ANKARA (AA) – A top Iranian military commander has warned Israel against any attempt to assassinate its senior officials. Speaking in Tehran, Hossein Salami, the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), described the threats of the Israeli intelligence agency to target Iranian officials as “meaningless st...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief said Tuesday that the bloc is working for the release of Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus, who has been detained in Iran for more than 500 days. “We are working for his release, for him to regain his freedom,” Josep Borrell said at a plenary session on […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein is expected to visit Tehran on Wednesday as a September 19 deadline for Baghdad to disarm Kurdish armed groups looms. Bilateral relations and regional and international issues will be discussed during the visit, with the focus primarily on a recent security agreement between the two sides...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration has granted a waiver to release $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil funds in exchange for the release of five American detainees, according to reports published Monday. NBC News reported that Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently issued a waiver enabling international banks to transfer funds f...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Monday she has been “in weekly” contact with the family of an EU diplomat who has been detained by Iran for over 500 days. Speaking at a news conference, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs confirmed that Johan Floderus used to work for her Cabinet and called […]
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – The Syrian army, Iran-backed groups and Russia carried out over 1,400 attacks in Syria’s Idlib and its surrounding areas over the past week, forcing more than 6,000 civilians to flee their homes. According to the Syrian opposition aircraft observatory, the Syrian army and Iran-backed groups targeted villages in the so...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US said on Tuesday that the enrichment of uranium up to 60% in Iran “has no credible peaceful purpose.” “No other country in the world today utilizes uranium enriched to 60% for the purposes of its claims,” US State Department’s spokesman Vedant Patel said at a press briefing. Patel further said […]
ANKARA (AA) – South Korea and Iran discussed the release and transfer of frozen funds to Tehran during a phone call between their top diplomats, according to an official statement. The development follows recent reports that Iran and the US reached an agreement for the release of American citizens in exchange for the release of […...
Cadiz, Spain – AFP The European Union’s top diplomat confirmed on Tuesday that Johan Floderus, a Swedish diplomat working for the EU, has been held captive in Iran for more than 500 days. Arriving at a meeting on development in the Spanish city of Cadiz, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters that Brussels […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, is set to begin his diplomatic mission in Riyadh on Tuesday. “I will leave for Riyadh on Tuesday,” Enayati told the state news agency IRNA. He said the new Saudi ambassador to Iran will also start his mission in Tehran “in the same period […]
