A Taliban delegation led by the foreign minister visited Tehran today to discuss the economic and immigration crisis in Afghanistan with Iranian officials, for the first time since the Islamists seized power in the country. Iran, like the rest of the international community, has not recognized the new Islamic Emirate established by the Taliban since […]
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Iran: Sanctions on 51 Americans over the death of General Soleimani
Iran on Saturday imposed sanctions on dozens of other Americans, many of them members of the military, over the killing of General Qassem Soleimani in 2020 in a drone strike, according to Reuters. Iran’s foreign ministry says 51 Americans have been targeted for what they call “terrorism” and human rights abuses. This decision allows the […]
French Foreign Minister: Russia tries to bypass the EU by talking directly with the US about Ukraine
France’s foreign minister said on Friday that Russia was trying to bypass the European Union by holding direct talks with the United States on Ukraine, according to Reuters. Talks between US and Russian diplomats will begin in Geneva on Monday after weeks of controversy over the deployment of Russian troops near its border with neighboring […]
How Iran Quietly Entered the Syrian Game – The Role of Humanitarian Organizations There
Tehran seems to have managed to improve its economic relations with Syria and achieve a steady increase in Iranian exports there. It continues its efforts to strengthen control of the province of Deir ez-Zor, known for its agricultural and oil wealth. Iran, according to al-Monitor’s Mohamed Hardan, is working both militarily and financially to compensate […]
Syria: Attack attributed to pro-Iranian groups, based on international coalition
A base in Syria of the international coalition fighting the jihadists was targeted by pro-Iranian paramilitary groups today, its administration said. “Coalition forces were targeted by eight indirect strikes on the (Green Base) Green Village,” the US-led coalition said in a statement. The attack came from “malicious” groups “backed by Iran”, the text goes on […]
Canada: Court sentences compensation to families of victims of downing of Ukrainian Boeing by Iranian armed forces
A Canadian court has awarded more than $ 100 million in damages to the families of six people aboard a Ukrainian Boeing that was “accidentally” shot down by Iran two years ago. Flight PS752 Tehran-Kiev of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), with 176 passengers, including 55 Canadians and 35 permanent residents of Canada, crashed on January […]
Iran: President Raisi threatens US with ‘retaliation’ for ousting General Soleimani
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi today threatened to retaliate against former US President Donald Trump and US government officials who are said to be responsible for the assassination of the powerful general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020. air raid on Baghdad. “So much the better if there is a fair trial of Trump, (former […]
A hero by Asghar Farhadi: “My homage to the golden years of Italian cinema”
A scene from A hero at Ashgar Farhadi. With his film Farhadi pays homage to «the Italian cinema of the golden age, one above all Vittorio De Sica and his bike thieves», The Iranian director confesses,« I also love films by Fellini, Pasolini, Ettore Scola, Visconti and brothers Taviani. I believe that your cinema is […]
Iran: Tehran launches three spacecraft
Iran has used a satellite-launched missile to send three reconnaissance devices into space, a Pentagon spokesman said today, without elaborating on whether the rocket was launched. Iran, which has one of the largest missile programs in the Middle East, has failed several times to launch satellites in recent years due to technical issues. Spokesman Ahmad […]
A government of national unity in Yemen is proposed by the Iranian Foreign Minister
Iran today called on “all parties to the conflict” in Yemen to form a government of national unity to end the war that has plagued the country for seven years. “We believe that a government should be formed in which all parties will participate in order to preserve the national unity and sovereignty of Yemen,” […]
