TEHRAN, August 24 - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will soon begin hearing Iran’s legal challenge against renewed sanctions by the United States.
TEHRAN, August 24 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said European 18-million euro package has nothing to do with EU’s economic package for Iran which aims at confronting sanctions.
TEHRAN, August 24 - The European Union has agreed 18 million in development aid to Tehran as the 28-nation bloc steps up efforts to blunt the impact of returning American sanctions against Iran and keep it in the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, August 24 - Flagship airlines British Airways and Air France have announced that they are to suspend all their direct flights to Iran, saying the route is “not commercially viable,” as the United States has re-imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic prohibiting foreign businesses from operating in the country.
TEHRAN, August 24 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri as the new commander of the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
TEHRAN, August 24 - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday reiterated that his country respects Iran’s presence in Syria which he described as lawful in remarks that appear to have been made in response to US pressures to force the Islamic Republic out of the Arab country.
TEHRAN, August 23 -Flagship airlines British Airways and Air France have announced that they are to suspend all their direct flights to Iran, saying the route is “not commercially viable,” as the United States has re-imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic prohibiting foreign businesses from operating in the country.
TEHRAN, August 23 -Iran has temporarily freed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a high-profile British-Iranian journalist convicted of spying and planning to overthrow the government.
TEHRAN, August 23 - A Lebanese lawmaker affiliated to Hezbollah says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has recently offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad huge sums of money for the reconstruction of his conflict-plagued country in case the latter severs relations with Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement.
TEHRAN, August 23 - Iranian Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari highlighted the improved security situation in the country and along its borders, giving an assurance that any hostile plot to disrupt security in Iran are harshly countered.
TEHRAN, August 23 - The U.K.’s top diplomat defended Britain’s support for the Iran deal on Tuesday during his first trip to Washington, taking on an issue that is emerging as a major source of contention in the relationship between the two allies.
TEHRAN, August 23 - The European Union views German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ idea of creating a European equivalent of the SWIFT payment system as a contribution to the efforts to preserve the Iran nuclear deal following the United States' withdrawal, an EU source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, August 23 - In Taekwondo, Mirhashem Hosseini has grabbed Iran’s 5th Gold Medal at the 2018 Asian Games, with a fabulous 17 to 11 victory over his Chinese rival.
TEHRAN, August 23 - Iraqi officials plan to ask Washington for waivers on Iran sanctions which could hit crucial supplies, with one political leader pledging that Baghdad will never accept the “cruel” measures.
TEHRAN, August 23 - Mongolia is reportedly preparing to satisfy a surging demand in Iran’s ‘halal’ meat market with officials saying exports of several thousand tonnes of mutton per year will be the starting target.
TEHRAN, August 23 - A United Nations expert has railed against the US for re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, saying the “unjust” move lacks a lawful purpose.
TEHRAN, August 22 - Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the development of the country’s defense and deterrence capabilities is an indispensable strategy of the Iranian Armed Forces.
TEHRAN, August 22 - Crimea says it is looking into the option of establishing what could be a unique cross-continental maritime trade route with Iran, expressing hope that the innovation would help both nations dodge the impacts of sanctions imposed on them.