Month: June 2019

Published:  06.25.19 , 00:08 Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen tells the U.N. Security Council on Monday that Washington’s policy on Iran “remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring Iran back to the negotiating table.” Speaking to to reporters after the closed-door council session requested by the U.S., Cohen says he told […]

By REUTERS June 24, 2019 15:07   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet on Monday he had discussed heightened tensions in the region with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman during a meeting in Jeddah. Pompeo said they also discussed the need to promote maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, following attacks […]

According to the Russian leader, the attempts of achieving goals by force won’t be crowned with success MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump’s possibility to develop relations with Russia is limited by the US political system, although a lot depends on his political will, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with […]

(Reuters) – Oman on Monday denied reports that it had conveyed a message from the United States to the Iranian government over the downing last week of an American unmanned drone. “The Sultanate is watching current regional developments with concern and hopes that the Iranian and American sides show restraint and address unresolved issues through […]

i24NEWS Latest Revision June 24, 2019, 11:21 AM (Ronen Zvulun/Pool, via AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, meet in Jerusalem, Monday, June 24, 2019. Russian official Patrushev said that Russia is paying ‘special attention to ensuring Israel’s security’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russia’s National […]

REUTERS June 24, 2019 18:32 The United States is building a coalition with its allies to protect Gulf shipping lanes by having “eyes on all shipping,” a senior U.S. State Department official said on Monday, following recent attacks on oil tankers that Washington blamed on Iran. The official told reporters en route to the United […]

Trump describes move as ‘strong and proportionate’ response to Tehran downing an American drone, will add FM Zarif to list later this week By SEBASTIAN SMITH and AMIR HAVASIToday, 8:22 pm  1 298shares US President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order to increase sanctions on Iran, in the Oval Office of the White House, June 24, 2019, […]

Islamic Republic’s foreign minister targeted with fresh sanctions, along with its supreme leader, Khamenei By TOI STAFF and AFPToday, 11:44 pm American navy ships USS Kearsarge and USS Bainbridge deployed alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf waters near Iran, May 17, 2019 (MCSN Michael S. Singley, US Navy) Iran’s foreign minister said Monday that […]

Jun 24, 2019 @ 16:43 Diane Shalem Russia’s national security adviser Nikolai Patrushev met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu shortly after he arrived in Jerusalem on Monday to take part in the first trilateral meeting with his American and Israeli counterparts, John Bolton and Meir Ben-Shabbat. The Russian visitor said that Moscow has a special interest […]

According to the Telegraph, “The aim of the new terror cell is to target US and other Western military bases on the continent, as well as embassies and officials.” By Benjamin Weinthal June 24, 2019 22:07   The Islamic Republic of Iran is spreading its state-sponsored terrorism to Western African countries to attack the US […]

June 24 (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a tweet after U.S. imposed new sanctions on Tehran, said hawkish politicians close to U.S. President Donald Trump were thirsty for war rather than diplomacy. “@realDonaldTrump is 100% right that the US military has no business in the Persian Gulf. Removal of its forces […]

REUTERS June 24, 2019 22:43 Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday the latest U.S. sanctions against Iran showed that Washington does not respect international law and called for dialog on regional security. The U.S. decision to impose more sanctions is another indication that the United States “has no respect for international law […]

New, “hard-hitting” US sanctions deny Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his office access to key financial resources under an executive order signed Monday, June 24 by President Donald Trump in response to the downing of a US drone last week.  “We will continue to increase pressure on Tehran, until the regime abandons its […]

The top U.S. diplomat had told reporters before departing on the trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that Washington wanted talks with Tehran The Associated Press and Reuters Jun 24, 2019 1:45 PM    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announcing the Trump administration’s plan to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a “foreign terrorist organization,” April 8, […]