Tag Archives: Tehran

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 …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on Monday in Tehran. The two sides conferred on bilateral ties, regional developments and the need for de-escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf region. The Pakistani minister arrived in Tehran …

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 …

ISLAMABAD – The United States has asked for Pakistan’s help to defuse tensions in its conflict with Iran, Dr. Moeed Yusuf, The Pakistani Prime Minister’s special assistant to the national security and strategic policy planning department, said on Wednesday. “Washington asking Islamabad to play a role in the Middle East …

TEHRAN – A Ukrainian airliner carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, killing everyone on board, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Ukraine International Airlines-owned Boeing 737 crashed near the airport and caught fire, the report said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

TEHRAN – Iranian Project Director at the International Crisis Group (ICG) Ali Vaez said that the attack by Islamic Republic of Iran against American bases in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday morning had been well designed and regulated. Vaez has shown his reaction to the Iranian missile attack …

35 people have been killed and 48 injured in a stampede KIRMAN, Iran – Hundreds of Thousands of bereaved people dressed in black were found to pay final tribute to Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani before his burial. Gen. Soleimani was assassinated Friday in an American drone strike in Iraq …

TEHRAN – Tehran Dialogue Forum; 23rd Persian Gulf International Conference’ opened in the Iranian capital on Tuesday morning with the participation of a number of foreign officials, ambassadors, and experts. Notable regional figures including Foreign Minister of Oman Yusuf bin Alawi and former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, as well …

TEHRAN – Iran is offering $80 million for the assassination of US President Donald Trump after the United States killed an Iranian top general in Iraq last week. At Qassem Soleimani’s funeral on Sunday, Iranian public television announced that Tehran would pay $ 80 million – one dollar for every …

BERLIN – US President Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions on Iraq was “not very helpful”, Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday. The United States president had warned Baghdad could be hit by sanctions “like they’ve never seen before” if US forces were forced to leave. “I don’t think it works …