NORTH CAROLINA – Oddly enough, but not surprisingly, I had a bit of an altercation this past week with one Josh Block on Twitter. I hurled a condemnation at a post of his, and he hurled one back at me and called me an “anti-Semite” and a bit more. To his invective, I did not […]

 Saudi Arabia admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul, saying he died in brawl but made no mention of where his body is. Kingdom sacked intelligence official and arrested 18 Saudis saying missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a ‘fist fight’. “Discussions that took place between him and […]

 The US President Donald Trump said that Saudi Arabia could be behind Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and, if so, the US would impose “severe punishment.” He made the remarks in an interview with CBS’ ’60 Minutes’, the full version of which will be aired on Sunday. Trump said that Saudi Arabia has denied playing a part […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nikki Haley said on Tuesday she was stepping down as US ambassador to the United Nations, but knocked down speculation that she might challenge President Donald Trump at the next election. Sitting beside Trump in the Oval Office, Haley said her 18-month stint at the United Nations had been “an honor of […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US sanctions on Iran will not impact Qatar Airways’ flights to the Islamic Republic, the airline’s boss Akbar al-Baker said. Speaking at a high-profile business conference in Doha, Baker said services to Iran would continue despite a tightening economic squeeze on Iran by Washington. “Aviation is not a sanctioned industry, Qatar Airways […]

 In an interview with Al Jazeera published on Friday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, “We’re not actually eager to meet with [U.S. President Donald Trump] because the United States is not a reliable negotiating partner.” Asked about the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Zarif said, “The nuclear deal is […]

Carmaker Volkswagen AG rejected on Thursday a report suggesting it had decided against doing business in Iran after coming under pressure from Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany, saying its position on the country had not changed. U.S. sanctions against Iran, introduced by President Trump after his decision to pull the United States out of the […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday that Iran has never requested meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Reportedly, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has claimed that Iran had requested a meeting with Trump during the United Nations General Assembly which is scheduled to be held from September 18 to […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iranians will defeat US President Donald Trump like what they did to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein; the same will happen to Trump. America will suffer the same fate as Saddam Hussein. “The most influential weapon of the Islamic Republic are missiles, and with recent pressure of the enemies, we appreciate […]

 Disputes between U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis have increased. Many media sources in the U.S. are reporting the probable dismissal of Trump’s Secretary of Defense in the coming days. Meanwhile, after the presence of people such as John Bolton and Mike Pumpeo at the White House, Mattises’ power in the […]