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Iran’s top negotiator says the forthcoming talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna will succeed if the P4+1 group of countries have a “firm determination” and stand “practically” ready to bring about a removal of the United States’ sanctions against Iran. Ali Baqeri-Kani, who serves as Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister ...

Another US military convoy has been forced to retreat from an area in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah after local residents in coordination with government forces prevented them from attempting to pass through the community. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources who requested not to be named, reported ...

The World Health Organization [WHO] warned that 75 percent of Yemeni children suffer from acute malnutrition, as Saudi Arabia keeps bombing the southern impoverished neighbor in defiance of international calls to end its bloody war. In a post on its Twitter account on Monday, the UN agency responsible for international ...

Russia will proceed military-technical cooperation with Iran, strictly abiding by international law and the legislation of both nations, the director-general of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said. “Regarding the prospects of military-technical cooperation with Iran, it is vital to answer that under any circumstances, cooperation will be maintained given strict ...

President Ebrahim Raeisi has ordered all the relevant apparatuses and ministries to help the people in quake-hit areas in Hormozgan province, where a powerful struck earlier on Sunday. Iranian President Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, in a cabinet meeting and after being informed of the powerful earthquake in some southern provinces of ...

In a surprise visit to Baghdad, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard [IRG] Quds Force Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani emphasized the necessity for unity and stability in Iraq after a recent assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister. The surprise visit took place on Sunday, during which Brigadier General Ghaani ...

Yemeni Air Defenses intercepted a US-made Scan Eagle spy drone that was carrying out hostile acts early in the morning, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yehya Saree announced on Tuesday. The aircraft was shot down in the airspace of al-Jouba in Marib Province. The downing of the drone was ...

It is almost seven years on the brutal Saudi war on Yemen, in which the bloodthirsty kingdom has committed the most heinous crimes in history. “Among the most recent massacre is depicted in the form of birth defects caused by the use of the internationally-prohibited weapons used by the coalition ...

The Yemeni army and allied fighters from popular committees achieved a “key military breakthrough” in Marib, infiltrating “the last defense lines” of Saudi-backed militants in the northern part of the province. Lebanon’s al-Akhbar news website cited informed sources as saying that the Yemeni troops launched a surprise operation from eastern ...

Foreign ministers of Iran and China discussed issues of mutual interest and the resumption of “Vienna” talks on the revival of the JCPOA in a telephone conversation on Saturday. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, at the start of the phone call, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wished a ...