In continuation of its efforts to bring home Iranian students trapped in Ukraine or neighboring countries, Iran ratcheted up diplomatic efforts to facilitate the safe return of its citizens. 

Iran’s top negotiator is heading back to Vienna after making consultations in Tehran with relevant officials. The consultations seem to have resulted in no significant change in Iran’s position toward a number of remaining issues.

For weeks the world has been busy with news on probable Russia’s military operation against Ukraine which finally took place on Thursday and Western world began crying foul against Russian attack while it has been ignoring for years atrocities against Yemen and Yemeni people who are under air strikes of Saudi-led coalition forces and everyday several Yemenis are killed by the strikes and many people are also suffering from hunger and sanctions and nobody except Iran and a few countries gives attention to it.

As the Vienna talks reach a critical stage, the Western negotiators are trying to portray an unrealistic atmosphere of the talks.

As the world was expecting to avoid outbreak of any war or clash, it finally took place when Russia started its special operation against Ukraine on Thursday and it was against all calculations and created new anxiety for the world and prices and especially for Europeans and this war once again exposed the weakness of the West’s commitment in supporting their friends and allies.

Iran’s ambassador to Ukraine paid a visit on Thursday night to the shelter Iranian students in the country are taking refuge in as arrangements are being done to transfer them back home as Russia attacked Ukraine on Thursday morning. 

The war in Ukraine has created a new delicate moment in international relations, putting to test alliances and relations between countries around the world including in the West Asian region.

President Ebrahim Raisi says the continued expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threatens stability and security of independent countries.

Since the first day of the establishment of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, the West and the sworn enemies of the Islamic Revolution have tried to destabilize the revolution through investment on the opposition groups and even creating terrorist groups and grouplets but their efforts to destabilize the Islamic Revolution have been in vain and the nation has thwarted any anti-revolutionary act despite the overwhelming support of the West from these lackey grouplets.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran has informed the Western parties that it will never cross its own red lines in the Vienna negotiations aimed at putting the 2015 nuclear deal back on track.