The Russian foreign minister dismisses sanctions against Iran as ineffective, saying Tehran’s isolation would have regional consequences. “It is obvious that sanctions against Iran won’t be effective,” Sergei Lavrov said in the Moscow State University of Foreign Relations on Wednesday. Lavrov stressed that a compromise should be reached “no matter how hard it may be,” [...]

Around 15,000 people are still unaccounted for after the bloody wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1990s, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC data came on Monday marking the International Day of the Disappeared. Of the 250,000 people who, according to regional non-governmental organizations, were perished during the wars in [...]

The Annual International Quds Day rally will be held in London on Saturday 4th September 2010. The UK-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said in a report on Wednesday that this year, as usual, thousands of people from all over Britain will descend on London to display their solidarity with the Palestinian nation and all [...]

The Netherlands’ new ambassador to Iran, Cornelis Johannes Kool, says he is determined to improve ties between the two nations. Kool presented his credentials to Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting on Sunday. During the meeting, Mottaki noted that there are great potential for expanding ties between Tehran and Amsterdam. He added that [...]

English Defence League supporters gathering in Bradford city centre turned violent after the far right group supporters climbed up the barricade garden and started throwing smoke bombs , cans , stones and bottles and insulting the opponents including Muslims. Despite the threat posed by the EDL demonstrators , police has so far fell short of [...]

The European Union says it will not take part in the upcoming US-sponsored peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Washington. A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Saturday that she will be in Beijing meeting with Chinese leaders on Thursday, when the negotiations are to start. “For [...]

Iran has put forward a proposal to Russia to establish a joint nuclear consortium to supply fuel for the Bushehr plant and plants to come on stream in the future. “We have put forward a proposal to Russia on the establishment of a consortium under license of this country to do part of the work [...]

Amid Israel’s threats to attack Iran, France has warned Tehran of military conflict in the region if a nuclear agreement with world powers is not reached. “If a credible agreement cannot be reached, Iran’s isolation would only worsen,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday, a few days after the inauguration of Iran’s first nuclear [...]

An Iranian MP, lauding the fueling of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, has thanked Russia for exercising an independent policy and not being swayed by Western sanctions against Iran. Hossein Sobhani-nia, a member of the administrative board of Iran’s parliament (Majlis) added that Iran expects Russia to continue the good neighborly ties with Tehran, free from [...]

A top Iranian lawmaker says participation of Russia in the startup of Iran’s first nuclear power plant proves that Moscow does not believe in sanctions against Iran. “Presence of Russian officials in Iran to transfer fuel to the Bushehr power plant shows that they have no belief in (the UN Security Council) Resolution 1929 and [...]

The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Iran will buy radioisotopes from Russia to treat cancer and some other medical conditions. “The Tehran research reactor can provide Iran with some of the needed radioisotopes, and Russia will provide the rest of the country’s required isotopes,” AEOI Director Ali Akbar Salehi said [...]

Following the inauguration of the Bushehr power plant, a top British official says London has always respected Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy. “The loading of Russian fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power reactor demonstrates that Iran can have the benefits of nuclear power,” British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said in a statement on [...]

Europe Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) on Saturday in an official statement named the March 21 as International Day of Nowruz. Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Austria and the country’s permanent representative to the UN and OSCE, Fuad Ismayilov said, “The United Nations had previously announced the day as holiday in its calendar.” On the basis [...]

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says no decision has yet been made regarding the delivery of S-300 air defense systems to Iran. “We are not supplying anything. There is no decision on supplies,” Ria Novosti quoted Serdyukov as telling reporters in Yerevan on Friday. Russia signed a contract with Iran in December 2005 for sale [...]

A whopping 74 percent of Germans want the embattled government of Chancellor Angela Merkel to resign, according to a survey released Friday by the private television station SAT 1. Only 25.3 percent are satisfied with the performance of the center-Right government, while 0.7 percent of the respondents had no opinion. A separate poll commissioned on [...]

Iranian lawmaker Hojjatoleslam Hossein Ebrahimi describes the inauguration of the Bushehr power plant as the renewal of Moscow-Tehran cooperation. “Aside from its effect on Iran-Russia relations, the inauguration of the Bushehr plant will have positive effects on anti-Iran resolutions, threats and sanctions,” member of Parliament’s (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Wednesday. [...]

Israeli and Greek leaders discussed expanding military ties on Tuesday including sharing military know-how and holding joint war games, officials said. “Israel” has been keen to expand ties with Greece as its relations with Turkey — another strategic Mediterranean partner — soured since an Israeli raid on a Turkish-backed aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip [...]

The German government has denied any involvement in the decision to release an alleged Israeli spy wanted for the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai back in January. A German prosecutor released Uri Brodsky — a suspected Mossad agent — on Friday in return for an undisclosed sum of bail. The court claimed that [...]

The annual Al-Quds Day demonstration and rally has been confirmed for Saturday 4th September 2010, marching from Marble Arch to the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square. End the Siege. End the Occupation. End the Israeli Apartheid. Saturday 4th September 2010 2pm – 6pm Marble Arch to the US Embassy. Coaches will be available from different [...]

Hundreds in the German capital, Berlin, have staged a protest against Israel’s forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes in occupied territories. Crowds of demonstrators, including Jewish anti-Zionist activists, gathered in Berlin on Sunday to condemn Tel Aviv’s refusal to heed international calls to halt its illegal settlement constructions in occupied East Jerusalem (al-Quds). Waving [...]