Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Iran’s Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 3 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours. This is the country’s lowest daily tally since the pandemic reached Iran some two years ago.
Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman has dismissed possibility of any swap deal between Iran and Sweden to release death row inmate Ahmadreza Jalali in exchange for Hamid Nouri, who is facing life imprisonment in the European country.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has underlined the need for implementing bilateral agreements signed with Qatar during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to the Persian Gulf country.
The Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says the country is aiming to attract investment worth 50 billion dollars in its nuclear sector over the next 15 years.
Kourosh Ahmadi, a former Iranian diplomat says the EU Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora is visiting Iran in a bid to find a middle-ground solution to the current stalemate in the Vienna talks.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he is still hopeful for an agreement to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but has warned that the opportunity could be lost.
Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and the Judiciary chief’s deputy for international affairs says Sweden, in collaboration with Israel, has been implementing a hostile approach towards Iran over the past years.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Iran considers “unacceptable” Turkey’s moves in the area of dam construction, which have created problems for the people of Iran and beyond in the region.
The secretary-general of Lebanon's Hezbollah has denounced calls by some political parties for the disarmament of the resistance movement in the run-up to next week’s parliamentary elections. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed the demand comes amid those parties' utter disregard for the worsening economic crisis in the country.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the government is seeking an eight percent economic growth and management of the so-called preferential foreign currency rate, allocated to some basic goods to prevent a rise in their prices.
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and the Judiciary chief’s deputy for international affairs says a visit by UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan to the country has been approved by the highest decision making bodies of the establishment.
The downward trend in Covid deaths and infections is holding in Iran. The Monday tally of the Iranian Health Ministry showed that 12 people died of the virus in the past 24 hours. The total death toll from Covid is 141,189.
International affairs expert Saleh Eskandari says the upcoming visit by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Valentinovich Novak to Tehran shows the determination of the Russians in pursuing strategic relations with Iran.
The families of some of the victims of attacks by the Mojahedin-e-Khalq terrorist group and a group of students have held a protest outside the Swedish embassy in Tehran.
The director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross says the organization is ready to expand cooperation with Iran, to dispatch more aid to war-torn Yemen and Syria.
The French ambassador to Tehran says volume of trade between the European Union and Iran reached 5 billion euros last year.
Philippe Thiebaud said this figure is considerable.
