Washington, United States – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked China’s foreign minister and other counterparts to use their influence to dissuade Iran from striking Israel, the State Department said Thursday. Blinken spoke by telephone to his Chinese, Turkish, Saudi and European counterparts “to make clear tha...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called for a strong turnout, was the first to cast his ballot, at a polling station in central Tehran, state television reported. Since the last elections, […]...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said that Iran’s elections Friday are certain to be unfair, as the conservative establishment seeks to blunt boycott calls. “I have no expectation that Iran’s elections will be free and fair, and I suspect that a great number of Iranians have no expectation that those el...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Coast Guard seized advanced weapons from Iran, destined for Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in the Red Sea on January 28, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has claimed. “The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr (WPC 1147), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations over its deadly war on Gaza as the country marked the 45th anniversary of its Islamic revolution with nationwide rallies. In a public address at the iconic Azadi Square in Tehran, Raisi said Iran proposes to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s interior minister has rejected reports about the construction of a wall on the border with Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Ahmad Vahidi said there is no plan to build a wall but to barricade the border. “There is no plan to build […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan has announced that its borders with Iran and Afghanistan will be closed to “ensure full security” during general elections on Thursday. “To ensure full security during the general elections to be held in Pakistan on Feb. 8, border crossings with Afghanistan and Iran, would remain closed both for ca...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel has attacked more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since its war on Gaza began in October, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday. “Since the beginning of the war, we have attacked, from the ground and air, more than 50 such targets of Hezbollah spread […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has condemned the US military attacks in Iraq and Syria. In a statement, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said the strikes were in “violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iraq and Syria as well as international law, and a blatant breach of the UN Charter.” […...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AA) — US strikes in eastern Syria killed several civilians and regime soldiers, state-run news agency SANA reported on Saturday. “The American occupation forces launched a blatant air attack on a number of sites and towns in the eastern region of Syria and near the Syrian-Iraqi borders,” SANA quoted a statement by ...
