TEHRAN (defapress) – Japan's parliament on Wednesday elected Yoshihide Suga prime minister, with the former chief cabinet secretary expected to stick closely to policies championed by Shinzo Abe during his record-breaking tenure.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh dismissed the media hype over Canada's complaint on Ukrainian plane incident, saying that anyone familiar with the basics of international law knows that a Canadian court has no authority to deal with what happened outside its jurisdiction.

TEHRAN (defapress) – What Iran– the target of a vicious and indiscriminate sanctions regime—has seen from the current US administration is quite straightforward: there is no grand vision for an alternative global community, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in an article.

TEHRAN (defapress)- US President Donald Trump called House Democrats "Venezuela on steroids" after they voted to repeal his administration's controversial travel ban.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Chinese Embassy in Belgium on Saturday refuted US accusations that China uses "hackers," overseas personnel and agencies to steal intellectual property and confidential business information around the world, including Belgium, saying the allegations are "purely fabricated."

TEHRAN (defapress) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back to their places of work, as long as it is safe to do so, in order to stem the coronavirus hit to the economy.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi dismissed as unconstructive and irresponsible the recent resolution that the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors has adopt on Iran.

TEHRAN (defapress)- President of the National Council of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka expressed hope that Vienna and Tehran would promote parliamentary cooperation during the tenure of Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as Iran’s Parliament Speaker.

TEHRAN (defapress) - The United States deteriorated security in Persian Gulf, after it withdrew from the JCPOA two years ago, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Twitter.

TEHRAN (defapress) – In reaction to German ban on Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Shamkhani said that suppliers of chemical weapons to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein have become defenders of human rights and call Lebanon’s Hezbollah as ‘terrorist’ for fear of its child-killer friend.