Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the leadership in Tehran could be open to talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. “If the main concern is that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, then that is achievable,” Araghchi said on Wednesday on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Tehran. Trump issued a presidential memorandum…
Iran is pursuing its mass deportation of Afghan migrants back across the border, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). “The Islam Qala border crossing sees around 3,000 people crossing daily from Iran,” NRC’s secretary general Jan Egeland said, having recently visited the border town. These are mainly people who have been deported or expelled,…
Iran must take a first step toward improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear it does not aim to develop nuclear weapons, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. He also said he hoped all parties in Gaza would realise they would benefit from a permanent truce…
Iran and Russia could serve as a model to inspire other countries to form a stronger coalition against Western powers. Deputy Head of Iran’s parliamentary economic commission, Jafar Qaderi told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. “This alliance could also encourage other nations under U.S. sanctions to contribute to building a more robust coalition against Western countries,’’…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian would sign a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement following their talks in Moscow on Friday, the Kremlin said on Monday. “At the end of the talks, Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian will sign the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and Iran, as well as make media…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed his archenemies the United States and Israel for the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. “There can be no doubt that what has happened in Syria is the result of a joint American-Zionist plan,” Khamenei said on Wednesday in the capital Tehran, according to state…
Analysts believe Netanyahu had hoped for a Trump return to the White House, given the longstanding personal friendship between the two as well as the former president’s hawkishness on Israel’s arch-foe Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Sunday he had spoken three times with US President-elect Donald Trump over the past few days…
Fatemeh Mohajerani Iranian government spokesperson on Wednesday said Iranian’s livelihoods will not be affected by the U.S. elections after Donald Trump claimed victory in the presidential vote. Arab and Western officials have told Reuters Trump may reimpose his “maximum pressure policy’’ through heightened sanctions on Iran’s oil industry and empower Israel to strike its nuclear…
The Iranian government expressed indifference following Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory. “It does not matter who becomes president in the United States as our plans were made in advance,” said government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani. Senior Iranian politicians did not initially comment on Trump’s election. The two countries no longer maintain direct diplomatic relations. Trump’s previous…
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued renewed threats to Iranian arch-enemies Israel and the United States on Saturday, following the recent military confrontations. “The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or America, will certainly receive a devastating response to what they are doing to Iran and the resistance front,” the 85-year-old Khamenei said…
