TEHRAN, August 18 -Iran’s enemies in the administration of US President Donald Trump are “morons” and "idiots" who are "shooting themselves in the foot" yet again with the creation of an “Iran Action Group” to run a more aggressive policy toward the Islamic Republic, an American scholar says.
TEHRAN, August 13 -A white nationalist rally in the heart of Washington drew two dozen demonstrators and thousands of chanting counterprotesters on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
TEHRAN, August 6 -U.S. senator Rand Paul said he invited Russian senators to Washington for talks when he met Russian members of parliament in Moscow on Monday, the RIA news agency reported.
TEHRAN, July 24 -US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, a staunch critic of the Kremlin, has said Washington will never trust Russia or its President Vladimir Putin, amid an uproar over President Donald Trump's controversial meeting with his Russian counterpart.
TEHRAN, July 11 -Washington says it has decided to impose 10 percent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports after efforts to negotiate a solution to the trade dispute failed to reach an agreement.
TEHRAN, July 01 - India’s Defense Ministry has reportedly given the green light for the acquisition of the Russian S-400 air defense systems and has forwarded the deal for final approval, despite a warning from the US of potential consequences.
TEHRAN, June 20 -Washington has decided to walk out of the UN Human Rights Council, accusing the body of hypocrisy. The US has long cited concerns about the body’s “anti-Israel bias.”
TEHRAN, June 19 -Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to resist calls from Washington to alter its output policies.
TEHRAN, June 19 - Michael Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer and longtime fixer, has recently become the most notorious influence peddler in America, but he is only one man in an army of shadow lobbyists whose power has been growing for years.
TEHRAN, June 10-Washington has reportedly asked Tokyo to downsize its massive plutonium stockpile, which could pave the way for thousands of nuclear warheads. It comes ahead of a renewal of the US-Japan nuclear pact, a key to its energy security.
TEHRAN, June 07 -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected a proposal by Washington to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and adopt a bilateral trade pact.
TEHRAN, May 6 - In a deepening rift between two major NATO allies, Turkey says it will retaliate if Washington stops the sale of US weapons over Ankara's decision to buy Russian military hardware. Such a move would be "wrong" and "illogical."
TEHRAN, April 16 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the "aggressive" US move to carry out military strikes against Syria reveals that Washington has direct ties with terrorists.
TEHRAN, April 15 -Washington had notified Moscow prior to staging massive missile strikes against Syria, the American Ambassador to Russia has said, clarifying that the US-led attack was not intended as “a conflict between superpowers.”
TEHRAN, April 03 -US President Donald Trump has suggested meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Washington, DC. Trump made the offer during a phone call between the two leaders, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov confirmed.
TEHRAN, March 31 -US embassy employees are preparing to depart the American consulate in the Russian city of St. Petersburg amid an escalating crisis over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK.
TEHRAN, March 30 -Russia will expel sixty US diplomats and close the US consulate in St. Petersburg, in a response mirroring the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats initiated by the US and UK, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
TEHRAN, February 28 - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to visit the United States from March 19-22, for the first time as heir to the throne, a Saudi government source told AFP on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, January 27 - A senior Canadian human rights attorney denounced Washington and London as “complicit” in the Saudi war crimes in Yemen and said the oil-rich kingdom’s money has provided Riyadh with diplomatic protection in the United Nations Security Council.
TEHRAN, January 25 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif rejected US and Saudi attempts for distorting facts about Daesh, including their support for the terrorist group.