TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has described its permanent membership in BRICS as a “strategic victory” after South Africa’s president announced on Thursday the induction of six new members. Mohammad Jamshidi, the deputy chief of staff for political affairs to Iran’s president, took to social media to announce Iran’s pe...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summi...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran has unveiled its latest domestically built drone with enhanced weapons capabilities, the state media reported. The “Mohajer-10” drone was introduced at a ceremony in Tehran attended by President Ebrahim Raisi, celebrating the achievements of Iran’s defence industry. The new drone is an upgraded v...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu squarely pointed the finger at Iran on Monday for a recent surge in armed assaults targeting Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Accompanied by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu visited the area where a shooting occurred in the southern West Bank city of Hebron w...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the charge d’affaires of Sweden and Denmark separately over the continued desecration of the Holy Quran, state media said. The director of the human rights department at the ministry condemned the “continuation of the brazen and heinous acts” of insults to t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Iran last week reached a tentative agreement which will see the release of five Americans from a Tehran prison and several Iranians detained in the US. The deal, announced last Thursday, will also transfer to Qatar $6 billion of Iranian state assets frozen in South Korea. The White House […]
KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Kuwait’s foreign minister has welcomed the results of the visit of his Iranian counterpart to Saudi Arabia, expressing his hope that it would be “the beginning of a bright page in the history of Gulf and Tehran relations.” On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Saudi Arabi...
