News Archive - 3 June 2018

Good evening, everybody. Thank you very much for your patience. And I apologize for the fact that I can’t stay to take questions, which I would like to do. But we are operating under some very tight constraints on the rest period the law allows for our pilots, because...

A strong case can be made in favor of Iran's retaliatory suspension of intrusive atomic inspections agreed upon under the terms of the Iran nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).  Such a suspension, pending the outcome of the present Iran-Europe talks over the...

The international obstinacy of White House leaders in withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has more than anything else led to a gap between the US and the international community.   This comes as US officials are now speaking...

On October 13, Iran’s parliament approved the July 14 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and the Council of Guardians granted final approval a day later. The parliament proceedings were heated. One member of parliament had a heart attack and was taken to hospital.

Before Robert Mugabe was the ancient, clownish dictator who wrecked Zimbabwe, he was a popular guerrilla leader who led the successful fight against white rule in Rhodesia. For 14 years Mugabe's ZANU and Jacob Nkomo's ZAPU fought the white government led by Ian Smith (and each other), eventually leading...

Wednesday, 2nd of Khordad – May 23rd, 2018 HEADLINES OF IRAN’S MORNING PAPERS   KAYHAN   -Complete security in Damascus Following months of fighting of resistance forces and the Syrian army to expel terrorists from Damascus and its suburbs, calm and security have returned to this city.   -Hamas’...

— In the address on Tuesday to the United States Congress by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, we witnessed a new peak in the long-running hype over Iran’s nuclear energy program. Yet all his predictions about how close Iran was to acquiring a nuclear bomb have proved baseless. Despite that, alarmist rhetoric on...

Lastly, Netanyahu delivered his controversial speech in the joint session of the US Congress, albeit being void of any logic and substance; a speech that was short of any new vision and was the repetition of the same old wicked claims. For weeks, the contentious contents of this speech...

President Trump has violated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and withdrawn from a landmark security agreement that enjoyed broad international support. In his televised announcement on Tuesday, Trump clearly relished the opportunity to follow through on his campaign promise to “rip up” the Iran nuclear deal, declaring,...

Germany's Foreign Minister,” Heiko Mass”, in his most recent statement, mentioned that the United States' withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, has led to the poisoning of transatlantic relations, and damaged the transatlantic relations in the long-term perspective.  ...

Chair of Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at the University of South Alabama believe the EU is too weak politically to challenge America's global hegemony even if it decides to do so.   The US president’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...

A day after EU heads of states held a multilateral meeting in Sofia, the EU commissioner for energy led a delegation to Iran in an effort to signal this message: we are committed to back Iran for the sake of global oil trade.”   To send his message...

Iraq’s electoral commission ultimately announced the final results of the country’s parliamentary elections. The results suggested that a political coalition led by influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won 54 seats — the most seats. The Fatah bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri, which has close ties with the Popular Mobilization...

The fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, says, “Whether the EU wishes to do this is what we shall soon see.” Following is the text of the interview:   Q: The U.S. violated the JCPOA. What are the reasons behind this unilateral...

Today, I released a report confirming that Iran has completed the necessary preparatory steps to start the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The report was submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors and to the United Nations Security Council. It was issued after Agency inspectors on...

Trump’s speech was venomous, vindictive and not factual. But, it was also clear that the real source of his hatred is not Iran, but Barack Obama. Indeed, Donald Trump’s approach to governing seems principally driven by insecurity about his own inadequacies as compared to his predecessor.   While anger...

In an interview with Persia Digest, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia said about the new US strategy on Iran: “Secretary Pompeo's "strategy" for dealing with Iran amounted to a call for regime change. It was welcomed by Israel and a few Gulf Arab states but spurned by the world's great...

Mohammad Ghaderi The equations which affect the nuclear agreement are getting more and more complicated. Many analysts of the international affairs have predicted that, regarding the direct influence of the United States and U.S. Treasury orders and decisions on European companies, European authorities can’t practically provide necessary guarantees...

The Iran nuclear deal is very important to peace, stability and development of the region, said President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday in a meeting with the new Cypriot Ambassador in Tehran Petros Nacouzis to receive his credentials. President Rouhani: Iran staying in JCPOA, as long as other parties stay...

Iran’s President Rouhani made reassurances on Mon. that there is no shortage of foreign exchange, the fluctuations are not long-term, and that there will be a higher forex income next year.   President Rouhani made the remarks in a live televised interview Monday night, during which he outlined his...

Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis is scheduled to pay an official visit to Tehran in February.   According to the diplomat’s website, quoted by the Islamic Republic News Agency, the trip was initially slated to take place in October, but postponed due to the country's domestic problem cause by...

In a press conference in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister declared his visit to Iran a success, insisting that no armed groups can use KRG territory as a base to attack neighboring countries.   Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani with his accompanying delegation visited Tehran yesterday January 21,...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi told reporters on Friday that US efforts to file against Iran at the Security Council of the United Nations have failed.   “US has been endeavoring to return Iran dossier to the Security Council of the United Nations in the last year...

According to the bank in the first half of the current year to Sept. 22, economic growth has been 4.5%, with the non-oil sector accounting for 4.1%   The Central Bank of Iran has projected that the country's non-oil sector's growth in the fiscal 2017-18 will outpace...

The CEO of Iranian Agricultural Services Holding announced that Iran exported caviar to the United State for the first time.   The CEO of Iranian Agricultural Services Holding, Abbas Rjaie also said, “Iran is also developing caviar farming and producing caviar reaches to nearly three tones during the fiscal...

France will start offering euro-denominated credits to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, a move to bolster trade while keeping it outside the reach of US sanctions, the head of state-owned investment bank Bpifrance said.   “We put a lot of preparation into this in 2017 and...

The Iranian President vowed continued efforts to boost the country’s military power within the framework of law and religious decrees, making it clear that Tehran will never ask permission from anyone to strengthen its defense capabilities.   “We should be ready to counter and address the threats against the...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the nuclear deal has been written on the basis of distrust, adding we did not expect the US to abide by its commitments under the deal at the time of negotiations.   Speaking on the ‘Special News Talk Program’ on Channel 2...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that four steps must be taken to solve the crisis in Yemen.   “From the first day of the crisis in Yemen, Iran announced that it has a four-step solution: An immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid, intra-Yemeni talks and a inclusive government,”...

The US attack on Syria is a military crime, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Saturday.   'I explicitly announce that the presidents of US and France and the Prime Minister of the UK are criminals,' Supreme Leader said in a meeting with...

Supporting terrorists Syria came under military attack on Trump's order, 13 missiles shot down.   Multiple places in Syria have come under attack by US, British and French military forces after President Donald Trump ordered a military strike against the war-torn country.   According to reports, explosions have been heard within...

TEHRAN – The highest ranking military commanders have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the multilateral nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).   Addressing a conference, Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the JCPOA was...