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.
TEHRAN, August 22 -The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the US has been replaced with the UK in a working group tasked with redesigning the Arak heavy water reactor in central Iran.
TEHRAN, August 22 - 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 22 - The Iranian athlete Mir-Hashem Hosseini seizes the fifth gold medal for Iran on the forth day of 2018 Asian competition in Indonesia.
TEHRAN, August 22 - US has been replaced by the UK in Arak Heavy Water modernization group, said Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi.
TEHRAN, August 22 - President Donald Trump's hawkish national security adviser says the Europeans have to make a choice between the US and Iran in observing American sanctions which he claims have been more effective than expected.
TEHRAN, August 22 - An official says Iran has resumed electricity exports to neighboring countries, including Iraq, after riding out much of the baking summer heat which saw the mercury hit 50 degrees Celsius in some cities.
TEHRAN, August 22 - Iranian people celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday, which commemorates the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.