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Political commentator Professor Tim Anderson shed light on the case of Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian-British citizen who served a prison sentence over espionage charges in Iran, highlighting US media’s dishonesty in intentional concealing of the truth about Tehran’s assertion that the academic lecturer had passed a special training course under …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that his country will stop its retaliatory nuclear measures only once it verifies removal of all sanctions by Washington. “The lifting of all American sanctions is the first step to revive Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” Araqchi said at the virtual …

Alwaght– The ninth “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” on Afghanistan was held in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe on Monday. The summit, with “strengthening consensus for peace and development” as its slogan, kicked off with the speeches of President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan and President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan. The security challenges and …

Alwaght- As the heat season arrives, the power shortage again presents itself in Iraq as a top challenge and concerning case for the government in Baghdad. In past years, power shortage sparked protests especially in the southern provinces, with the ptotesters expressing discontent with the poor government performance in supplying …

How Significant is Ma’rib Liberation in Yemen Conflict? Alwaght– Yemen’s Ma’rib province in the past few days has become the central focus of the six-year war. As the Yemeni army and popular committees already consolidated their positions by winning more than a battle against the Saudi and resigned President Abdrabbuh …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh said there is no 5+1 anymore, stressing that the US must lift all sanctions if it wants to rejoin the group. “Reminder: Because of US withdrawal from JCPOA, there is NO P5+1. It is now ONLY Iran and P4+1,” Khatibzadeh wrote …

Alwaght– White House Spokeswoman Jen Psaki on February 16 said President Joe Biden plans to put the US relations with Saudi Arabia in a new canal and deal only with Saudi King Salman rather than his son and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The move represents a return to ‘counterpart …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that his country will continue compensatory measures, including stopping the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol, due to the West’s disloyalty to the nuclear deal if the US continues Trump’s failed maximum pressure policy. “The Atomic Energy Organization of …

Iranian and Russian military vessels conducted the first stage of their naval maneuvers in the Sea of Oman and the northern part of the Indian Ocean by unleashing fire on designated targets and squaring up in offensive formations in light of regional threats. Tuesday marked the first day of the …

Alwaght– Over the past decade, ambitions of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and the UAE de facto ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to transform the Persian Gulf Arab state into a regional power and a leading nation in the Arab world have been a source of differences with most important …