Middle East

Leonid Ivashov, the chief of Russia’s Academy for Geopolitical Problems, says the United States has nasty plans for the Middle East, stressing that the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence is part of this plan which is called the Greater Middle East.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with his French and German counterparts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq have held trilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

A senior political analyst says the US publicly voices its opposition to the upcoming independence referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan, but is actually supporting the separation through Israel.

Iran has shipped 1,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the people in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor whose siege was ended two weeks ago.

A top Iranian diplomat says Iran’s foreign policy, defence diplomacy and influential dialogue strategy have contributed to regional stability.

A senior political analysts says the Iraqi Kurdistan region will not secede from the Arab country, and the main objective is to mend the autonomous region’s relations with Baghdad.

The United Nations special envoy for Iraq, Yan Kubish, has held a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Monday, September 19.

Shortly after the Iraqi Federal Court suspended the Kurdistan region’s independence referendum, Iraqi prime minister stressed he will not allow any Iraqi region to secede from the Arab country.

Iran’s top security official has warned the Iraqi Kurdistan about the consequences of its upcoming independence referendum, saying the Islamic Republic will seriously revise its cooperation with Iraqi Kurds if Baghdad’s sovereignty is violated.

Iraqi prime minister says Kurdistan’s independence referendum is illegal and unconstitutional, and he is prepared to use military force if it escalates.

American politicians have confessed in recent days that they are no longer capable of removing Bashar al-Assad, and as one of them said they have lost the war to Ayatollah Khamenei.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the water crisis in the Middle East is getting worse and more serious day by day so much so that “probably the future wars in this region would be on water.”

Delegations of Iran, Russia, and Turkey to the Astana Talks on Syria held a trilateral meeting on Friday in the Kazakh capital.

The top officers of Iran and Turkey in a phone call highlighted the negative consequences of a planned referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has strongly denounced the Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Iraq which left dozens dead or wounded.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, who is Iran’s top negotiator in Astana Process, has held talks with Russian, Turkish, and Syrian diplomats on ways to end the war-torn state’s crisis.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has rejected the ‘worn-out’ and ‘worthless’ claims raised by the Israeli regime’s premier about the 1990s’ bombings in the Argentine capital.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has dismissed the final statement of the recent Arab League summit in Cairo and the anti-Iran allegations raised by Emirati and Kuwait representatives during the meeting.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.

Iran’s ambassador to Iraq says the idea of holding a referendum on the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s independence from Iraq is detrimental to the Middle East.

Tehran has signed deals worth "several hundred million euros" with Damascus to repair Syria’s power grid in the Aleppo city and the provinces of Latakia and Dayr al-Zawr.

An Iranian photographer has launched a creative project named “The Red Region” by taking photos of Iranian carpets in the heart of Iran’s deserts and seas.

A senior Iranian official says the country is determined to prevent civilians in Syria, including members of terrorists’ families, from being killed in the ongoing fight against terror.

Washington’s lukewarm mediation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar has failed to settle the crisis between the two sides.