It’s been an interesting few days in ever-turbulent relations between Iran and the United States. Last week, President Trump announced the US would up the pressure on Iran’s economy by removing waivers that have allowed China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey to continue to buy Iranian crude oil despite US sanctions. How has Iran responded to…
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif alleged Sunday that National Security Adviser John Bolton, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates intend to push President Donald Trump into conflict with Iran. Zarif appeared for a pre-recorded interview on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace to discuss the Trump administration’s hardline stance against Iran and the Persian Gulf Nation’s…
AP Photo: FILE- Iranian lawmakers burn two pieces of papers representing the U.S. flag and the nuclear deal as they chant slogans against the U.S. at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. The US seeks to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero in push to limit the country’s global influence Iran’s Foreign…
Rampage missile fired from F-16 fighter jet developed by IMI Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries Days after Israel’s air strikes on the Masyaf (Misyaf) missile plant in Hama Province, Syria, Israeli media have reported that a highly advanced “new missile” was deployed during the attacks. According to the reports, the missiles are supersonic and “so…
An Israeli F-15 fighter jet takes off during a military exercise. (Reuters file photo) Tel Aviv – Nazir Magally Despite the complete calm on the Lebanese-Syrian and Lebanese-Israeli borders an Israeli military commander warned on Thursday that the whole of Lebanon will not be spared should a new war erupt with the Hezbollah party. “It…
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton has warned nations seen as obstacles to U.S. plans for Latin America that they must leave Venezuela and stop defending the socialist government opposed by the Trump administration. Venezuela’s economic crisis boiled over into a geopolitical flashpoint in January that has polarized world powers, as the U.S….
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss the situation in Syria and ways to foster cooperation. The…
Moscow expressed skepticism toward Washington’s recent allegations that Iran was behind the deaths over 600 U.S. troops in Iraq and warned against launching any new wars in the Middle East. During a Tuesday press briefing at the State Department, Brian Hook, U.S. special envoy to Iran, revealed “based on declassified U.S. military reports, that Iran is…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Official reports in Iran say that 46 people have been killed so far in the recent unprecedented floods across the country. “46 people have been killed in the country so far (in the floods), 21 of them in the first few minutes of the flood incident in Shiraz,” Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced…
Mudflows and floods caused damage to the agrarian sector of 12 provinces of Iran by 38.5 trillion rials (app. $917 million), Mohammad Mousavi, Head of the Disaster Management Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad of Iran, told in an interview to the ministry’s website, Trend reports. According to Mousavi, the calculations were done for the 11-day…