Iran Summons Dutch Envoy over Embassy Attack
Iran’s Foreign Ministry called in Dutch Ambassador to Tehran Jacques Werner to voice the country’s protest over a recent attack by “some anti-revolutionary elements” on the Islamic Republic’ embassy in the Hague. A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official met with Werner at the Foreign Ministry on Monday evening and conveyed Tehran’s strong protest over the attack on the Iranian […]
Iranian, Polish Diplomats Confer on US’ Anti-Iran Conference
The Iranian ambassador to Poland held talks with a Polish deputy foreign minister to convey Tehran’s concerns over an anti-Iran conference scheduled to be held in Warsaw next month. The meeting took place at the request of the Polish official, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported on Tuesday. During the meeting, the Iranian envoy, Masoud Edrisi […]
Iraqi Kurds Never Forget Iran’s Support, KRG PM Says
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani praised Iran’s support for the Iraqi Kurdish people during attacks by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group and said the Kurds will never forget Tehran’s backing. Speaking at a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, on Tuesday, Barzani […]
Leader Urges Full Probe into Cargo Plane Crash near Tehran
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei offered condolences over the crash of a cargo plane in Iran’s northern city of Karaj, west of Tehran, and urged the relevant authorities to fully examine the incident and find “possible flaws”. In a message released on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei described the crash of the airplane […]
Pompeo in Cairo: Anti-Obama, anti-Iran, and little else
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a campaign speech in Cairo that seemed written to please an audience of one—President Donald Trump—along with the domestic political base to which Trump’s own rhetoric is designed to appeal. The main theme was the familiar one that U.S. policy before the Trump presidency was uniformly awful and, since […]
Iranians will not forget treason by Poland
In 1939, when World War II began, Poland came under attacks by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The attacks led to starvation, displacement, and mass execution of Polish people. It was between the years 1941 to 1943 that about 150,000 Poles took refuge in Iran. During their three-year stay in Iran, the Iranians’ […]
Iranian FM in Iraqi Kurdistan for Talks
After meeting with Iraqi leaders and top officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif started a visit to the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Tuesday. Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, Zarif arrived in Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, this morning. He was welcomed by the prime minister of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, on […]
Iran’s FM Highlights Role of Iraqi Nation in Uprooting Terrorism
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with Hadi al-Ameri, the head of Iraq’s Building Alliance parliamentary faction, highlighted the role of the Iraqi nation and popular troops in uprooting terrorism in the Arab country. In the meeting, held in Baghdad on Monday afternoon, Ameri pointed to the efforts of the alliance in […]
Iraq Keen to Boost Ties with Iran
Iraq’s President Barham Salih exchanged views with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about a range of issues, including regional developments, and voiced his country’s willingness to enhance its relations with Iran. In the meeting in Baghdad on Monday, attended by an Iranian delegation led by Zarif, Salih stressed the need to pursue political solutions to all regional […]
Iran to put ‘Payam’ satellite into orbit in coming days
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that an Iranian-made satellite named ‘Payam’ will be put into orbit at 600 kilometers altitude above Earth in the near future. Rouhani made the announcement while addressing a group of people in Golestan province during his provincial visit on Monday. He said homegrown ‘Payam’ satellite will be put into […]