Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Baqeri vowed to use Iran’s full potential to find peaceful solutions to regional issues. Baqeri emphasized the importance of developing relations with neighbors, especially with Armenia, during a press briefing in Yerevan. He said that Iran’s stable position on the issue of establishing sustainable peace in the region was underscored during his talks with his Armenian counterpart. “Iran is always a reliable partner in establishing peace and security,” Baqeri said. He added that regional countries themselves are the guarantors of peace and stability and that foreign forces cannot ensure stability and peace, as…

On March 22, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the group will not comment on a recent bombing in northern Israel. The bombing took place on the Route 65 highway at the Megiddo Junction on March 13. 21-year-old Shareef ad-Din, an Israeli citizen from the Arab village of Salem, was seriously wounded in the attack. The Israeli military and security forces said that the attack was carried out by a man who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon. Israeli security and police officers opened fire at the suspect, killing him just a few hours after the attack. Hezbollah was named as the…

The New Development bank was set up by BRICS nations on the basis of the intergovernmental agreement signed at the sixth BRICS summit in Fortaleza in July 2014 Egypt has officially become a new member of the New Development Bank (NDB) created by BRICS member states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) after completing the necessary procedures, according to an update on the composition of the bank posted on the website of the financial institution on Wednesday. Egypt was officially given status as a member on February 20, 2023, though a respective notification only appeared on March 22, according…

The CIA has been told to provide the media with an alternative story for the pipeline’s destruction, the veteran journalist claims Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh claims the US intentionally provided false stories to the media to cover up Washington’s involvement in the destruction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In a post on his Substack blog, the veteran reporter claims the CIA was tasked with preparing a cover story in collaboration with German intelligence to provide the American and German press with an “alternative version” of the Nord Stream 2 explosions. “In the words of the intelligence community, the agency was…

Amnesty International offices around the world yesterday delivered petitions signed by more than 200,000 people to Israeli authorities, calling on them to put an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes as a first step towards dismantling apartheid. Amnesty International’s petition, Demolish Apartheid, Not Palestinian Homes, is addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has been signed by people in at least 174 countries. Signatures are being submitted on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – observed annually by the international community in commemoration of 69 peaceful anti-apartheid protesters who were killed by South African police…

A solemn ceremony was held on the occasion of the Chinese president’s departure Chinese President Xi Jinping has completed the program of his state visit to Moscow and has left Russia on Wednesday morning, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene. The Chinese leader’s plane took off from Moscow’s Vnukovo-2 airport after a packed two-day program of talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on one-on-one and in the expanded circle of delegates. Russia has become the first country Xi Jinping visited after his re-election for a third term by the National People’s Congress (parliament). A solemn ceremony was held…

Vladimir Churov turned 70 last Friday Former chairman of Russia’s Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov died of a massive heart attack on Wednesday, he was 70, lawmaker Leonid Ivlev told TASS. “It’s sad news indeed. [He died] after surgery in a hospital at 8:00 a.m. today. Vladimir Yevgenyevich passed away after suffering a serious heart attack,” Ivlev said. According to Ivlev, who was deputy chairman of the election commission in 2008-2016, Churov felt good back on Tuesday and Monday and he was planning to write a book about US meddling in elections abroad. A person close to Churov also shared…

“We have no doubt left that the US’ medical-biological program is of dual purpose, and this second purpose of the US’ program is its military dimension,” Konstantin Kosachev said Russia’s parliamentary commission investigating the work of American biological laboratories in Ukraine considers its mission completed as it managed to piece together the puzzle of the US’ biological activities across the world, co-head of the commission, Deputy Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council (upper house) Konstantin Kosachev said on Wednesday. “What we saw was obviously not originally meant to be discovered, much less be investigated. But we, our parliamentary commission, considers its…

The French leader admitted that he had a responsibility to “settle the understandable anger”, however, he pointed out that this anger should not turn into violence, which he said was unacceptable French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday against the backdrop of the pension reform unfolding in the country that he was ready to sacrifice his popularity for France’s interests as he did not intend to be re-elected. “I am not going to do another term, I cannot do it according to the Constitution. Between the opinion polls and the interests of the country I will choose the latter,” he…

The Israeli government could be taking the occupation steps backward, threatening normalization agreements with Arab countries. The United Arab Emirates is considering decreasing the level of its diplomatic representation in “Israel” and is instructing its ambassador in “Tel Aviv”, Ahmed Al-Khaja, not to meet any Israeli official, member of the Knesset, or minister at this stage, and not to participate in any official ceremonies, according to Elaph. Elaph learned that this came after the Israeli Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich’s statements, in which he said that there are no Palestinian people, thus nullifying any entity for the Palestinians. The same minister had called…