European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also proposed that Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, and two other major banks be disconnected from the SWIFT international banking payment system, according to NPR radio website. Von der Leyen said Sberbank holds around 37% of the Russian banking sector, adding that two other major banks in Russia would also […]

Saree in a Twitter message announced that the Chinese-made “CH4” armed reconnaissance drone belonging to the Saudi Air Force was targeted and shot down over Hajjah province on Wednesday morning, Almasirah TV reported. The drone was shot down during an aggressive operation by a Yemeni-made ground-to-air missile, he added. Another Saudi drone was shot down by Yemenis in […]

Blinken, in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claimed that the Biden administration will not stand in the way of Russia-Iran nuclear cooperation. Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) asked Blinken to provide assurances that sanctions on both Iran and Russia remain in place as long as Moscow continues its military operation in Ukraine. Blinken claimed […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on using new retaliatory economic measures over unfriendly actions by some foreign states and international organizations, TASS reported. In particular, the document prohibits fulfilling obligations and concluding deals with foreign individuals and legal entities under the retaliatory restrictive measures as well as exporting raw materials and products from […]

Speaking at the sermons of Eid al-Fitr prayer on Tuesday morning, Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi referred to the recent developments in Afghanistan and criticized the silence and double standards of the human rights claimants on the issue of Afghanistan and Yemen. “We strongly urge the Afghan governing body to ensure security for the Afghan people and to identify and destroy all […]

In a telephone conversation with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Monday evening, Raeisi emphasized that Tehran and Belgrade have high capacities and potentials to expand mutual ties. The diversified capacities existing between Iran and Serbia have paved suitable ways for the two countries to further promote their interactions and relations in all fields, Iranian President […]

The remarks were part of Lavrov’s defence of Russia’s policy of “de-nazification” in Ukraine, according to Guardian newspaper. In an interview with Italian TV, Lavrov was asked to address how Russia could say it needed to “de-nazify” the country when its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is Jewish. “As to [Zelenskiy’s] argument of what kind of nazification can […]

“My husband traveled to Sweden with an invitation and as he was disembarking from the plane he was brutally detained and insulted by several police officers in front of a crowd of Iranians and others and taken into custody,” said the wife of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official, according to Press TV. She […]

In separate messages, the president congratulated the election of Hungary’s new president and prime minister. “I hope that the two countries, as in the past, will be able to take fundamental steps towards deepening and strengthening bilateral relations and international peace and security,” Raeisi said in the message to Hungarian president-elect Katalin Éva Novák. The strengthening of relations between […]

The Deputy Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Kabul, Seyed Hassan Mortazavi met and held talks with Hamid Karzai, Former President of Afghanistan. “What I infer from the behavior and actions of the rulers of Afghanistan is that they have no intention to get into a conflict with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Karzai said in […]

In a phone conversation held on Sunday, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq felicitated Eid al-Fitr to Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and people of Iran. He also invited Raeisi to visit Oman. For his part, Iranian President congratulated Eid to him and wished Sultan of Oman health and success, and the people of the country prosperity and felicity. In […]

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Despite tight security measures of the Zionist regime, 200,000 Palestinian worshippers performed Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Despite the strict security measures of the Zionist regime to prevent the Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, 200,000 Palestinians attended the mosque and […]