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Iran’s parliament will be dominated by reformists for the first time since 2004 after winning 36 of the 68 seats, with four yet to be declared, in the second round of parliamentary elections held in constituencies where candidates failed to Read more
1Iran summoned Switzerland’s ambassador, Gulio Haas, to protest against a US court ruling that allows the freezing of $2 billion of Iranian assets in the US for compensation purposes for terrorism. Switzerland represents US interests in Iran since diplomatic ties Read more
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif met at the UN headquarters Tuesday to discuss the implementation of the July 2015 nuclear deal reached between the so-called P5+1 and Iran. Kerry told reporters that Read more
The meeting between OPEC members and non-OPEC members in Qatar on freezing oil production levels based on the January data ended without any deal following Saudi Arabia’s stance that Iran must be present at the meeting before a deal could Read more
The long awaited delivery of the S-300 air defense systems to Iran by Russia reached a major step after Tehran confirmed on Monday that it has received the first shipment and expects others to follow. Western states and Israel had Read more
Saeed Ohadi, head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, has announced that they will be meeting with Saudi officials to discuss the upcoming Hajj in Riyadh on April 14 after they received an invitation. He said the attendance of the Read more
Hopes of an agreement between major oil producers to freeze production could be fading away after the Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said that exportation of the country’s oil and gas condensate has exceeded 2million barrels per day after daily Read more
A day after Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said in Pakistan that “the existing difference in opinions” between Tehran and Riyadh “must be solved through dialogue”, Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said renewing ties will require that Tehran changes its “behavior.” Read more
Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a series of tweets launched a ‘charity begins at home’ approach to defend Tehran’s missile program and last week’s test-firing of Qadr-H, Qadr-F and Qiam ballistic missiles. He said countries that question Iran’s Read more
In what could be a turning point of the war in Yemen, the Houhti Movement and the Saudi-led coalition exchanged prisoners and agreed on a ceasefire along the Yemeni-Saudi border with the mediation of tribal leaders. The development raised hopes Read more