Vision and Politics

Qatari foreign minister criticizes Iran sanctions, UAE foreign policy as ‘destabilizing’
December 17, 2018
Qatar’s foreign minister expressed a host of grievances over his Gulf counterparts’ regional activities on Sunday, calling out Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...
Trudeau says Canada trying to end arms contract with Saudi Arabia
December 17, 2018
The Trudeau government says it is trying to find a way to end shipments of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia as Riyadh comes under mounting...
Blame Saudi Arabia and the US for regional instability, Iran’s foreign minister says
December 16, 2018
Iran called out its regional rival Saudi Arabia in response to accusations that Tehran is a leading state sponsor of terror, accusing Riyadh and the United States of...
Iran, Russia, Turkey to meet UN envoy next week on Syria: UN
December 15, 2018
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with high-level officials from Iran, Russia and Turkey in Geneva early next...
A Norwegian Air Boeing was forced to divert to Iran after suffering a mechanical failure
December 15, 2018
A Norwegian Air Boeing 737MAX was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Iran on Friday due to a technical malfunction. Norwegian Air Flight 1933...
Iran lashes out at Israeli PM’s rhetoric
December 15, 2018
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has lashed out at the “outrageous” remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on taking military action against Iran,...
The disaster of drought and water shortage crisis in Iran
December 15, 2018
Iran is currently suffering from shortage and lack of water and certain policies have been put in place by the Iranian government that put the...
Commentary: Why Europe fears collapse of the Iran nuclear deal
December 12, 2018
By Maysam Behravesh, Reuters Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s nuclear chief and former foreign minister, has warned that Iranians are running out of patience with the European...
German exports to Iran up ahead of U.S. sanctions
December 12, 2018
German exports to Iran soared in October, a month before the U.S. reinstated sanctions on the Islamic Republic to choke its oil and shipping industries,...
Iran opens financial channels with some countries
December 12, 2018
Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said Tue. that Iran has opened financial channels with a number of countries, ditching dollars in...
Iraq tops Iran’s visiting tourists list
December 11, 2018
Some 2 million Iraqi nationals visited Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), turning the country into...
EU will soon establish alternative payment channel allowing Iran to bypass US sanctions – Mogherini
December 11, 2018
Brussels will create an alternative payment channel to facilitate financial transactions between the European Union and Iran in the near future to bypass US sanctions,...
France, Germany agree to host payment channel to Iran
December 10, 2018
France and Germany have agreed to host the special vehicle purpose (SPV), a special payment channel created by Europe as part of its efforts to...
MP Says ‘American Spies’ Visited Iran As Civilian Experts
December 10, 2018
Members of a “US military group” who visited Iran were “presumably” spies, the chairman of the Public Works Commission of Iran’s parliament has said. The...
US sanctions against Iran purely political
December 10, 2018
Behind the facade of legality, America’s sanction laws are usually no more than the conduct of foreign policy by other means. When it comes to...
Iran: US moved Daesh militants to Afghanistan
December 8, 2018
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has accused the US of transferring Daesh militants to war-torn Afghanistan in an attempt to trigger instability in Asia. Speaking...
Iran high potential trade partner for Europe: Austrian Attaché
December 5, 2018
Despite the challenges imposed by sanctions, trade and manufacturing in Iran would not be interrupted, and the country has high potentials for doing business with...
Iran vows to close key strait if US cuts off oil exports
December 5, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday repeated his threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded...
Iranian official: Turkey opposes US sanctions against Iran
December 2, 2018
Turkish officials and businessmen have stated that they neither accept nor implement US sanctions against Iran, Iran-Turkey Joint Chamber of Commerce Director General of Iran-Turkey...
Iran, Turkey intend to achieve turnover of $ 30bln
December 1, 2018
The speakers of the parliaments of Iran and Turkey stressed the need to achieve a trade turnover between the two countries of up to $...