ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India. Relations between the two South Asian countries plummeted after a massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April. The nuclear-armed rivals stepped closer to…
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his country was “willing to engage” in dialogue with the United States as equals, but did not clarify if Tehran would directly participate in direct talks. Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian and US counterpart Donald Trump(Reuters, AP) “The Islamic Republic of Iran wants dialogue on equal footing,” AFP quoted…
Russia could be tapped to work with the US and Iran to mediate some type of new Iran deal, according to a report at Bloomberg on March 4. The report came amid suggestion that Russia had sent officials to Iran during the 15-month war between Hamas and Israel. Iran launched two large salvos of…
In talks with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in the Chinese capital on Saturday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also voiced Beijing’s commitment to Tehran’s participation in Beijing-led multilateral frameworks as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Brics. “The two sides should continue to support each other on issues of mutual core interests, steadily advance…
Iran and Hong Kong’s strengthening ties have shown that the “imperialist” United States’ sanctions are no longer effective, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to China has said, adding that measures are being implemented to overcome barriers that had “slowed down investment”. Ambassador Mohsen Bakhtiar called for more official visits between the two jurisdictions during a recent…
Iran and Hong Kong’s strengthening ties have shown that the “imperialist” United States’ sanctions are no longer effective, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to China has said, adding that measures are being implemented to overcome barriers that had “slowed down investment”. Ambassador Mohsen Bakhtiar called for more official visits between the two jurisdictions during a recent…
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged during his first meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to “unwaveringly develop cooperation with Iran” amid growing fear of an all-out war in the Middle East. “Regardless of changes in the international and regional situation, China will unwaveringly develop cooperation with Iran,” Xi told Pezeshkian on the sidelines of a…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Via Reuters Russia is rolling out the red carpet to its geopolitical allies as it hosts the latest BRICS summit on Tuesday, pushing its agenda to create a “new world order” that challenges the West. The group…
Moscow: Russia’s Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the United States. At odds with Washington and the European Union over Russia’s war in Ukraine, something he…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran-Russia relations are growing “stronger day by day” as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin today for the first time, according to Russian news agency TASS. Putin met Pezeshkian, a former cardiac surgeon turned politician who was elected in July, in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat. Their meeting focused on discussing “bilateral…