BOGOTA, Colombia/TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran and Venezuela have the capacity to expand their bilateral trade volume to $20 billion, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday at a joint news conference with his counterpart Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Raisi arrived in the Venezuelan capital early on Tuesday on the first leg of his three-nation tour of ...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran on Monday said that it has continued indirect negotiations with the Unites States through the Sultanate of Oman over its nuclear deal and a possible prisoner swap. Iran’s nuclear program has long been the subject of scrutiny from Western powers, resulting in sanctions that have crippled the country’s econom...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday a nuclear deal with the West is welcome as long as the country’s nuclear industry infrastructure “is not touched”. “There is nothing wrong with the agreement (with the West), but the infrastructure of our nuclear industry should not be touched,” Khamenei sa...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): The head of Iran’s atomic nuclear agency Mohammad Eslami says the country is enriching uranium on a higher scale to force the West to lift sanctions. In an interview with the local Persian-language newspaper Etilaat on Saturday, Eslami said high-purity enrichment activity carried out in line with the parliamentary law ...
TORONTO (AA): Three Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the “Combating International Islamophobia Bill” legislation to US Congress to address the staggering rise in incidents of Islamophobia worldwide. Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and Illinois Representative Jan Schakowsky signed the bill, ...
TEHRAN (AA): Iran has denied a report that it is nearing an “interim deal” with the US that would see some sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Iranian uranium enrichment. Iran’s mission at the UN dismissed the report published by the Middle East Eye website that claimed a breakthrough in talks between Tehran and [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran on Thursday described its missile program as “conventional” and “legitimate”, rejecting what it called “interventionist” remarks by Western leaders over the unveiling of the country’s first hypersonic missile. Iran’s missile program is “conventional, defensive and is completely legitimate based o...
TORONTO (AA): US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met Wednesday with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh where they discussed a range of bilateral, regional and global issues, according to the State Department “Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Minister resolved to continue to work together to counter terrorism, to suppo...
WASHINGTON (AA): The US has sanctioned an alleged “procurement network” of seven individuals and six entities for assisting Iran’s missile development program. The network spans China, Iran and Hong Kong, and has worked to assist Tehran in its efforts to buy sensitive technologies and critical components on behalf of “k...
WASHINGTON (AA): The US will host representatives from Armenia and Azerbaijan later this month for another round of talks aimed at normalizing relations, the State Department announced Monday. An exact date was not provided, but spokesperson Vedant Patel said the parties would use the talks to “continue to pursue a peaceful future for th...
