Section: Iran
Ukraine claims repelled tank assault by pro-Russians
Ukraine’s government says its forces have repelled a recent tank assault by pro-Russia fighters in troubled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Iran’s Delegation to Visit Crimea for Oil Talks: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian delegation plans to visit the Eastern European Peninsula of Crimea to discuss cooperation in the supply of oil products, Russian media quoted Crimean Fuel and Energy Minister as saying. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ex-US negotiator says exporting natural gas Iran’s best economic chance
A former member of US nuclear negotiating team says exporting natural gas, not oil, will provide the best economic opportunity for Iran in a post-sanctions era. According to Press TV, Richard Nephew, who was the lead sanctions expert for the US negotiating team that was engaged in multiple-year talks with Iran said “If I had to bet, I would...
Ukraine facing looming default ahead of fresh talks with creditors
Ukraine’s Eurobonds, which have been steadily growing over the recent weeks, slid the most on record after signs of discord between the government and its creditors increased the prospects of default in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Forces Continue Shelling Gorlovka
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Ukrainian forces launched another artillery attack on the city of Gorlovka in Ukraine’s Southeast, a representative of the city administration said Saturday. …read more Source: Fars News...
DPR: Forced Mobilization in Kiev-Controlled Areas of Donbass
TEHRAN (FNA)- Young men in the Kiev-controlled areas of Donbass are being forced to join the Ukrainian armed forces, the deputy military chief of staff of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Gorbachev Calls for Nuclear Free World on Hiroshima Day
SPIEGEL: Mikhail Sergeyevich, during your inaugural speech as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985, you warned of nuclear war and called for the “complete destruction of nuclear weapons and a permanent ban on them.” Did you mean that seriously? Gorbachev: The discussion about disarmament had...
OSCE sees no weaponry crossing from Russia into Ukraine
The head of a European monitoring mission confirms that no weaponry or people bearing arms have crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border during nearly a year of observations. …read more Source: Iran...
OSCE sees no weaponry crossing from Russia into Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) says no weaponry has crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border during nearly a year of observations. …read more Source:...
‘OSCE saw no military hardware, weaponry crossing from Russia to Ukraine’
No military hardware, weaponry or people bearing arms have crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border during nearly a year of observations, said Paul Picard, the chief of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission deployed at border crossing points in Donetsk and Gukovo. “We have not seen any military equipment...
