Politics

In July 4, 1982, while Lebanon was overwhelmed by a civil war with half of the country under the Israeli occupation, four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped by the militias known as the Lebanese Forces (LF).In those days Lebanon was experiencing tough days as the Zionist occupiers, aided by their proxy …

Condemning the move, Qasemi said, 'The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the decision as unconstructive in bilateral relations.' He said foreign minister's assistant immediately summoned Dutch ambassador to Tehran to inform him of the official protest of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the unfriendly action.'The Islamic …

President Rouhani told the fourth High Economic Coordination Council session on Saturday that European countries have the political will to continue economic cooperation based on the JCPOA, but materialization of the goal will be possible in light of taking practical steps and making specific executive decisions which should come to …

Norvanto expressed hope that cooperation between the two countries will further promote over next years. Finland wants enhanced trade relations in different industrial fields with Iran, Norvanto said. Iran is a major international market in the area of oil and petrochemical industry, enjoying proper capacities for increased trade relations with …

“The Elders strongly condemned President Trump's decision today to withdraw the United States from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran: the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA. They called on the other signatories to the deal – France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and the European Union -- …

There will remain no such Organization in future after continuation of the sanctions, Moayyed Hosseini Sadr told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).The US imagines that it can compensate the oil shortage through Saudi Arabia, but it should know that its measure will disrupt OPEC plans because Iran produces five percent …

The European Union had assumed that by giving concessions, either on Iran's part or on its own, it could convince Trump to give up opposing the nuclear deal, he said in an exclusive interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Friday.'It took too long for the EU to …

Eleven members of Syrian Democratic Forces were among the dead, Head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdul Rahman was quoted by France news agency ‘AFP’ as saying.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are a multi-ethnic and multi-religious alliance of predominantly Kurdish, but also Arab and Assyrian/Syriac militias, as …

Rehman, a Pakistani by nationality, is a professor of Islamic law and Muslim constitutionalism at Brunel Law School.He is replacing Ms. Asma Jilani Jahangir who was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist.Jahangir suffered from a stroke leading to brain hemorrhage in Lahore on 11 February 2018 and later …

“In Vienna, we confirmed our political determination to keep implementing the deal, which is a strategic security interest for the European Union and the world,” Mogherini wrote on her blog on Friday.“And beyond that, we agreed on actions to maintain Iran’s oil and gas exports, to keep financial channels and …