US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price has been forced to resign amid a scandal over using costly private jets for his government travel. “Price offered his resignation earlier today and the president accepted,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement on Friday. “The President intends to designate Don […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US President Donald Trump’s position on the landmark nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries prove that any talks with Washington will bear no fruits. “The stance [adopted by] the current US administration on the JCPOA (nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan […]

TEHRAN – Senior MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi emphasized that prolonging suspension of Iran’s nuclear sanctions was a JCPOA requirement it cannot signal a change in Tramp’s approach to the nuclear deal. Head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, touched upon prolongation of the Iranian nuclear sanctions suspension for another 120 days […]

TEHRAN – If the US backs out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, “no one will trust America again,” Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, told NBC News. The move would also leave Iran free to resume work on expanding its nuclear capabilities, Rouhani said in the interview, which took place shortly before […]

TEHRAN – The US will deploy more than 3,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary James Mattis said. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon on Monday that most of the new forces are already on their way to Afghanistan or have orders to deploy. “Frankly I haven’t signed the last of the orders right now. […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, have reportedly agreed to exert extra pressure on North Korea. South Korea’s presidential office spokesman Park Soo-hyun said on Sunday that Moon and Trump had in a Sunday telephone conversation strongly condemned the latest missile launch by North Korea and agreed to work with […]

TEHRAN  – Iran has recently begun exporting handicrafts to some western countries, including the United States and Britain, an official with the country’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) announced on Saturday. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, the director-general of ICHTO’s Handicraft Exports Department, Pouya Mahmoudian, said the country has managed to “dramatically” […]

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. has extended sanctions relief to Iran under the countries’ nuclear deal, but repeated accusations that Tehran is violating the spirit of the agreement. President Donald Trump, who has threatened to tear up the 2015 accord, said Iran had “violated so many different elements” of the deal, under which the U.S. agreed […]

TEHRAN  – Iran battled back from a 0-2 deficit to USA to win the match 3-2 (20-25, 17-25, 25-21, 27-25, 25-21, 15-12) at the Nippon Gaishi Hall at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup on Wednesday. Milad Ebadipour, who was contained by USA in the first two sets, stepped up on offence and […]

US Navy ships on overseas missions have lost operational readiness due to a slew of problems ranging from maintenance to training, a government agency warns, in the wake of two deadly maritime mishaps that badly damaged the force’s reputation. A new review by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that overworked and undertrained […]