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TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday in a message that Iran is open to dialogue with its neighbors. Iran remains open to dialogue with its neighbors, and we declare our willingness to participate in any further work in the interest of the region, and we welcome …

ERBIL – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on Monday urged the Iraqi government to renew its reform efforts and expressed concern about violence during anti-corruption protests that have continued since the end of last year. Amid continuing violence, security …

KABUL – The US has asked the Taliban to cut its ties with Iran and to agree to the presence of some US forces in Afghanistan after a potential peace agreement between the two sides, said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the reconciled leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Tuesday, ToloNews reported. According to the …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval on Wednesday. The Iranian foreign ministry announced that the meeting had been “private”, without providing further details. The Iranian minister arrived in India on Tuesday to participate in the Raisina Dialogue …

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to replace the Iranian nuclear agreement with his own new agreement to ensure that the Islamic Republic does not have an atomic weapon. “If we want to get rid of it, let’s replace it and replace …

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he did not care if Iran agreed to negotiate with Washington after a senior adviser suggested earlier that the country would have no choice but to accept talks. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien told Fox News Sunday that the Trump administration’s …

KABUL – The Taliban said Thursday that escalating military tensions between the United States and Iran are unlikely to hurt the group’s talks with Washington aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan. The first official reaction from the Taliban comes a day after Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Russia agreed to launch a joint effort to “restore peace” in the region with growing tensions between the United States and Iran, Radio Pakistan reported Friday. The agreement came during a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on …

TEHRAN – Iran has invited Boeing to participate in the investigation of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed earlier this week at a time of mounting tension between Washington and Tehran, killing 176 people on board, official Iranian media reported on Friday. The move came after Western leaders said the plane …

WASHINGTON – In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, said that the United States was ready to negotiate “with the aim of preventing any further threat to international peace and security or escalation by the Iranian regime,” Asian …