TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A Saudi court Wednesday postponed a fourth hearing in the trial of several women rights activists, a case that has intensified global criticism of Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
News ID: 76874 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Presidential Candidate Gabbard:
TEHRAN ( defapress )- 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard comes to the defense of her fellow Muslim congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, who was recently attacked by US President Donald Trump over remarks on 9/11 terror attacks, calling Trump the “big brother and protector” of Riyadh-sponsored al-Qaeda terror group.
News ID: 76873 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Israel's President Reuven Rivlin said a majority of parliament members have backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new coalition government.
News ID: 76872 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AK Party) submitted an appeal for the annulment and rerun of a municipal election in Istanbul, the country's largest city.
News ID: 76871 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian ICT minister condemned Instagram's move to block accounts attributed to Iranian commanders, pointing to a famous quote by an American novelist.
News ID: 76870 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
envoy:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran and Oman will stage a joint naval drill in the coming days, according to the Iranian Ambassador to Muscat, Mohammadreza Nouri Shahroudi.
News ID: 76869 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister and his Turk counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu held their first round of talks in Ankara on Wednesday.
News ID: 76868 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) - London was bracing for disruption by climate-change activists to underground train services on Wednesday after protesters blocked some of London's most important junctions including Oxford Circus and Marble Arch.
News ID: 76867 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Syrian FM:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem condemned a recent decision by US President Donald Trump to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and said Trumo takes decisions only in favor of the Israeli regime.
News ID: 76866 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) –US President Donald Trump in a letter to the Senate said he is rejecting a measure passed by Congress to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
News ID: 76865 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Ambassador to Spain and accredited Ambassador to Andorra Hassan Ghashghavi submitted his credentials to French President Emanuel Macron and co-prince of Andorra on Tuesday.
News ID: 76864 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Iran:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi hit back at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his anti-Tehran remarks, saying that there is “a global demand” for a change in the US regime’s nature due to its moves against the international law.
News ID: 76862 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif went to Turkey after paying a one-day visit to Syria, saying Tehran seeks to settle the region’s problems through dialogue.
News ID: 76861 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi aggression against Yemen that has so far killed tens of thousands of civilians, the White House said.
News ID: 76860 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Turkey "expects" the Trump administration to grant it waivers from the US related to its purchases of Iranian oil, a top aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
News ID: 76859 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Maduro:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Venezuela is ready to accept humanitarian aid if its delivery has been coordinated with the legitimate government of the Bolivarian Republic, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday.
News ID: 76858 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari expressed his gratitude to the Iranian lawmakers for their support for the IRGC against a recent decision by the US to blacklist the force.
News ID: 76857 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress ) - US President Donald Trump suggested that he would either face Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders or former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
News ID: 76856 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
Mogherini:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-member bloc does not recognize Israeli “sovereignty” over Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.
News ID: 76855 Publish Date : 2019/04/17
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The US plans to maintain its military presence in Northeast Syria, US Acting Assistant Secretary of State David M. Satterfield stated on Monday during a briefing in Brussels.
News ID: 76852 Publish Date : 2019/04/16