Putin Holds Talks With Iran’s Interim President
ASTANA, July 4 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday met Mohammad Mokhber, the interim president of Iran, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Moscow and Tehran...
Turkmenistan to Sell Gas to Iraq via Swaps With Iran
ALMATY, July 3 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan has signed a swap deal with Iran under which Ashgabat will sell 10 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas a year to Iraq, the Turkmen government said on Wednesday.
Iran, which lies...
U.S. Envoy to Hold Talks to Defuse Conflict Between Israel and Islamic Republic- Backed...
July 3 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein plans to meet French officials in Paris on Wednesday to discuss ways to defuse the escalating cross-border fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, the New York Times...
Victims of Hamas Attack Sue Iran, Syria, North Korea in U.S. Court
By Joseph Ax
July 1 (Reuters) - More than 100 victims and relatives of victims of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants in Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, accusing the countries of providing...
UK Maritime Body Reports Incident Southwest of Yemen’s Al Mukha
CAIRO, June 30 (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Sunday that it had received a report of an incident 13 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's Al Mukha.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group has...
Israel FM Tells Iran: Regime Threatening Destruction Deserves Destruction
JERUSALEM, June 29 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that Iran's message of an "obliterating war" made it worthy of destruction.
"A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed," Katz said in a...
Iran’s UN Mission Warns Israel of ‘Obliterating War’ if It Attacks Lebanon
UNITED NATIONS, June 28 (Reuters) - Iran's UN mission said on Friday that if Israel embarks on a "full-scale military aggression" in Lebanon, "an obliterating war will ensue."
The Iranian mission also said in the post on...
ANALYSIS: The Hostage Trade Is Central to Iran’s Foreign Policy
By Ahmad Rafat
Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official, was convicted of war crimes and murder in May 2022 by a Swedish court. The court held 93 hearings before delivering the verdict. Nouri was sentenced...
Diplomacy, Sanctions and Soft Power Have Failed to Deter Iran’s Anti-west Agenda − Could...
By Nakissa Jahanbani and Daniel P. Colletti
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Iran’s presidential election on June 28 may provide Tehran an opportunity to press reset on foreign policy issues after years of increasing hawkishness. Indeed, a key...
Canada Urges Citizens to Leave Lebanon Citing Unpredictable Security Situation
OTTAWA, June 25 (Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday reiterated a call for its citizens to leave Lebanon while they can, saying the security situation in the country was becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable due to the...
