Section: Tasnim News Agency (Iran)
Ukraine Wants 1,000 Javelin Systems in Exchange for Nuclear Warheads
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine should have the right to receive at least a thousand US-made anti-tank Javelin missiles in return for nuclear warheads, the country’s newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Malaysia Asks UN to Set Up MH17 Tribunal
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Malaysia on Wednesday circulated a draft UN resolution on establishing an international tribunal that it said would guarantee an independent trial for those behind the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Kiev Forces Violate Ceasefire Regime 6 Times, Luhansk Militia Says
Tehran (Tasnim) – Kiev forces have violated the silence regime six times over the past 24 hours by shelling the territory of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, local militia said on Monday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Russia Says New US Military Strategy Is Confrontational
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia said on Thursday a new US military strategy was confrontational and would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
NATO Warns of Risk of Return to Heavy Fighting in Ukraine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – NATO’s head warned on Thursday of a risk of a return to heavy fighting in Ukraine but said it would be unwise to declare a ceasefire agreement dead, despite repeated violations, because it remained the best hope for peace. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Japan PM Calls on Putin to Work toward Ukraine Peace
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to play a constructive role in finding “peaceful and diplomatic solutions” to the crisis in Ukraine, after the EU agreed to prolong sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Minsk Accords Must be Implemented in Full: Russia’s Lavrov
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Minsk agreements on Ukraine crisis reconciliation, which have no alternatives, must be fully implemented, including the political aspects outlining constitutional reforms, said Russian FM Sergey Lavrov after the Normandy Four group ministers’ meeting. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine Says Rebels Used Long-Range Artillery on Villages, One Soldier Dead
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused Russian-backed rebels of conducting long-range artillery attacks on villages in the east and said one of its serviceman was killed and 12 wounded in clashes in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
EU Keeps Up Pressure on Russia by Extending Economic Sanctions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Russia Says US Coerces Kiev, Violates Arms Treaties
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia accused the US on Thursday of coercing Kiev into pressing on with the conflict in east Ukraine and urged Washington to fully implement a treaty on eliminating intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
