Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Iran will not wait forever for the US to act on the JCPOA The US is holding outstanding issues in the Vienna talks hostage to its domestic affairs, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. Khatibzadeh said it was the US’ approach that brought the Vienna Talks to a standstill. “The US is trying to hold the remaining subjects (in the Vienna talks) hostage to its internal issues, but Iran and Iranians could not be patient forever,” the Spokesperson added. He said that Washington should take a political decision immediately if it wants to…

Ukrainian allegations against Russian troops should be properly investigated, not taken at face value, Moscow said Ukrainian allegations that Russian troops were involved in war crimes in the city of Bucha near Kiev are not true, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. The claims need to be properly investigated and not taken at face value by foreign leaders, he suggested. Information provided by the Ukrainian side “should be subject to serious skepticism,” the official said of the allegations made by Kiev. He claimed Russian military specialists found evidence of video manipulation and other forms of fabrication coming from Bucha. “The facts…

According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the current UN SC president, Britain, once again refused to give consent to holding a Security Council meeting on Bucha Russia on Monday will demand again the UN Security Council meet in session to discuss the Ukrainian military’s provocation in Bucha, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel. “Yesterday, the current UN SC president, Britain, acting in accordance with its worst traditions, once again refused to give consent to holding a Security Council meeting on Bucha. Today, Russia will demand once again the UN Security Council meet in…

According to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, “everyone is responsible” Polish authorities are asking the European Union to impose sanctions against all members of the United Russia party, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a press conference on Monday. “At the last EU summit, we proposed sanctions against all members of the United Russia party,” he said. According to Morawiecki, “everyone is responsible.” More than 2 million people are members of United Russia. Source: TASS

Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence service recently announced the prevention of an assassination attempt on President of Kazakhstan Kysym-Jomart Tokayev. Kazakhstan’s special services have detained a foreign intelligence agent «А» who was planning an assassination attempt on the country’s president, the National Security Committee said. The detention was carried out on March 25 in Nur-Sultan. The agent is a citizen of Kazakhstan. On April 3, it was revealed that an assassination attempt on Tokayev and several high-ranking government officials had been prevented. The NSC said that the operation to detain the agent took place at the end of March. According to the NSC,…

On April 3, at least six people were killed and ten others were wounded as a result of a shootout in the center of Sacramento, the capital of California state. The shootout took place in the melee near 10th and K streets, near a number of landmarks: the California State Capitol, Sacramento City Hall and Golden 1 Center, where the Sacramento Kings are scheduled to play Sunday night. “9th St to 13th St is closed between L St & J St as officers investigate a shooting with multiple victims,” Sacramento police said on Twitter. “Conditions unknown at this time. Please avoid the area as…

According to Mizintsev, Russia is ready to open a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol on Monday Russia hopes for Turkey’s support in what concerns Kiev’s implementation of its liabilities on the opening od a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol and observing the ceasefire, Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said on Sunday. According to Mizintsev, Russia is ready to open a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol on Monday. “But the success of the humanitarian operation will depend on the Ukrainian side only. Militants of nationalist units are not controlled by official Kiev and continue shelling of the humanitarian corridors. That…

Russia’s Armed Forces have eliminated 125 warplanes, 88 helicopters and 383 drones since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told Russia’s Aerospace Forces have struck 51 Ukrainian military targets overnight, including two artillery clusters and two multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS), Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told journalists on Sunday. “During the night, the strategic aviation of Russia’s Aerospace Forces has struck 51 Ukrainian military facilities. They include: four command posts, two launching systems of the Osa-AKM surface-to-air missile systems in the vicinity of the Barvenkovo and Slavyansk communities, two artillery…

Recently, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who is actively involved in Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, has been consistently criticizing actions and statements of part of the Kremlin establishment. On April 3, Ramzan Kadyrov published another statement criticizing the actions of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. Dmitry Peskov is known for his links with the liberal part of the Russian establishment, as well as Western and Turkish elites. “I had no idea, but it turns out that in order to become a…

Kiev has started to treat some issues “more realistically,” the chief Russian negotiator claims There’s been some progress in the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, but the draft deal isn’t yet ready to be submitted for a meeting at the highest level, Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the team of Russian negotiators, has said. “The Ukrainian side has become more realistic in its approach to issues related to the neutral and non-nuclear status of Ukraine,” Medinsky wrote on Telegram on Sunday. There’s also understanding between Moscow and Kiev on the need to create a “system of international security guarantees for a neutral…