TEHRAN – The spokesman for the Iranian parliament’ presiding board made assurances that France’s energy giant Total will never leave its major gas deal with Tehran. In remarks released on Saturday, Behrouz Nemati said the agreement with Total has been signed and its implementation process is underway according to Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. […]

TEHRAN – Diplomacy backed by military power is needed to deal with North Korea’s missile and nuclear development, the head of the US military’s Pacific Command said on Thursday. North Korea has launched dozens of missiles under the leadership of Kim Jong Un as it accelerates a weapons program designed to give it the ability […]

TEHRAN – Lawmakers of the Turkish ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party on Wednesday criticized the US over the deal between PKK/PYD and ISIL. The deal allowed hundreds of ISIL terrorists to escape the besieged city of Raqqah. “Syria will be the second Vietnam for America,” said Metin Kulunk in a news conference on Wednesday, […]

TEHRAN – Total Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne said US President Donald Trump’s new aggressive approach to Iran could kill a huge energy investment the French oil and gas major signed with Tehran just four months ago. “Either we can do the deal legally if there is a legal framework,” Pouyanné told CNN on Monday. […]

TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei warned against the US government’s attempts to undermine the 2015 international nuclear deal, saying that Iran would withdraw from the deal if Washington insists on making it ineffectual. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Wednesday, Rezaei said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear […]

A bipartisan Senate deal that could bolster Obamacare for two years by reviving federal subsidies for health insurers has been dismissed by Republicans. The deal, which had been worked out by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, would restore $106 million in funding for a federal program that helps […]

TEHRAN- Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement on Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo. Under the agreement, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is to resume full control of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by December 1, according to a statement from Egypt’s intelligence agency, which oversaw the […]

TEHRAN – Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement on Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo. Under the agreement, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is to resume full control of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by December 1, according to a statement from Egypt’s intelligence agency, which oversaw […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Trump’s recent remarks questions United Nations’ legitimacy, adding US violation of international agreement should be addressed in the Security Council. Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nurlan Nigmatulin, where he thanked him for the country’s fair and unbiased views on Iran’s nuclear deal. […]

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has rejected reports that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had notified his Iranian counterpart of Washington’s new strategy on Tehran. “What Mr. Tillerson says goes back to his speech during the ministerial meeting of the P5+1 (permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) on the sidelines of the UN […]