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A local resident told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that some 100 posts belonging to Afghan security forces have fallen to Taliban, with the members of the terrorist group focusing their attacks on governorate office and police command center.The Taliban is using heavy arms in their attack on the Afghan …

António Guterres on Thursday condemned an air strike by Saudi-led coalition forces that targeted a school bus travelling through a busy market area in the northern province of Saada which killed scores of children.The Yemeni news agency, SABA, reported that the death toll rose to 43, most of whom were …

Turkey has explicitly declared that it will not implement the US' anti-Iran sanctions, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in a meeting with Head of Iran Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi on Thursday.The Turkish official praised Iran's stance on various issues, including the US' pull out from the nuclear deal, known …

In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, he who doubles as the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party added that the policy of exerting economic pressure on Iran and sanctions is rejected and the international community should block the policy of pushing peoples towards famine. Masjedi, for …

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Navy’s representative office in Hassan Kif, Kelardasht, he added that the Navy will safeguard security of all Iranian exports and imports in northern and southern waters whereby 90 percent of the exports and imports are conducted.“We are equipped with most complicated infrastructure and manpower to …

In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador in Baghdad Iraj Masjedi, Hakim stressed that intensifying tensions will not benefit regional states.“We again invite conflicting sides to negotiating table and avoid using language of force and economic sanctions” he said.Stressing the need for dialogues as a means to leave behind crises, he …

Companies doing business with Iran will be barred from the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, as new US sanctions targeting dollars, metals trading, coal, industrial software and its auto sector took effect despite pleas from Washington’s allies, Reuters reported.The move follows Washington reneging on a 2015 deal …

Qasemi voiced sympathy with the survivors of the victims of the Saudi-UAE planes' 'war crime' in targeting a bus in which Yemeni students were aboard.The event killed or injured tens of innocent children.Qasemi asked the international communities and human rights bodies to use any possible means to prevent continuation of …

The two sides discussed bilateral issues and expansion of the two-way ties.Vaezi is in Ankara to convey message of President Hassan Rouhani to Turkish counterpart Recep Teyyip Erdogan.In an interview IRNA upon arrival in Turkey on Thursday, Vaezi had said the US' unilateral sanctions are no longer effective.Vaezi said both …

Gholam-Hossein Dehqani and his Russian counterpart Syromolotov Vladimirovich also reviewed the latest regional and global developments and campaign against terrorism with the UN in the axis.The two sides also stressed the significance of boosting consultation with the international organizations on counter-terrorism cooperation based on international laws and regulations. 9060**1420Follow us …