TEHRAN – Two close confidants of U.S. President Donald Trump were scheduled to speak on Saturday before a Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) event, raising fresh questions about the group’s Washington influence as Trump pursues a pressure campaign against Tehran. According to Politico, Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and informal adviser Newt Gingrich were listed as headliners […]

Iran’s 1st VP Es’hagh Jahangiri said the difference between previous sanctions and the future ones is that the incumbent president of the United States does not adhere to any ethical and international principles, and takes any measures to provide US’ interests at any cost. Jahangiri pointed out that now dozens of think tanks in the […]

Robert R. Bianchi, a Professor at the University of Chicago, believes that “single meeting with no defined goals cannot produce lasting improvements in the deeper tensions between Pyongyang and Washington or in the Asia-Pacific region.” Professor Bianchi, who also teaches at the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), adds that “No country trusts Trump’s pledges or […]

The Saudi-led coalition has launched an extensive operation to occupy the important and strategic port of Al-Hudaydah in Yemen. In this operation, the UAE plays a very important role. One of the goals of the country’s participation in the three-year invasion on Yemen was for the sake of dominating the Yemeni ports in order to […]

Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran expects Europe to decide on the JCPOA based on the mutual interests of the two sides and not to be influenced by Trump’s belligerent policy. According to the official website of the Iranian Parliament ‘Khane Mellat’, Iran’s Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and talked with French Ambassador […]

Not long after laying waste a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., UK, France, China, Russia, and Germany), the Trump administration just threatened Iran with military action if it goes beyond the nuclear limits of the deal. The United States’ top diplomat Mike Pompeo on Saturday warned Iran not to, as […]

US President Donald Trump is willing to establish official diplomatic relations with North Korea and even open a US embassy in Pyongyang, two sources close to the Singapore are reported saying. US President Donald Trump is willing to establish diplomatic relations with North Korea and, subsequently, even open an embassy in its capital, Pyongyang, Axios […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the US President Donald Trump’s policies and negative image in the world would finally be to Iran’s advantage. “Military power does not form the main basis of a state’s power. The power of their words can be very effective. There was a factor that played a role […]

TEHRAN – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi has said the U.S. President Donald Trump is a “coward” who pursues his financial and economic greed in the region by igniting Iranophobia. The U.S. president’s “unreasonable behaviors” with regard to international agreements have further undermined the credibility of the United States and led […]

US President Donald Trump has decided to prolong sanctions introduced in the wake of North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests following a punitive December 2017 UN resolution restricting Pyongyang’s fuel imports and other trade. The day before, however, the US president had stressed that Kim Jong Un was complying with international demands, Sputnik News reported. […]