Senior Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program until its dissolution in the early 2000s, was “killed” in an ambush near Tehran. Fakhrizadeh was shot and wounded “by terrorists” in his vehicle in Absard, a suburb in eastern Tehran, and then succumbed …
Read More »UAE suspends visit visas for Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, and 9 other countries amid growing Covid-19 cases
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended issuing new visas to visitors from Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry confirmed the news on Wednesday saying that the decision by the UAE authorities “is believed to be related to the second wave of COVID-19,” …
Read More »Iran: Saudi Arabia ‘scapegoat’ in pursuit of nuclear weapons | Middle East
Tehran’s ambassador to the UN says rival Saudi Arabia is looking for an excuse to build nuclear weapons and blaming Iran. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says Saudi Arabia is trying to use Iran as an excuse to develop nuclear weapons after a Saudi minister said …
Read More »‘Sonia chose Singh as prime minister as he was not a threat to Rahul’ | India News
NEW DELHI: While praising the sagacity and policies of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the first volume of his biography, former United States President Barack Obama notes that Singh owes his position to Head of Congress Sonia Gandhi and he had been chosen because he posed no political threat …
Read More »Al-Qaida operative, wanted for 1998 US embassy bombings, gunned down in Iran
The operation was carried out by American and Israeli agents. The United States and Israel worked together to track down and kill a top al Qaeda operative in Iran earlier this year, a daring intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration increased pressure on …
Read More »Iran denies report of top Al Qaeda terrorist killed in Tehran
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in Tehran Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping plan the 1998 bombings against two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli agents acting at the behest of the United States, the New York …
Read More »Biden inherits a long list of foreign challenges, with China at No. 1
America’s relations with China are the worst since the countries normalized ties four decades ago. America’s allies in Europe are alienated. The most important nuclear antiproliferation treaty is about to expire with Russia. Iran is accumulating enriched nuclear fuel again, and North Korea is brandishing its atomic arsenal. Not to …
Read More »Iranian President calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal
Iran’s president called on President-elect Joe Biden to “make up for past mistakes” and bring the United States back to the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, a state-run news agency reported on Sunday. Hassan Rouhani’s comments mark Iran’s highest-level response to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris …
Read More »India prepares to lose Farzad-B gas field discovered by ONGC in Iran
India has almost lost the Farzad-B gas field discovered by ONGC Videsh Ltd in the Persian Gulf after Iran decided to prefer domestic over foreign companies for the development of the field, the sources said. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp …
Read More »India to lose Farzad-B gas field in Iran
NEW DELHI India has almost lost the Farzad-B gas field discovered by ONGC Videsh Ltd in the Persian Gulf after Iran decided to prefer domestic companies to foreign companies for the development of the field, the sources said. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and …
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