Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that ceasefire is an urgent priority in settling the conflict in the Middle East, and the use of force is not the right way to resolve international disputes, according to the Xinhua News Agency. During phone talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over the situation in the…
Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to remove nuclear materials from Iran and convert them into fuel as a potential way to help narrow differences between the United States and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Tehran says it has the right to peaceful nuclear power, but its swiftly-advancing uranium enrichment program has…
If nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Wednesday, days ahead of a planned sixth round of Iran-US nuclear talks. “Some officials on the other side threaten conflict if negotiations don’t come to fruition. If a conflict is…
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council warned in a statement that any Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities will be met with a direct response targeting Israel’s concealed nuclear infrastructure. The statement follows what Iranian officials described as a “complex intelligence operation” conducted by the country’s intelligence forces. According to the council’s statement on Monday, the…
Iran is preparing for a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iran’s government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani was quoted by Russia’s state RIA news agency as saying on Monday. “Putin’s trip to Tehran is currently being worked out, preparations are underway,” Mohajerani was quoted as saying by RIA. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin….
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his country was willing to engage in dialogue with the United States as equals, without clarifying whether Tehran would participate in direct talks. It came after US President Donald Trump, who has called on Tehran to hold direct negotiations on its nuclear program, threatened to bomb Iran if diplomacy…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Tehran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after US President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the country’s top authority to negotiate a nuclear deal. In an interview with Fox Business, Trump said “there are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or…
Syrian state-run media said Israel struck the upscale Mazzeh district of Damascus on Friday, the second such attack in as many days to hit the neighborhood home to embassies, security headquarters and United Nations offices. “Israeli aggression targets Mazzeh area in Damascus,” the official SANA news agency said, after reporting a deadly Israeli strike on…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday warned that the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, where Israel is battling Tehran-backed groups, could spill over beyond the Middle East. “The world should know that in case of the expansion of war, its harmful effects will not be limited only to the West Asia region; insecurity and…
Iranian demonstrators gathered on Sunday outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis that has for decades shaped relations between Washington and Tehran. The hostage crisis began in November 1979 following the Islamic Revolution led by Iran’s late supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini which ousted the Western-backed Shah…
A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander said on Sunday Iran will “certainly” launch a new attack against Israel, a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed a harsh retaliation. “Details cannot be discussed, but it will certainly be carried out,” Ali Fadavi, the IRGC’s deputy commander in chief, was cited as saying by…
Iran’s president said Sunday a potential ceasefire between its allies and Israel “could affect the intensity” of Tehran’s response to Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian military sites. “If they (the Israelis) reconsider their behavior, accept a ceasefire and stop massacring the oppressed and innocent people of the region, it could affect the intensity and type of our…
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday Tehran was not looking for war but will respond “appropriately” to Israel’s attack. “We do not seek war, but we will defend the rights of our nation and country. We will give an appropriate response to the aggression of the Zionist regime,” state news agency IRNA quoted Pezeshkian as…
