TEHRAN ( defapress )- Executive Director of Lebanon's National Library Gelnare Atoui Saad voiced her country’s readiness to establish library cooperation with Iran, saying there is no limitation for the Lebanese National Library to maintain cooperation with other countries.
News ID: 76332 Publish Date : 2019/03/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a tweet on Friday, said that all ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) participating in the Istanbul meeting were taken aback by US President Trump’s announcement about the Golan Heights of Syria occupied by Israel.
News ID: 76331 Publish Date : 2019/03/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Nowruz, the first day of the year according to the Persian calendar which marks arrival of spring and is observed in more than 10 countries, was celebrated in the Swiss city of Geneva.
News ID: 76330 Publish Date : 2019/03/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday condemned Israel's "apparent intentional use of unlawful lethal and other excessive force" against civilian protesters in Gaza and called for perpetrators of all violations in the strip to face justice.
News ID: 76329 Publish Date : 2019/03/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The first day of year according to Persian calendar, also known as Nowruz, was celebrated at a ceremony in Iran’s embassy in the Omani capital city of Muscat on Friday.
News ID: 76328 Publish Date : 2019/03/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) announced on Wednesday its final ruling in the case against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who faces 40 years in prison for committing war crimes during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.
News ID: 76327 Publish Date : 2019/03/22
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The UN human rights chief warned on Wednesday that the US sanctions on Venezuelan oil companies could aggravate the country's economic crisis.
News ID: 76326 Publish Date : 2019/03/22
TEHRAN ( defapress )- French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to oppose the Brexit delay requested by the British PM, Le Point reported. It would block the extension, making a no-deal more likely and result in total failure for Theresa May.
News ID: 76325 Publish Date : 2019/03/22
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the government of his US counterpart Donald Trump of stealing $5 billion from the South American country, saying the funds were allotted for the manufacture of medicines.
News ID: 76324 Publish Date : 2019/03/22
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Russia called on the United States to resume bilateral efforts towards nuclear disarmament and stop fueling speculations about the possibility of a limited nuclear war, as both countries are poised to leave a crucial Cold War-era arms control treaty.
News ID: 76323 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Immediate evacuation is the only option to save refugees at the Rukban camp from hunger and epidemics, Major General Viktor Kupchishin, chief of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the conflicting sides in Syria, told reporters on Wednesday.
News ID: 76322 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Four more of the 15 Iranian border guards who were abducted by a Pakistani-based terrorist group in mid-October were released on Wednesday.
News ID: 76321 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a tweet to mark the 68th anniversary of the nationalization of the oil industry in his country, reminded that his compatriots are familiar with pressures for deciding their fate and are determined to be independent to rule over their own country.
News ID: 76320 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The refinery for phase 13 of Iran’s South Pars gas field which was officially inaugurated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday, had exported its first cargo of products, including 300,000 barrels of gas condensate, on March 11.
News ID: 76319 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi reiterated that his country has not been involved in Turkey's recent border operation, adding Tehran has no intention to conduct any joint military offensive with Ankara.
News ID: 76318 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- French soldiers will be deployed Saturday to help guard public buildings, allowing police to focus on dealing with "Yellow Vest" demonstrators in case of renewed violence in Paris and other cities, the government announced on Wednesday.
News ID: 76317 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Progressive advocacy group MoveOn called on 2020 presidential candidates to skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington next week.
News ID: 76316 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Alarmed by the recent deadly attack that killed 50 Muslim worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand, British Security Minister Ben Wallace has repeated his warnings that a mass shooting of the same magnitude is “perfectly possible” in the UK.
News ID: 76315 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- President Donald Trump on Wednesday said special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Russia investigation should be made public, expressing confidence it will prove he did not collude with Moscow’s effort to interfere in the 2016 election.
News ID: 76314 Publish Date : 2019/03/21
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The United States could soon freeze preparations for delivering F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, officials told Reuters, in what would be the strongest signal yet by Washington that Ankara cannot have both the advanced aircraft and Russia’s S-400 air defense system.
News ID: 76313 Publish Date : 2019/03/21