Kremlin:
TEHRAN (defapress)- The presence of the US forces in Syria does not help the political and diplomatic settlement of the crisis in the Middle Eastern country, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said.
News ID: 74468 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said that six servicemen of the Syrian government army were killed and another five were injured in shelling by militants in Syria’s Lattakia province.
News ID: 74467 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran said that the foreign countries with illegal military presence in Syria must immediately leave the war-ravaged country, and called on the UN to exercise its jurisdiction over the issue.
News ID: 74466 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran and Ankara jointly denounced the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal of July 14, 2015, and said that Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Iran are destructive for the economy of the whole region.
News ID: 74465 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress)- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that Moscow still supports the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)-Iran nuclear deal-, and called for the full implementation of the accord to let Iran benefit from the deal.
News ID: 74464 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
Syria:
TEHRAN (defapress)- The bodies of almost 30 civilians killed in the US-led coalition airstrikes and the ISIL attacks were found from debris of ruined buildings and also in mass-graves in Raqqa, media sources reported on Friday.
News ID: 74463 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
Speaker’s Advisor:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Friday that the trilateral cooperation among Tehran, Moscow and Ankara will bring the US abuse of sanctions regime to its knees, adding that Europe will afterward gain confidence to stay independent from the US.
News ID: 74462 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress) - The abrupt resignation of US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sparked concern among Asia-Pacific allies who credit the retired general with building trust and tempering isolationist impulses, regional officials and analysts said on Friday.
News ID: 74461 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress) - Ankara welcomes the US decision to withdraw its troops from Syria, Turkish foreign minister said on Friday.
News ID: 74460 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
Deputy FM:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi praised the Russian government’s position on the 2015 nuclear deal and said Tehran considers Moscow to be a reliable partner on the international stage.
News ID: 74459 Publish Date : 2018/12/21
TEHRAN (defapress)- Paris will maintain its participation in the coalition fighting Daesh terrorist group in Syria, a French government minister said Thursday after US President Donald Trump surprised Washington's allies by ordering American troops home.
News ID: 74458 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- Europe should brace itself for a new wave of terrorist attacks when Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) supporters serving short sentences begin to emerge from jail in a few years, the head of Interpol warned.
News ID: 74457 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- Almost 700 clergymen in the US state of Illinois have been accused of sexually abusing children, a far greater number than the Catholic Church had previously disclosed, dealing a new blow to the credibility of the church.
News ID: 74456 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- The international coalitions fighting against the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terror group has made huge progress but the terror organization remains a threat and should be defeated, the UK Foreign Office said, commenting on the US announcement of the withdrawal of the forces from Syria.
News ID: 74455 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- The United States expanded sanctions against Russia over its "continued disregard for international norms", the US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday.
News ID: 74454 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday asking him to reconsider his decision to begin withdrawing troops from Syria.
News ID: 74453 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- The ISIL executed hundreds of its prisoners in regions still occupied by the terrorist group in Eastern Euphrates in the past two months, media outlets disclosed in the last 24 hours.
News ID: 74452 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement condemned Sudan for seeking to retain and even increase its troops in a Saudi Arabian-led coalition that has invaded the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country.
News ID: 74451 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it would cut food aid to around 190,000 impoverished Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank - half of all its recipients there- due to funding shortages.
News ID: 74450 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- Hua Chunying, a Spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, stated on Wednesday that the move by the Donald Trump administration would turn space into a "new battleground".
News ID: 74449 Publish Date : 2018/12/20
