Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: Iran
Iran says it has responded to Obama’s letters
A top security official in Iran said Wednesday the Islamic Republic has written back in response to letters sent by U.S. President Barack Obama, the first acknowledgement of such correspondence. However, it’s not clear whether Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran cites nationality for refusing to let in U.N. nuclear expert
Iran said on Wednesday it did not let a U.N. atomic agency official into the country as part of a team investigating its disputed nuclear activities because of the person’s nationality. Ambassador Reza Najafi declined to say what country the
Iran shows flight of U.S. drone replica
Iran’s state TV on Wednesday broadcast footage of an aircraft it says is a replica of a U.S. stealth drone captured in 2011. The images, showing a black aircraft flying over mountainous terrain and arid lands before landing at an
Iranian Nobel laureate: Human rights as bad as under Ahmadinejad
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said Iran’s human rights situation has not improved despite President Hassan Rowhani’s promises of change. She urged the U.N. General Assembly to approve a resolution criticizing the country’s abuses. In an interview with the
Iran announces new long-range radar system
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting the country has inaugurated a new long-range radar system capable of detecting small drones and ballistic missiles. The Tuesday report says the system, dubbed as Sepehr or Sky, has a range of more
‘Little progress’ made in Iran nuclear talks
A round of nuclear talks between Iran, the United States and European Union ended in the Omani capital Sanaa on Monday with “little progress,” a senior Iranian official reportedly said. “After hours of talks we could make little progress,” the
U.S. faces last best chance on Iran nuclear deal
The Obama administration is facing its last best chance to curb Iran’s nuclear program – not just to meet an end-of-the-month deadline for a deal, but also to seal one before skeptical Republicans who will control Congress next year are
Iran’s uranium stockpile grows before deadline for nuclear deal
Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas has grown by 8 percent to nearly 8.4 tonnes in about two months, U.N. atomic inspectors say, an amount world powers probably will want to see cut under any nuclear deal with Tehran. The
Kerry says no link between Iran talks, other Middle East issues
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that there was no link between talks on Iran’s nuclear program and other issues in the Middle East. The United States has already rejected a proposal floated by Iranian officials in
Report: Obama sent secret letter to Iran’s Khamenei
U.S. President Barack Obama has secretly written to Iran’s supreme leader to discuss possible cooperation in the fight against Islamic militants providing there is a nuclear deal, a U.S. daily reported Thursday. Obama sent the letter last month to Ayatollah
Report: Iran building ‘new Hezbollah’ in Syria
Iran is working to unite Shiite foreign militias fighting in Syria under one organization that could serve as a “parallel army” to that of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, pro-opposition news website Siraj Press reported on Wednesday. The new organization, described as
Iran dispatches warships to Gulf of Aden
Iran’s navy has dispatched a group of vessels to the Gulf of Aden in order to protect the Islamic Republic’s “maritime interests,” the country’s official news agency reported on Tuesday. IRNA said the naval group – consisting of a destroyer
Iranians mark anniversary of U.S. Embassy takeover
Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-U.S. rally on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a key meeting between the two nations’ top diplomats
British-Iranian volleyball woman gets jail time
A British-Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran after trying to attend a volleyball match has been sentenced to one year in jail, her lawyer was reported as saying Sunday. Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate from London, who was
Iranian elite Guards say U.S. ‘still enemy No. 1’
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard renewed its animosity towards the United States in a statement released on Saturday which described the U.S. as the “number one enemy of the Iranian nation.” The statement, carried by FARS news agency, was released to
Iran defends executions record, says most drug-related
Responding to a United Nations report criticizing death sentences in Iran, a senior official in the Islamic Republic is saying that 93 percent of executions in the country involve drug smuggling. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council,
Iran hits back after West condemns its human rights record
Iran defended itself on Friday against Western accusations of repression and a sharp rise in executions, including that of a woman hanged for murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran’s
Iran wants sanctions lifted as part of nuclear deal: official
Iran wants all Western sanctions to be lifted as part of a deal on its contested nuclear programme by a November deadline, a top official said Wednesday. The announcement came amid intensifying efforts to conclude a definitive pact. The six
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