TEHRAN, July 29 - A referendum on whether Italy should leave the euro currency is not in the governing coalition's contract and will not be pursued, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the 5-Star Movement Luigi Di Maio said in a published interview.
TEHRAN, July 20 - President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed a possible referendum in separatist-leaning eastern Ukraine during their Helsinki summit earlier this week, Russia's ambassador to the U.S. said Friday.
TEHRAN, July 16 - There will be no second referendum on Brexit, a spokesman for Britain's Theresa May said on Monday, repeating the prime minister's belief that her plan for leaving the European Union was the only way to get a deal that meets the government's aims.
TEHRAN, May 30 - Macedonia's prime minister said Wednesday that any new name for his country that is agreed with neighboring Greece will be put to a referendum to be held later this year.
TEHRAN, October 26 - Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont is set to call a snap regional election for Dec. 20, local media said on Friday, a move that could help break a one-month deadlock between the Madrid government and Catalan separatists seeking independence from Spain.
TEHRAN, October 25 - Kurdistan Region’s local government issued a formal statement on Wednesday for the suspension of the Kurdish recession referendum .
TEHRAN, October 23 - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will visit Turkey on Wednesday to discuss potential joint steps against northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government following last month's independence referendum , Turkish prime ministry sources said.
TEHRAN, October 18 - Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has decided to postpone the presidential and legislative elections in the northern semi-autonomous region amid spiraling tensions with the Baghdad government in the wake of last month’s Kurdish independence referendum and a dire ‘threat of civil war’ there.
TEHRAN, October 15 - Kurdish leaders dismissed the Iraqi government’s demand that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) annul the results of last month’s independence referendum in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
TEHRAN, October 13 - People have taken to the streets of the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona on the Spanish National Day in a sign of unity following a banned referendum on independence for Spain’s autonomous Catalonia region.
TEHRAN, October 11 - A top Iraqi court has issued arrest warrants for the elections and referendum commission chairman of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and his two aides over the controversial September 25 referendum on Kurdish independence from the rest of the Iraqi territory.
TEHRAN, October 6 - The Chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned in case Iraq’s Kurdistan’s referendum issue is not settled, it would lead to several-decade conflict in the region.
TEHRAN, October 5 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged leaders of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to fix their mistakes, stressing that Turkey and Iraq are obligated to take necessary steps to prevent any change in the region’s political borders.
TEHRAN, October 4 - In the wake of the secessionist bids of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic is opposed to disintegration of Iraq and any change in the country’s geographical borders.
TEHRAN, October 2 - A senior Iranian official says the recent secession plebiscite held in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will help boost Takfiri terrorism across region while jeopardizing the interests of both the Iraqi and Kurdish people.
TEHRAN, October 2 - The United Nations has called on Spanish authorities to launch a thorough and impartial investigation into the violence perpetrated during Catalonia's independence referendum .
TEHRAN, October 2 - Kurdish security forces known as Asayesh and Peshmerga fighters have deported scores of Arab and Turkmen families from Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk following last week’s referendum on secession.
TEHRAN, September 30 - The United States does not officially recognize a unilateral independence referendum held by the Iraqi Kurdish region, says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.