Much to the chagrin of mandarins in Washington, Taliban have called off ‘peace talks’ with the U.S. officials in Qatar this week due to an “agenda disagreement”. This month’s talks, the fourth in a series of talks between the two sides in recent months, aimed was scheduled between Taliban leaders and U.S. special envoy Zalmay […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lashed at the US government for bringing about chaos and repression wherever it interferes. In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday night, the Iranian foreign minister said, “Whenever/wherever US interferes, chaos, repression & resentment follow.” He also dismissed the US notion that Iran needs to behave like […]

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami arrived in Caracas on Thursday for taking part at inauguration ceremony of Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela prepares for another term of his presidency. Hatami will attend the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro on January 10th in Caracas, Venezuela. He was welcomed by Venezuela’s Minister of Planning on arrival […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday likened U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton to “psychotic stalkers” who are extremely obsessed with Iran. “While ordinarily it might be flattering, @SecPompeo’s and @AmbJohnBolton’s pure obsession with Iran is more and more like the behavior of persistently failing psychotic stalkers,” […]

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, an Iranian lawmaker, has said that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim that sanctions are aimed at giving the Iranian people a chance to have better lives is “invalid” and “disgraceful”. “It is obvious that these remarks are disgraceful and have no value,” ISNA quoted him as saying on Wednesday. In an […]

Asserting that no country is immune to the “existential threat” of terrorism, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said the need of hour is to ensure zero tolerance towards terrorism and those using it as an “instrument of convenience”. Swaraj made these remarks while speaking at the Raisina Dialogue organized by India’s leading […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said on Tuesday that Iran and Iraq have brotherly and friendly ties. During a press conference, he said that Iraq focuses on interaction with the neighboring countries based on commonalities. He said in December that Iraq will seeks to find an exemption from U.S. sanctions against Iran. In violation of […]

Iran on Thursday marked the second anniversary of the demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a ceremony in Tehran. The ceremony opened with a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The president said that Ayatollah Hashemi played a major role in the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and also the country’s nuclear […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as “untrue” reports by certain US media that an American citizen is imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad in suboptimal conditions. In response to a question raised by reporters on Wednesday, Qassemi confirmed that American citizen Michael White has been arrested in Mashhad. “An American citizen, named […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed national sovereignty and people’s right to vote as the greatest achievements of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Speaking at the session of the cabinet on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani referred to the anniversary of the uprising of the people of Qom, saying, “Qom and the seminary in this city […]