TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Near Iran's border with Iraq, work crews are putting finishing touches on a petrochemical plant expected to pump out hundreds of tons a year of oil-based products that the country hopes can slip through the net of Western economic sanctions. In Tehran's bazaar, merchants must ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is seen ahead of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly in New York September 23, 2013./ (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a meeting of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council ...
The United States is ready to work with Iran's new centrist president, Hassan Rouhani, if his administration engages seriously in efforts to resolve the long-running standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. "Secretary (of State John) Kerry welcomes the ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will join the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany later this week to discuss the crisis over Iran's nuclear program, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday. "We talked about ...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, gives a speech during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, on the eve of landmark trip to gather alongside Western leaders. Rouhani offered his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran's nuclear program could open doors for ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran's new foreign minister will join talks with six key nations trying to rein in the Islamic Republic's nuclear program later this week, the European Union's foreign policy chief said Monday. Catherine Ashton, the chief nuclear negotiator, told reporters after meeting ...
Javad Zarif, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations speaks to reporters after Security Council consultations regarding Iraq, Iran and other matters at U.N. headquarters in New York, March 21, 2007/ European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a meeting of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany this week, a U.S. official said on Monday. "Yes, he will," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, when asked ...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, gives a speech during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept, 22, 2013. On the eve of landmark trip to gather alongside Western leaders, Iran's president offered Sunday his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran's ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will join the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany later this week to discuss the crisis over Iran's nuclear program, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday. "We talked about ...
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, gives a speech during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept, 22, 2013. On the eve of landmark trip to gather alongside Western leaders, Iran’s president offered Sunday his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran’s ...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, gives a speech during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept, 22, 2013. On the eve of landmark trip to gather alongside Western leaders, Iran's president offered Sunday his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran's ...
In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. President Barack Obama and Iran’s new president are heading to New York next ...
TEHRAN, Iran — On the eve of a landmark trip to attend the U.N. General Assembly, Iran's president offered Sunday his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran's nuclear program could open doors for greater cooperation on regional flash points such as the Syrian civil ...
In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. President Barack Obama and Iran’s new president are heading to New York next ...
In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. President Barack Obama and Iran’s new president are heading to New York next ...
Iran's President Hasan Rouhani says Tehran is ready for talks with the West on its disputed nuclear program as he prepares to head to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. The latest appeal by the newly elected president came Sunday, a day before his scheduled departure. Rouhani, who has vowed ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president used his final moments before leaving for New York on Monday to urge Western leaders to heed his appeals for greater dialogue and take steps to ease painful economic sanctions as a path to "reach joint interests." Hasan Rouhani hopes to use the annual U.N. ...
Families embraced loved ones who were returned from Israeli prison/ Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to be reunited with their families in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The release involved ...
affiliated security forces have been deployed across Gaza to oversee the transition following Israeli withdrawal/ At least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal ...
The Israeli military says it has partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday morning. Israeli forces said they had pulled back to an agreed position within the territory - though troops still occupy half of the ...
A ceasefire deal has taken effect in Gaza that should see Hamas release all the 48 Israeli and foreign hostages it is still holding after two years of war, 20 of whom are assumed to be alive. All but one were among the 251 people abducted during the Palestinian group's attack on southern Israel ...
Even for Donald Trump, a president who revels in his place at the centre of world events, it was a dramatic moment. The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio interrupted a televised meeting Trump was chairing in Washington DC on Wednesday. He handed over a message that the President needed to tell ...
Palestinians react to Gaza peace deal announcement/ The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense negotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza. But, despite the momentum, there is no ...
The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza's lovers. The tree-lined street that ran beside it was once a favourite place for courting couples, eager to avoid Gaza's socially conservative gaze. But the road nicknamed "Lovers' ...
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled an Israeli offensive in Gaza City in recent months/ "In these two years, I lost so much," says Emaan al-Wahidi. She is living in a rented garage, struggling each day to find food and clean water, and has been displaced multiple times. Her ...
Israel's devastating military response to the 7 October attacks has destroyed most of Gaza/ After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families. It is an opportunity, but it is ...
Israel's foreign ministry posted a photo of Thunberg walking through Ben Gurion airport/ Israel has deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 170 other pro-Palestinian activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza ...