Ties With UAE in “Unacceptable” Lane IRAN NEWS POLITICAL DESK TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says ties with the UAE have drifted into an “unacceptable” lane due to the strategic mistakes the tiny Arab country’s leaders have made over the past years. “The UAE government, despite maintaining vast economic ties with Iran, has […]

Australian referee Christopher James Beath has been chosen to officiate Iran’s AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against Japan on Monday. Beath was added to the FIFA International Referees List in 2011, serving as a referee for matches including the Kirin Challenge Cup contest between Japan and Iceland. In 2017, Beath was appointed as one of […]

 The Asian Football Confederation’s continental competitions, which is the biggest-ever in terms of the number of national football teams present in this edition, kicked off in UAE Sat. with host UAE taking on Bahrain. The 2019 AFC Asian Cup kicked off in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday evening January 5 and will wrap […]

 Besides the security developments in Syria that have always made headlines and the Zionist’s attacks on Syria, these days Damascus has become a hangout place for states that have not achieved much in the past few years of war against Syria. As President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from Syria and Turkey affirmed a […]

The United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has expressed remarks on Monday indicating his anger at the telephone conversation between the President of Iran and the Emir of Qatar. “I do not think that Qatari citizens are satisfied with their government’s support for Houthis or close ties with Tehran, nor […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team of Iran defeated the UAE’s Al Wasl 1-0 on Matchday Four of the AFC Champions League on Tuesday. In the match held in Dubai’s Zabeel Stadium, the Iranian giants won the match thanks to a header from Kamal Kamyabinia in the 37th minute. Persepolis could have won with more goals […]

During a meeting on Monday in Tehran Iran’s SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani and French Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed regional and international developments as well as bilateral ties. Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and French Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met on Monday in Tehran. The […]

Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian posted a message on his Twitter account condemning the joint rhetoric of KSA, UAE, and Bahrain against Iran at Davos panels. “The anti-Tehran alignment of KSA, UAE, and Bahrain at the World Economic Forum in Davos is a strategic mistake,” reads a post by Iranian Parliament’s […]

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced it has suspended sales of arms and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates. The ministry had expressed concern that these arms could be used in Yemen resulting in an intensification of the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the country since the outbreak of the war in 2015. […]

TEHRAN – An Emirati soldier has been killed in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) military announced Thursday. The General Command of the UAE Armed Forces announced the death of soldier Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah al-Hosani, the official Emirates News Agency (ENA) reported. Al-Hosani was reportedly killed while taking part in operations being conducted in Yemen […]