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13 Oct 2019

Corbyn Unlikely to Support Brexit Deal between Johnson, EU

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of Britain’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said he is unlikely to support a Brexit deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the EU. He was speaking during Sky News show about Brexit deal on Sunday when he said: “I think the problem areas are of regulation and deregulation which […]

5th day of Turkey’s Syria Incursion: Arab League Urges UN Action 13 Oct 2019

5th day of Turkey’s Syria Incursion: Arab League Urges UN Action

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Heavy fighting continues as Turkey presses ahead with its military operation against Kurds in northeast Syria, now in its fifth day. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the offensive aims to remove the Kurdish-led forces from the border area and create a “safe zone” so millions of Syrian refugees can be […]

Zarif says Syria and Turkey should together guard border 13 Oct 2019

Zarif says Syria and Turkey should together guard border

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Syrian Army together with Turkey can guard the border with Turkey. “That’s a better way to achieve security,” he told Turkey’s TRT World in an interview aired on October 10. “We do not believe that security can be achieved by invading […]

France Says Turkey Must Stop Incursion into Syria 12 Oct 2019

France Says Turkey Must Stop Incursion into Syria

TEHRAN (Iran News) – France’s president discussed the Turkish incursion into Syria with US President Donald Trump and warned about a possible resurgence of Daesh activity as a result of the military action. Emannuel Macron’s office said in a statement Saturday that in the call, the French leader “reiterated the need to make the Turkish […]

Iran Welcomes Efforts to Mediate Talks with Saudis 12 Oct 2019

Iran Welcomes Efforts to Mediate Talks with Saudis

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran welcomes efforts by intermediaries to mediate talks with Saudis. “We’ve always been open to discussing anything with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is our neighbor. We’re going to be here together permanently,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told Turkey’s TRT World about talks with Saudis. “We […]

Pakistani PM to visit Iran and Saudi Arabia to ‘ease tensions’ 12 Oct 2019

Pakistani PM to visit Iran and Saudi Arabia to ‘ease tensions’

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Pakistan’s top diplomat said Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel to Iran’s capital Tehran on Saturday before heading to Saudi Arabia to try and ease tensions between the two Persian Gulf countries. Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the announcement of visiting Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday, while talking to reporters in […]

Strait of Hormuz region can find its own solution 12 Oct 2019

Strait of Hormuz region can find its own solution

TEHRAN (Iran News) – This is a significant moment for our neighborhood. We are witnessing an escalation in tensions and insecurity, threatening to spiral out of control and result in untold tragedies. The four-and-a-half-year war in Yemen has brought the region to the brink of disaster and resulted in measures against Saudi Aramco’s facilities. Zarif  […]

Iranian Cleric Warns Turkey against ‘New Quagmire’ in Syria 11 Oct 2019

Iranian Cleric Warns Turkey against ‘New Quagmire’ in Syria

Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami deplored Turkey’s recent military operation in northeastern Syria as an act of aggression against a sovereign state and said Ankara should avoid creating a new quagmire for themselves.

Iran Calls Attack on Oil Tanker ‘Dangerous Adventurism’ 11 Oct 2019

Iran Calls Attack on Oil Tanker ‘Dangerous Adventurism’

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi deplored the Friday attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia as “dangerous adventurism” and said a probe into the incident is underway.

Caspian Sea Littoral States Ink MoU to Boost Naval Cooperation 11 Oct 2019

Caspian Sea Littoral States Ink MoU to Boost Naval Cooperation

Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi and his counterparts from other Caspian Sea littoral states signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Friday to boost naval cooperation.