It was reported that sanctions have been imposed on six companies and two people for helping Iran’s state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to export millions of dollars of goods in violation of U.S sanctions. The U.S Treasury Department stated on Thursday that the six companies blacklisted are Hong Kong-based Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd and […]
It was reported that at least six people including two policemen were killed as protesters and security forces clashed on Monday in Baghdad and other cities in Iraq. According to the report, as Iraqi protesters resumed their anti-government demonstration last week, two protesters were shot by live bullets on Monday while the third person was
The Islamic Republic of Iran said on Monday that it would quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement. The 1968 global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been the foundation of global nuclear arms control since the Cold War, including the 2015
Some of those accused of taking part in Ukraine plane disaster had been arrested according to the statement made by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian government has faced escalating confrontation with the West after it shot down Ukraine’s plane last week Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said
The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al-Said (one of the Middle East’s longest serving rulers who maintained Oman’s neutrality in regional disputes) is dead. Qaboos bin Said al-Said (79 years) died on Friday, 10 January 2020. Qaboos had been sick for years and went for medical treatment in Belgium last month. Oman and other
The United States on Friday imposed more sanctions on Iran in retaliation for Iran’s missile attacks on the facilities housing U.S-led coalition forces in Iraq. President Donald Trump vowed to impose additional sanctions if Iran continues in it’s terrorist activities or pursues its nuclear program. In the new sanctions against Iran, United States targeted Iran’s
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After days of denial, Iran on Saturday admitted that its military mistakenly shot down Ukraine’s plane, killing all 176 people on board. The Islamic Republic of Iran said that its air defence were fired in error while trying to strike on U.S targets in Iraq. Iran’s top Revolutionary Guards commander Amirali Hajizadeh said on Saturday
The United States House of Representatives voted on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. According to the report our correspondent gathered, the resolution was introduced by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan and passed with a vote of 224 to 194. The resolution directs President Trump to seek approval from
According to multiple reports, the U.S intelligence believed that the plane (Flight 752) belonging to Ukraine International Airlines that crashed shortly after taking off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday was mistakenly shot down by Iranian missile, as the country’s surface-to-air missile systems were active at the time of the crash. The plane crashed
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered that Filipino workers be evacuated from Iraq and Iran as the tensions between the United States and Iran have increased following the killing of a top Iranian commander (Qassem Soleimani) by the United States drone strike last week Friday in Baghdad. President Rodrigo Duterte also said that his government
