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United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated the President Joe Biden administration’s preference for diplomatic efforts to revive the Iran nuclear agreement over military action against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, during a meeting with his ‘Israeli’ counterpart in Washington on Tuesday. Sullivan “explained that this administration believes diplomacy …

Rushing to fill this year’s bloody record of beheading its own nationals, Saudi Arabia executed a citizen from the al-Awamia Neighborhood in the Shia-populated Eastern Province of Qatif on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The Kingdom’s Ministry of Interior identified the Saudi national as Muslim Mohammad al-Muhsin. Al-Muhsin was brutally arrested …

 A plane carrying Iran’s humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan landed at Kabul airport on Tuesday and handed over the cargo to the officials of the Taliban caretaker government. The aid, which is the fifth shipment from the Islamic Republic of Iran, was delivered to the officials of the …

Iranian Foreign Minister said that unfortunately, the Biden administration’s behavior and policies in relation to Iran and the JCPOA have so far been unconstructive. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting …

 Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Ground Force Brigadier General Mohamad Pakpour said terrorist groups are using Northern Iraq as a platform to stage cross-border attacks on Iran, and vowed the IRGC’s rigid and harsh response to the terrorist moves. General Pakpour paid a visit to the border units and …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said while the West had openly used terrorists to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Moscow helped the war-torn country preserve its statehood. When real terrorists from Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] and its affiliates “were on the threshold of the Syrian capital city, …

The relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia has always been eye-catching for regional observers. For decades observers have seen the Middle East through the prism of a Saudi-Iranian cold war. During the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, Gulf States particularly Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, lent more than $37bn to Saddam Hussein’s war …

Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah highlighted the strength and bravery of the Palestinian youth in contrast to the cowardly “Israeli” soldiers. During the memorial ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the one week passing of martyr Hajj Abbas Al-Yatama, Sayyed Nasrallah urged the nation to take note …

President Raeisi’s proposed FM, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran supports holding talks in case its interests are met. Amir-Abdollahian was quoted by the spokesperson for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini. Meshkini said the Proposed FM made the remarks in today afternoon’s meeting of the National …

Iranian President Sayyed Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has always been concerned about the problems of Iraq and is looking forward to see them resolved. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran. He stressed the importance …