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22 Dec 2017

Iran Hails Global “No” to US Intimidation as UNGA Rejects Trump’s Quds Plan

Iran’s foreign minister praised the international community’s rejection of the US president’s decision to recognize al-Quds as the capital of Israel after a resounding majority of UN member states defied threats by the US to declare Trump’s plan “null and void”. In a tweet on Thursday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed the […]

UN approves resolution rejecting Trump’s move on Al-Quds 22 Dec 2017

UN approves resolution rejecting Trump’s move on Al-Quds

The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that rejects US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israeli regime. The UN General Assembly passed the resolution by a vote of 128 to 9 with 35 countries abstaining. The resolution condemns both US recognition of  Al-Quds as the capital of Israeli […]

Trump threatens UN members over Al-Quds vote 21 Dec 2017

Trump threatens UN members over Al-Quds vote

US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution against his decision to recognize Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli regime’s capital. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we’re watching those […]

Arab League condemns US veto of UNSC resolution on al-Quds 20 Dec 2017

Arab League condemns US veto of UNSC resolution on al-Quds

The Arab League has lashed out at the US for vetoing a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution which called for annulment of Washington’s controversial recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital. On Tuesday, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit expressed discontent over the US veto against the draft, saying the measure will lead to […]

Trump Knows Nothing about Mideast; His Quds Decision to Backfire: US Analyst 20 Dec 2017

Trump Knows Nothing about Mideast; His Quds Decision to Backfire: US Analyst

An American political commentator and social justice activist said US President Donald Trump has “no understanding of Middle East politics”, adding that his recent decision about Jerusalem (al-Quds) is expected to backfire. “President Trump has no understanding of Middle East politics or the cultures involved with all. Siding with Saudi Arabia is actually not an […]

U.S. vetoes UN vote on status of al-Quds 20 Dec 2017

U.S. vetoes UN vote on status of al-Quds

A UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital has been backed by every council member except the U.S., which used its veto. The unanimity of the rest of the council was a stark rebuke to the Trump administration over its unilateral move earlier this […]

UNSC to consider Palestine-drafted resolution on US decision on al-Quds 17 Dec 2017

UNSC to consider Palestine-drafted resolution on US decision on al-Quds

The UN Security Council will consider a Palestine-drafted resolution over the recent US decision to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the Israeli regime’s capital on Monday. The UN Security Council will discuss the situation around al-Quds on Monday, including a Palestine-drafted resolution over the recent US decision to recognize the city as the Israeli regime’s capital, […]

Muslims must form ‘Quds Force’ against Trump’s move 16 Dec 2017

Muslims must form ‘Quds Force’ against Trump’s move

TEHRAN – Adviser to FM Zarif, Hossein Sheikholeslam, said a structure under the name ‘Quds Force’ needs to be added to Islamic countries’ army through parliaments of these states. In an interview with Tasnim News Agency, Hossein Sheikholeslam, Adviser to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, touched upon facts underlying Donald Trump’s decision to move the […]

Iranian Cleric Calls for Arms Supply to Palestinians 16 Dec 2017

Iranian Cleric Calls for Arms Supply to Palestinians

Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi condemned a recent move by US president Donald Trump to declare al-Quds (Jerusalem) the capital of the Israeli regime, and said Palestinians should be armed in their resistance against Tel Aviv. Addressing a large congregation of worshippers here in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Seddiqi denounced Trump’s decision […]

High Level Participation at OIC Summit on Quds Inspiring: Iran’s FM 13 Dec 2017

High Level Participation at OIC Summit on Quds Inspiring: Iran’s FM

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed the level of Muslim countries’ presence in an extraordinary Islamic summit held in Istanbul, Turkey, to coordinate a response to a US decision to recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital. “Inspired by very high level participation at extraordinary OIC summit, despite handful of telling exceptions,” Iran’s […]