January 10th, 20200BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rebuffed an Iraqi request on Friday to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions following the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad.
Iraq looks set to bear the brunt of any further violence between its neighbor Iran and the United States, its...
January 10th, 20200KIEV — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Friday that Iran was cooperating with an investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane, and that Kiev was not ruling out any version yet of what might have happened.
Canada and others have said the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by...
September 20th, 20190TEHRAN/RIYADH — Any U.S. or Saudi military strike against Iran would bring “all-out war”, Tehran said on Thursday, keeping up a drumbeat of warnings to its adversaries after they accused the Islamic Republic of a strike on Saudi oil facilities.
The United States has been discussing with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies’...
August 9th, 20190TEHRAN — Iranian president Hassan Rouhani denounced "economic terrorism" and stated that the U.S. "maximum pressure" campaign through sanctions will not change anything in the Iranian regime.
Rouhani reiterated that if President Trump wants to start negotiations with Tehran, he must lift all sanctions against his country "before...
July 22nd, 20190BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke during the annual commemoration of the 2006 victory of Lebanon's second war with Israel, addressing his support for Iran and saying he sees it as a partner that not only threatens Israel, but also views itself as a proud part of an “axis of resistance” against the U.S. and its...
July 20th, 20190TEHRAN - After a pressure campaign from the U.S. and its allies on the Iranian economy, followed by a few threat exchanges, Iran has seized an oil tanker it claimed was carrying 1 million liters of "smuggled fuel," state news agency Press TV said on Thursday.
The IRGC said it had initially responded to distress calls from a ship on...
