The agreement was signed in Tehran last Saturday by Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang, who touched down in Tehran on Friday for a two-day visit as part [ More … ]
Economic penalties target Tehran’s acquisition of US dollars, precious metals trade, transactions related to Iran’s Rial. The first round of the U.S. pre-nuclear deal sanctions on Iran, largely targeting the country’s banking sector, went into [ More … ]
US lawmakers voted to delay newly imposed sanctions on Iran as the Iranian elections, which may witness a significant change in Iran’s foreign policy, became closer. Iran made a historic nuclear deal with P5+1 powers [ More … ]
Iran concluded its new naval drills, which took place at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, with testing new firepower systems amid increasing tension with the US and the regional powers. Tuesday marked [ More … ]
Iran launched new naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean on Sunday, a naval commander said, amid increasing tension with the US and the regional powers. Trump has said during [ More … ]
A top military commander in Iran said that his country is ready for a strong reply if the US underestimates Iran’s defensive capabilities, as the IRGC conducted new war games as a show of power. Trump has [ More … ]
US senators plan to impose new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program, accusing it of violating U.N. Security Council resolutions and funding terrorism in the middle east. Trump has said during his election campaign that [ More … ]
Iran’s Foreign Minister said that recent bans and sanctions by the US won’t work with his country, adding that the nuclear deal must be maintained and its terms are not open for negotiations. Trump has said during [ More … ]
Iran’s Foreign Minister said that his country refuses any role for the US troops in Syria, adding that the nuclear deal must be maintained and its terms are not open for negotiations. The US Defense [ More … ]
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to begin a nationwide celebration of the 38th anniversary of the country’s 1979 revolution, chanting against the US and Trump after tension reached a critical [ More … ]
Trump’s administration was studying a proposal to designate Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, while senior defense and intelligence officials expressed their concerns about such a decision that will complicate [ More … ]
Iranian military forces have held military drills in the weekend as a clear reply to the new US sanctions against the republic while sending threats again and saying they are ready to repel any offensive. The [ More … ]
The past few days witnessed a quick collapse of the relations between the US and Iran after a short time of relative calm. However, this tension isn’t new and has old and deep roots, but [ More … ]
Iran launched military drills on Saturday, in a clear challenge of the new sanctions that were imposed by the US administrations against the republic. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps launched military drills on Saturday and tested new [ More … ]
The United States’ new imposed sanctions on some Iranian individuals and entities led to a rise in oil prices rose on Friday, after a series of events led to an escalate in the tension between [ More … ]
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