Boeing representatives due in Tehran next week to discuss deal: official
TEHRAN – Representatives of the U.S. aircraft maker Boeing are due to visit Tehran next week to finalize financial parameters of their deal with Iran, Shargh Daily quoted Iranian Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan on Monday. “Last week, Iran Air’s Managing Director Farzaneh Sharafbafi had a meeting with Boeing representatives in Dubai and next […]
US authorizes $10.5bn Patriot missile sale to Poland
The US State Department has authorized the sale of $10.5 billion in Patriot missile systems to Poland, the linchpin of the NATO military alliance’s Eastern frontier against Russia. The proposed sale includes four radar sets, four control stations, sixteen launching stations, and 208 Patriot Advanced Capabilty-3 (PAC-3) missiles, the Pentagon said Friday. The deal now […]
US-led alliance kills more than 10 civilians in Deir Ezzor countryside
Local sources told SANA that warplanes of the US-led alliance attacked residential areas in al-Duwaiji village in Tal al-Shaer area near the Syrian-Iraqi borders, killing more than 10 civilians and a number of paramedics who tried to help injured people, in addition to causing massive material damage to locals’ properties and homes. The sources explained […]
Intimidated by US, Major Banks Avoid to Work with Iran
TEHRAN – A member of Iran’s Money and Credit Council attributed major global banks’ reluctance to build banking links with Iran to the US government’s intimidating policies and obstructionism. Conditions are not still set for Iranian banks to make connection with the world’s top banks, Bahman Abdollahi, member of the highest policy-making body in the […]
Protesters demand US Congress to pass immigration bill
Hundreds of protesters have occupied a US Senate office building to press Congress to pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to stay in the country, a protection taken away by President Donald Trump. More than 1,000 people filled the Hart Senate Building with chants and banners calling for […]
Nuclear commitments undertaken by Iran being implemented: IAEA chief
During a visit to the United States, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano says Iran has been complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement, and that the nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Tehran under the deal are being implemented. Amano met with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in New York on Thursday, where […]
Iran contemplating fighting US with Bitcoin
Iran toiled for years to reach a deal with world powers to rid itself of harsh economic sanctions. The talks, which were current in the early 2000s but halted during the Ahmadinejad administration (2005-2013) were resumed by President Hassan Rouhani in 2013 to bear fruit in 2015. According to Trend news, The hopes of Iranians […]
Russia slams US for denying entry to military officials
Russia has blasted the United States for denying entry to a Russian military delegation scheduled to attend a joint briefing with Chinese officials at the United Nations about America’s deployment of missile systems across the world. Alexander Emelianov, from the Russian Defense Ministry’s international cooperation committee, said Thursday that Moscow wanted to send a delegation to […]
US lawmakers urge Trump to stay in Iran deal to save national security
Earlier Wednesday, Republican and Democratic leaders of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee urged Trump against abandoning the Iran nuclear deal on eve of Trump’s decision to decertify the JCPOA. US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would soon reveal his strategy toward Iran and that he alone would decide on it, despite disagreement among […]
US provides logistic support to Daesh in Iraq, Syria: IRGC commander
A commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States has airdropped weapons and food supplies to Daesh in Iraq and Syria as the Takfiri terrorist group was facing defeat. The second-in-command of the IRGC’s Ground Force, Brigadier General Abdullah Araqi, said on Wednesday that the US had provided logistic support to Daesh […]