TEHRAN – Russia’s foreign ministry condemned US President Donald Trump’s recent speech against Iran, saying there was no place in international diplomacy for “threatening” and “aggressive” rhetoric. “It is a hangover from the past, which does not correspond to modern norms of civilized dealings between countries,” Russian ministry said in a statement after Trump on […]

TEHRAN – US Republican senator Bob Corker stepped up his public feud with Donald Trump on Friday, saying the president’s undermining of his secretary of state was like castrating him in public. Corker told the Washington Post in an interview that Trump had undercut Rex Tillerson’s efforts to enlist China in reining in North Korea’s […]

TEHRAN – Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement on Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo. Under the agreement, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is to resume full control of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by December 1, according to a statement from Egypt’s intelligence agency, which oversaw […]

TEHRAN – Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano confirmed once again that the Islamic Republic of Iran is honoring all it nuclear-related commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. “As I have reported to the Board of Governors, the nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Iran under the JCPOA are […]

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the US president is not in a position to terminate Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. Shortly after US President Donald Trump officially announced on Friday that he would not certify the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Mogherini stressed that the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the international community to facilitate the resolution of the Syrian crisis under the leadership of the UN, saying that Moscow will continue its efforts to stabilize the situation in the region. The Russian leader said Moscow “will continue making a contribution within its powers, including in the Syrian […]

Metro stations were closed in Barcelona, pickets blocked roads and state workers walked out on Tuesday in protests across Catalonia over a Spanish police crackdown on an independence referendum.The stoppages, in response to a call for a general strike by pro-independence groups and trade unions, affected the public sector, public transport and basic services, Reuters […]

US President Donald Trump has refused to certify the international nuclear agreement with Iran and warned he might ultimately terminate it, in defiance of other world powers and undermining a landmark victory of multilateral diplomacy. Speaking from the White House on Friday, Trump said he will choose not to certify that Tehran is complying with […]

Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were skeptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees.More than half a million Rohingya have fled from a Myanmar military crackdown in Rakhine State launched in late August that has been […]

Russia is set to step up close cooperation with Turkey and Iran to counter terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awasat on Wednesday.Lavrov said Moscow’s daily practical cooperation with Ankara and Tehran at all levels illustrates that “Turkey and Iran play, in […]