A second whistleblower, with first-hand knowledge of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, has spoken with the intelligence community’s internal watchdog, the lawyer representing the official said on Sunday. Mark Zaid confirmed in an interview with ABC’s “This Week” that the second official, also from the US intelligence community, has been interviewed by the inspector […]

Tehran (Iran News) – The Russian embassy in the United States sent a note of protest to the US State Department over FBI questioning of a Russian lawmaker in a New York airport overnight. Russian deputy Inga Yumasheva was questioned for an hour by the FBI upon arrival in New York, the Russian embassy said […]

Tehren (Iran News) – Governor of Kermanshah Province Hooshang Bazvand said on Sunday that Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) will ensure the security of Arbaeen pilgrims at Khosravi border. “Khosravi is the only Iran-Iraq joint border which leads passengers directly to Baghdad,” Bazvand said, according to Mehr. “This is an advantage … but due […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said enemies’ plots aimed at driving a wedge between Iran and Iraq are doomed to failure as Iran-Iraq ties together through faith in God and love for Imam Hussein (AS). “Iran and Iraq are two nations whose hearts & souls are tied […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Venezuela’s Ambassador to Tehran Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones urged Iran not to enter talks under the pressure of sanctions, warning that the White House is pursuing plots to dominate the independent states and usurp their energy resources. During a visit to the Tasnim News Agency’s central office in Tehran, Cordones explicated […]

Venezuela’s Ambassador to Tehran Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones urged Iran not to enter talks with the US government under the pressure of sanctions, warning that the White House is pursuing plots to dominate the independent states and usurp their energy resources.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Turkey against any military move in Syria and said regional nations’ security can be preserved only through respecting other countries’ territorial integrity. Addressing an open session of the parliament in Tehran on Sunday, Zarif pointed to the recent tensions between Syrian Kurds and the […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi warned that Tehran will continue to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal should the other signatories fail to fulfill their obligations. In an address to the opening of a course on nuclear rights, held in Tehran on […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to promote a “long-term, sound and stable” relationship with North Korea as the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relations. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, also sent a message to the Chinese president, saying their China-North Korea “invincible friendship will be immortal on the road […]

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN – Since the appointment of Yahya Sinwar as head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, there has been an expected shift in the Palestinian organization towards the Axis of Resistance. Whereas with Iran and Hezbollah the main points of the contradictions over Syria were successfully overcome (it is worth pointing out that […]