Iran says it made surveillance flight over US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf

Development comes after US government designates Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist group By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 7:09 pm  1 0shares Illustrative photo of the USS Enterprise, a US Navy aircraft carrier that was deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2012, before being decommissioned at the end of the year. (Official US Navy Imagery/flickr) TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s powerful […]

Senior representative of Hezbollah discusses ‘Israeli aggression’ in Moscow

Senior representative of Hezbollah discusses ‘Israeli aggression’ in Moscow  Saturday, April 27, 2019 12:00:05 PM   Hezbollah’s Deputy in the Lebanese Parliament Ali Fayyad took part in the Moscow Conference on International Security. During his visit to the Russian capital, the high-ranking representative of the Party of Allah also met with Deputy Foreign Minister of […]

Richard Nephew: UNSC highly unlikely to comply with Trump’s IRGC designation

FNA – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, says the impacts of the Trump administration’s move to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a terrorist entity are constrained by the United States’ geographical boundaries as the world community seems to be adamant to the […]

Putin hopes Iran will continue oil exports despite U.S. warning

BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he hoped Iranian oil exports would continue despite Washington’s efforts to stop them. Washington has demanded that buyers of Iranian crude halt purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran’s oil revenues. The United States expects Saudi Arabia and its […]

Putin: No One Wants Trade Wars, Restrictions Except Initiators of Such Measures

BEIJING (Sputnik) – No one in the world wants restrictions and trade wars, except those who initiate them, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday at a press conference following the Belt and Road summit in Beijing. “No one wants any restrictions, no one wants any trade wars, expect those who initiate these processes, I […]

The US Sanctions on Mullahs are Working

Majid RafizadehApril 27, 2019 at 5:00 amhttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14126/the-us-sanctions-on-mullahs-are-working “The golden days are gone and will never return. Iran doesn’t have enough money to give us.” — A militant with an Iranian-backed militia in Syria, New York Times, March 26, 2019. Feeling the pressure of sanctions on Iran, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, has […]

The US Sanctions on Mullahs are Working

Majid RafizadehApril 27, 2019 at 5:00 amhttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14126/the-us-sanctions-on-mullahs-are-working “The golden days are gone and will never return. Iran doesn’t have enough money to give us.” — A militant with an Iranian-backed militia in Syria, New York Times, March 26, 2019. Feeling the pressure of sanctions on Iran, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, has […]

China, Russia, Iran rise in Latin America as US retreats

The Hill | LAWRENCE J. HAAS: In Latin America, a U.S. retreat that began under President Barack Obama has accelerated under President Donald Trump, creating a vacuum that China, Russia, and Iran are moving to fill. The most fruitful opportunity for those U.S. adversaries lies in the socialism-ravaged state of Venezuela, where each of them […]

U.S. air force strikes ISIS fighters in Somalia, killing three

A witness said missiles struck two wells on the outskirts of Timirshe village, some 60km southeast of Puntland’s commercial capital Bosaso. REUTERS April 27, 2019 14:27 BOSASO – A US air strike killed three fighters from the Islamic State in the Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Friday, a US military official said, two weeks after […]

U.S. air force strikes ISIS fighters in Somalia, killing three

A witness said missiles struck two wells on the outskirts of Timirshe village, some 60km southeast of Puntland’s commercial capital Bosaso. By REUTERS April 27, 2019 14:27   Policemen security forces secure the scene where al-Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu. (photo credit: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR) BOSASO – A US air strike killed three […]

Iranian Forces in Syria Remain 50 Miles Away From Israeli Border – Putin’s Envoy

NUR-SULTAN (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko – Iranian forces in Syria remain around 80 kilometers (50 miles) away from the border with Israel despite Washington’s statement that it recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev told Sputnik in an interview. “We have reached agreement with our Iranian friends that certain […]

Palestine politician decries US Iran policy as brutality

IRNA – Secretary-General of the Palestinian People’s Party Bassam al-Salehi on Saturday decried the US anti-Iran policy as the utmost brutality and Imperialist bullying with reliance upon military power. ‘Imposing sanctions to drive the Iranian people to famine and create obstacles for export of its oil are against all international laws,’ said al-Salehi. He condemned […]

ICC to hold trial on Israeli raid on Gaza aid flotilla – Anadolu Agency

An international trial on Israel’s deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla will be held on May 1, according to the flotilla’s legal commission, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. The concerned parties will plead their case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) next week, Anadolu quoted attorney Gulden Sönmez as saying. In 2010, the […]