Section: Tasnim News Agency (Iran)
Party of Ukraine's President Can Win Parliamentary Majority: Poll
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The new party set up by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, could win a majority in a parliamentary election due on July 21, an opinion poll showed on Friday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Kremlin Rebuffs Call to Release Ukrainian Sailors
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Kremlin on Monday rebuffed a call by an international maritime tribunal for Russia to release 24 Ukrainian sailors, saying the court had no jurisdiction over the strait where Russian security forces captured them. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
UN Court: Russia Must Free Detained Ukraine Ships, Sailors
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A UN maritime tribunal has ruled that Russia must release three Ukrainian naval vessels captured by Russia in November and release 24 detained sailors. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Macron, Merkel, Putin Discuss World's Major Crises over Phone
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about an alternative to restore peace in eastern Ukraine, ways to end hostilities in Syria and Iran nuclear issue, the Elysee said. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine's New Leader Gets Sworn In, Dissolves Parliament
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in Monday as the country’s new president, promised to stop the war in the east against Russian-backed separatists and immediately dissolved parliament, which he has branded as a group only interested in self-enrichment. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine May Hold Early Parliamentary Elections in Mid-July: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine’s early elections to the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, may be held on July 14, the UNN news agency reported citing its source on Sunday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine Ruling Coalition Breaks Up, May Lead to Snap Election
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine’s ruling coalition broke up on Friday after the People’s Front party quit outgoing President Petro Poroshenko’s faction, potentially paving the way for incoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to call a snap election. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Sporting Braga, Dynamo Kiev Interested in Mehdi Taremi: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Portugal’s Sporting Braga, England’s Huddersfield Town and Ukraine’s Dynamo Kiev are interested in signing Iran international striker Mehdi Taremi. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine Demands Release of Navy Sailors Held by Russia
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine called Friday before an international tribunal for the “urgent” release of its sailors held by Russia since their naval vessels were captured off Crimea last November. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Putin Raises Possibility of Meeting Ukraine Leader
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday raised the possibility of meeting Ukraine’s president-elect in a sign Moscow might want to improve relations that soured after its 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
