June 6, 2016 TEHRAN – On Monday, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran declared implementation of the legislation that would provide the Foreign Ministry for demanding compensation from the U.S. for inflicting “spiritual and material damage” on Iran in years before and after the 1979 Revolution. The law comes after […]
April 30, 2016 TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, head of the Expediency Council Center for Strategic Research, said on Thursday that Tehran won’t allow the U.S. to rob $2 billion of Iranian funds. “The Islamic Republic has shown it will never waive its rights… and the Iranian people won’t allow […]
By AFP – Apr 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran Tuesday summoned Switzerland’s ambassador, who represents Washington’s interests in Tehran, to protest a court ruling that $2 billion of frozen Iranian assets be used to compensate American victims of “terror”. The US Supreme Court ruled last week that […]
PNN/ Gaza/ Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Monday morning have opened fire towards farmers east of Al-Breij camp, central Gaza, and the fishermen off Al-Sudaniyya shores. Local sources said that troops in the Al-Madrasa military camp, situated on the buffer zone east of Al-Breij, have opened gunfire on a group of […]
Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told Germany’s chief diplomat Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Tehran on Wednesday that terrorism poses a serious threat to all countries especially […]
Tehran Times Social Desk TEHRAN — TripAdvisor has released its list of the top 25 bed and breakfast and inns in the Middle East, placing Iranian House, Saraye Ameriha Boutique Hotel, and Manouchehri House in the city of Kashan as among the winners of the Travelers’ Choice award in 2016. TripAdvisor […]
Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH Barely were Western sanctions lifted from Iran, after it signed a nuclear deal with key Western powers, than its president, Hassan Rouhani, went shopping in Europe, namely in Italy and France, where he received red carpet treatment. This forward-looking approach should […]
Feb 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visits to Italy and France a week ago can be viewed as a big success when measured by the multibillion-dollar business deals he reached with these two European countries. Rouhani signed trade deals worth about $18 billion with Rome, […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) By Don Melvin and Michael Martinez (CNN) Iran has completed the necessary steps in a deal […]
Source: Gulf News VIENNA: Iran has complied with last July’s nuclear deal, the UN atomic watchdog said Saturday, allowing sanctions to be lifted and the landmark accord to enter into force. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that its “inspectors on the ground verified that Iran has carried out all […]
Reuters International DEC 10, 2015 – 10:33 ROME (Reuters) – Russia wants to mend ties with the United States but cannot do so while Barack Obama’s administration backs economic sanctions against Moscow for its role in the conflict in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted on Thursday […]
By AP – Nov 28,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while listening to a question during a meeting with representatives of ‘Popular Front’ broad movement at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on Friday (AP photo) ANKARA — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for […]
By Alexander Smoltczyk Ahead of the planned lifting of Western sanctions against Iran, businessmen from around the world are visiting the country, and as one group from Germany discovered, there […]
NUCLEAR DEAL Switzerland lifts suspended Iran sanctions AUG 12, 2015 – 19:02 Most of the suspended sanctions were related to Iran’s oil industry (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet decided on Wednesday to lift sanctions against Iran that were suspended since January 2014. The move comes after the agreement reached by Iran […]
By BRIAN BENNETT A secret U.S. intelligence assessment predicts that Iran’s government will pump most of an expected $100-billion windfall from the lifting of international sanctions into the country’s flagging economy and won’t significantly boost funding for militant groups it supports in the Middle East. Intelligence analysts concluded that even […]
BUSINESS IS BREWING Swiss investors welcome Iran nuclear deal http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41552328 EMBED CODE JUL 17, 2015 – 11:00 Swiss business leaders are waiting impatiently for trade to open up with Iran, following a nuclear deal paving the way for the lifting of sanctions. (RTS/swissinfo.ch) The agreement with Iran concludes 12 […]
Source: Middle East Monitor The European Union has threatened to impose economic and diplomatic sanctions against Israel if it does not resume peace talks with the Palestinians. According to Yedioth […]
Geopolitical Diary APRIL 1, 2015 | The Obama administration has slipped past self-imposed deadlines and minced words over red lines before. Although certainly an embarrassment for the White House, another missed deadline in the seemingly never-ending Iran nuclear negotiations — which stretched beyond the latest deadline of March 31 — […]
By Matthias Schepp and Cornelia Schmergal The United States and Europe last week announced the imposition of stronger sanctions against Russia in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. German industry may be among the losers. It wasn’t that long ago that Kremlin officials could hardly avoid laughing when asked […]
Interview with James Jatras, former US Senate foreign policy analyst CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353162/dialogue-only-solution-to-kiev-crisis/ Press TV has conducted an interview with former US Senate foreign policy analyst James Jatras to talk about the crisis in Ukraine. Below is a rush transcript of the interview: Press TV: Now Russia has said […]