Middle East

TEHRAN: Iranian oil minister on Monday informed that under the framework of the 25-year comprehensive cooperation road map, Iran and China will collaborate on the oil sector in the long-run. As Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told reporters that Iran is ready to sign a similar cooperation road map with all countries. …

TEHRAN:  The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the elite force’s Aviation has reached self-sufficiency in the field of defensive tools and equipment. “IRGC Aviation is now fully capable of providing its needs in the field of modernization and overhaul of the squadrons,” Major General Hossein …

Turkish police have arrested at least 27 suspected members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in a counter-terrorism operation in Istanbul. Media reports cited Turkish police sources said Sunday that the operation targeted addresses in 15 districts of Istanbul They had learned that those arrested had been ordered to carry …

TEHRAN:Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed on Sunday, as the long-serving Israeli prime minister faces mounting discontent over his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandals in which he is alleged to have received lavish gifts from …

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Mohamed al-Halbousi on Sunday. The two sides conferred on the latest developments in bilateral relations, parliamentary cooperation, the fight against terrorism, and current developments in Iraq and the region. Heading a …

TEHRAN: The Iranian deputy foreign minister rejected the rumors on the presence of the Taliban in Iran, stressing that “Taliban does not have any office in Iran” Speaking in an interview with Afghanistan’s TOLO News, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi rejected the rumors on the …

TEHRAN: Iran’s membership bill in the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. The Cabinet of Ministers on Sunday approved the membership bill of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the International Agency for Research on Cancer with the aim …

TEHRAN:  In a joint press conference with his Iraq counterpart Fuad Hussein in Baghdad, Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the vitality of holding regional and international talks adding that the region needs peace. “We are really happy that we are standing beside each other and we have defeated the …

The Iranian security forces announced on Saturday, that they have seized hundreds of kilograms of drugs in the Yazd Province. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), who quoted the commander of the Internal Security Forces in the Yazd Province in central Iran, Brigadier General Abbas Ali Badhani, “1,332 …

A new Pentagon report said that Turkey sent between 3,500 and 3,800 Syrian mercenaries to Libya during the first three months of this year. The report on anti-terrorism operations in Africa told the Pentagon, from which the Associated Press quoted excerpts, that Turkey provided funds and offered citizenship to thousands …