Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will not be the first country to violate a 2015 nuclear deal, hitting back at US President Donald Trump who has hinted he might pull out of the pact. Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday, Rouhani said his country would respond “decisively[…]
Qatar says its ambassador will return to Tehran more than 20 months after he was recalled in protest over the ransacking of Saudi Arabia’s missions by protesters angry at Riyadh’s execution of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric. In a statement released on Thursday, the Qatari foreign ministry said its ambassador would “return[…]
The Trump administration has for the second time declared that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal, but threatened more sanctions for breaching the “spirit” of the agreement. The announcement came just hours before the midnight deadline for US President Donald Trump to inform congress whether Iran had met the[…]
Qatar will not negotiate with Arab states that have cut economic and travel ties with it unless they reverse their measures and lift a blockade against it, its foreign minister has said. “Qatar is under blockade, there is no negotiation. They have to lift the blockade to start negotiations,” Sheikh[…]
Israel has never approved of Qatar’s support for Hamas. But now Gulf nations are demanding that Doha stop supporting the Palestinian group – and Israel fears what might happen next. Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, is regarded as a daughter movement of the Muslim Brotherhood, a longtime ally[…]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the United States for instability in the Middle East and said Washington’s fight against the Daesh militant group was “a lie”. “You (the United States) and your agents are the source of instability in the Middle East…who created Islamic State [Daesh]?[…]
The 5 June decision by Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their allies and proxies – Egypt, Bahrain, the Maldives, Mauritania and rival governments in Libya and Yemen – to sever diplomatic and other links with Qatar is payback for Qatar’s support of the wave of[…]
Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s condolences for deadly attacks in Tehran, calling the US president’s words repugnant. Trump had said he prayed for the victims of Wednesday’s attacks that were claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, but added that “states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim[…]
Gunmen and suicide bombers have attacked Iran’s parliament in central Tehran and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in south of the city, killing at least 12 people. Four armed assailants attacked parliament office buildings on Wednesday morning, while the shrine of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini was struck by a suicide[…]
Iranians vote on Friday in a bitter presidential contest between pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi that could determine the pace of economic and social reform and Iran’s re-engagement with the world. In a warning reflecting rising political tensions amid signs of an unexpectedly close race, Rouhani[…]
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