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Saudi elites back Tehran-Riyadh de-escalation efforts 16 Oct 2019

Saudi elites back Tehran-Riyadh de-escalation efforts

TEHRAN (Iran news) – Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, argues that there’s a prevailing spirit of deescalating tensions with Iran among the Saudi elites. Speaking with ISNA on Tuesday, Falahatpisheh said Iran has been in favor of dialogue with Saudi Arabia for years and it was the […]

UN: 85 civilians killed in attacks targeting Afghan election 16 Oct 2019

UN: 85 civilians killed in attacks targeting Afghan election

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The UN released on Tuesday a special report that describes the severe toll of election-related violence on Afghanistan’s civilians, mainly from the Taliban’s campaign targeting its presidential election last month. Afghanistan presidential election went on Sept. 28 despite the terrorists’ threats and violence. However, the polling was marred by widespread misconduct […]

‘One or more governments’ behind attack on Iran tanker 16 Oct 2019

‘One or more governments’ behind attack on Iran tanker

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday the attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea last week was a “complicated action” in which “one or more governments” were involved. “According to information received, the attack on the Iranian tanker has been carried out by one or more […]

Iran’s Zarif Urges Regional Leaders to Take Role in Tehran Peace Initiative 15 Oct 2019

Iran’s Zarif Urges Regional Leaders to Take Role in Tehran Peace Initiative

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on all Persian Gulf countries to contribute to the implementation of the Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE), an initiative for regional peace put forward by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.

JCPOA; EU Has Taken No Major Step for it 15 Oct 2019

JCPOA; EU Has Taken No Major Step for it

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani criticized European countries’ failure to meet their obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and said Europe has not taken any substantial step in this regard. Speaking at a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic in Belgrade […]

Iranian roads minister arrives in Turkmenistan for talks 15 Oct 2019

Iranian roads minister arrives in Turkmenistan for talks

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami arrived in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat on Tue. at the head of a high-ranking economic delegation for participating in the 15th Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Commission. According to the scheduled program, Eslami will meet and hold talks with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, minister of […]

Bolton Warned Lawyers over ‘Hand Grenade’ Giuliani 15 Oct 2019

Bolton Warned Lawyers over ‘Hand Grenade’ Giuliani

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The White House’s alleged effort to pressure Ukraine so alarmed former national security adviser John Bolton that he alerted a lawyer, his former aide said on Monday, according to US media. Bolton also warned that President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who has emerged as the point man in the […]

Kais Saied Wins Tunisia’s Presidential Election 15 Oct 2019

Kais Saied Wins Tunisia’s Presidential Election

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Tunisia’s independent candidate Kais Saied won the second round of Tunisia’s Presidential election held Sunday by garnering 72.71 percent of the votes, Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Election (ISIE) announced on Monday. Nabil Karoui, leader of the Heart of Tunisia party and media mogul, won only 27.29 percent votes of Tunisia’s […]

Senior UAE official in Tehran on unannounced mission 15 Oct 2019

Senior UAE official in Tehran on unannounced mission

National Security Adviser of the United Arab Emirates Tahnoun bin Zayed has paid a visit to Tehran on an undisclosed mission meant to defuse tensions in the Persian Gulf, a senior security source in the UAE told London-based news outlet the Middle East Eye (MEE). MEE contacted the UAE Embassy media office in London, but […]

US 7,000 Miles Away, Not Responsible for Protecting Kurds 15 Oct 2019

US 7,000 Miles Away, Not Responsible for Protecting Kurds

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US President Donald Trump said the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other countries should be responsible for protecting Kurds in northern Syria against a Turkish incursion, not the US which is “7,000 miles away” from Syria. “Let Syria and Assad try protecting Kurds and fight Turkey for their own […]