TEHRAN, Dec 22_North Korea says the United States will have to “pay dearly” for accusing Pyongyang of human rights violations, amid heated rhetoric ahead of a year-end deadline that raised concerns over an end of diplomacy between the two sides.
TEHRAN, Dec 21_Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic welcomes Japan's decision not to join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
TEHRAN, Dec 21_Many of Canada’s drug suppliers cannot, or will not, agree to ship cheaper prescription medicines into the United States, a new challenge to the Trump administration’s push to reduce drug prices, companies and industry officials told Reuters.
TEHRAN, Dec 20_Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has severely censured the United States’ sanctions against ordinary people as well as different sectors of the Iranian economy, including oil and banking, arguing that the measures are negatively affecting the daily lives of millions of Iranians.
TEHRAN, Dec 20_US military forces have reportedly conducted an operation and arrested a leader of tribal fighters affiliated to the Iraqi pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the country’s western province of Anbar, but refused to give any reasons for the detention.
TEHRAN, Dec 19_The United Nations General Assembly has in a resolution called on the US, the host of its headquarters, to lift restrictions on Iranian diplomats.
TEHRAN, Dec 15_Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the military presence of the United States in the Persian Gulf has brought about disaster for regional countries and helped foment extremism.
TEHRAN, Dec 15_Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has called on fellow member states of the Bolivarian Alliance or ALBA-TCP to join hands against the interventionist policies of the United States.
TEHRAN, Dec 14_The US Treasury Department has stressed that Washington's newly announced sanctions targeting Iran's air and maritime transport industries will lead to the restriction of trade related to humanitarian goods.
TEHRAN, Dec 14_A US House committee has voted on charges against President Donald Trump, setting up the impeachment by the full House of Representatives next week where the Democrats hold a majority.
TEHRAN, Dec 13_China will increase purchases of US farm products in 2020 after Washington has agreed to suspend some tariffs on Chinese goods and reduce others, sources say.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_The US says its special representative for Afghanistan is set to restart talks with the Taliban militant group, a week after American President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to the war-torn country and hinted at a resumption of the negotiations in Qatar.
TEHRAN, Dec 2_Beijing's top priority in any phase one trade deal with the United States is the removal of existing tariffs on Chinese goods, China's Global Times newspaper reported on Sunday, amid uncertainty on whether the two sides can end a 17-month trade war that has depressed global growth.
TEHRAN, Dec 1_The holiday shopping season just kicked off in the US with Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. It's the first time it's come round since consumer goods from China were hit with tariffs.
TEHRAN, Nov 30_Americans today are expected to live shorter lives than just a few years ago, in contrast with trends seen in other developed nations, and rising deaths from alcohol-related liver disease may be partly to blame, researchers say.
TEHRAN, Nov 28_US President Donald Trump poses one of the biggest challenges to the European Union because he is “praying” for the breakup of the bloc, says European Council President Donald Tusk.