TEHRAN  – A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 149 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped. Dozens of buildings tumbled into mounds of rubble or were severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico […]

TEHRAN – US president Donald Trump used his maiden speech at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to deplore July 2015 deal between Iran and world powers over the country’s nuclear program. Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that the internationally-negotiated nuclear agreement with Iran is an “embarrassment” to the United […]

TEHRAN – Hundreds of students yesterday rallied in front of the UN office in Tehran to protest at the Myanmar government genocide against Rohingya Muslims. According to the public relations of the Union of the Islamic Associations of the Pupils, several members of the union as well as other groups of students staged a protest […]

TEHRAN  – More than 70,000 ethnic Oromo’s have been displaced from Ethiopia’s Somali regional state after a week of clashes with ethinic Somalis that left scores dead. A smaller number of ethnic Somalis numbering around 300 have also been displaced from Oromia regional state, Xinhua news agency reported. Speaking exclusively to Xinhua on Tuesday, Negeri […]

TEHRAN – The US will deploy more than 3,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary James Mattis said. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon on Monday that most of the new forces are already on their way to Afghanistan or have orders to deploy. “Frankly I haven’t signed the last of the orders right now. […]

TEHRAN  – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law, and she felt deeply for the suffering of everyone caught up in conflict there. In her first address to the nation since attacks by Rohingya Muslim […]

TEHRAN – A court in the Azerbaijan Republic sentenced Elchin Ismayilli, a prominent opposition journalist, to nine years in prison for extortion, in a case that his supporters say is totally fabricated. The court on Monday found Ismayilli guilty of trying to coerce money from a top Culture Ministry official. Ismayilli’s lawyer, Elchin Sadygov, dismissed […]

TEHRAN  – The IAEA’s 61st General Conference Monday approved by acclamation the appointment of Director General Yukiya Amano to a further four-year term of office, which will commence on December 1, 2017. After the General Conference approved the appointment, Conference President Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson, Ambassador of the Philippines, invited Mr. Amano to take the […]

NEW YORK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed cooperation on the crisis in Syria and the implementation of agreements to bring peace to Ukraine in a meeting held in New York on Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Zakharova told reporters in a statement following the meeting that the meeting was on […]

TEHRAN  – Iraq’s President Fuad Masum and Leader of the Arab country’s National Alliance Ammar al-Hakim discussed the issue of the semi-autonomus Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum. According to a statement released by the Iraqi government, the two officials on Monday explored ways for reaching an understanding that could enhance Iraq’s unity and stability, the Baghdad […]