The United States said on Monday it would devote $700,000 to fund rural media outlets in Hungary to help train […]

Yukiya Amano, chief of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Tuesday that commitments undertaken by Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal are being implemented and the IAEA has so far had access to all locations it has needed to visit in the country. “The sun does not set on IAEA safeguards,” the […]

TEHRAN – The US House of Representatives passed a $700 billion defense policy bill on Tuesday, backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military, but failing to decide how to fund the massive spending increase. The Republican-controlled House voted 356-70 for the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which authorizes the level […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that the presence of  Iranian military advisors in Syria is “legitimate.” On Tuesday,  Lavrov denied any talks between Moscow and Washington over the withdrawal of Iranian advisors, stressing that no such promise had been made. Iran, along with Russia, has a military advisory mission in Syria aimed at […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held talks Kuwait’s emir amid the ongoing conflict between a bloc of Arab states and Qatar. According to Kuwait’s state-run news agency KUNA, Erdogan and Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah discussed “regional and international developments” during their Tuesday meeting at Bayan Palace in the Kuwait city. The two sides also […]

TEHRAN – The European Union has said no to Paris which in recent days waged an impressive campaign in favor of posing new restrictions on Iran despite the 2015 nuclear deal. On Monday evening, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-naton bloc does not have any plan to make a change in its […]

TEHRAN – The Russian Defense Ministry has said it has obtained evidence that the US-led coalition provides support for the terrorist group Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL). “The Abu Kamal liberation operation conducted by the Syrian government army with air cover by the Russian Aerospace Force at the end of the last week […]

The European Union (EU) says Saad Hariri, who shockingly resigned as the Lebanese prime minister in Saudi Arabia more than a week ago, should return to his country, and warns against foreign meddling in Lebanon’s affairs. “We appeal first of all to the political forces to focus on Lebanon and what they can deliver to […]

TEHRAN– Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is going ahead with his so-called anti-corruption plan and royal purge under the supervision of foreign troops, informed sources in Riyadh said. Bin Salman’s arrest of hundreds of potential rivals, including 11 royal princes and many influential Saudi businessmen, is underway in Saudi Arabia under the banner of […]

In his message on Monday to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asked the international community to get more responsibly and effectively engaged in ending the senseless war and establishing a ceasefire in Yemen. Following is the full text of Dr. Zarif’s message to António Guterres: In the name of God, […]