Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said once again that he did not agree with the way the nuclear deal with the West was implemented. “I have repeatedly warned the president and the foreign minister about it,” he said during a May 22 meeting with students. This is not the first time Khamenei evades his responsibility about …

Al-Arabia – Oman is trying “with other parties” to ease tensions between the United States and Iran, the Omani Foreign Ministry tweeted on Friday. The tweet cited Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the sultanate’s minister responsible for foreign affairs, who met on Monday in Tehran with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.“There is a danger that a war breaks out, …

AL-Arabia – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran as early as mid-June, NHK national television said on Friday. The news comes during a tense standoff between Iran and the United States and follows a visit to Japan last week by Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif. Abe is likely to discuss the possible Iran visit with US President …

Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was willing to consider sending more US troops to the Middle East to counter Iran. He said he doubted that the US needs to send additional troops, as he prepared to meet Pentagon officials to discuss it later in the day.US military leaders have discussed sending some 5,000 troops …

Al-Arabia – Iraq’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim on Friday called on Iran to respect the landmark deal covering its nuclear program, which has been weakened by the US decision to withdraw from it and Tehran’s backing away from certain commitments. “We think the JCPOA is a good agreement,” said al-Hakim, referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed …

Iran-HRM – The Iranian regime’s judiciary hanged a prisoner in public today in Hamedan, west of Iran, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The prisoner identified as Mehdi Cheraghi Far, had been sentenced to on the charge of “waging war against God through armed robbery.” There was no private plaintiff in his dossier who was accused of armed robbery of …

RFL/RE – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in Islamabad, amid growing tensions between Tehran and Washington. On arrival in the Pakistani capital on May 23, Zarif called on the international community to take steps to counter U.S. “aggressive” and “bullying approach” against Iran, according to Fars. “Currently our region is …

RFL/RE – Iranian President Hassan Rohani has said that his country will not surrender to U.S. pressure even if it is bombed, amid growing tensions between Tehran and Washington.Rohani made the comments on May 23, as Iran’s top military chief warned that any enemy “adventurism” would meet a crushing response.Relations between Tehran and Washington have plummeted since President Donald Trump …

VOA — Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has denied reports that between 5,000 and 10,000 U.S. troops could be sent to the Middle East to defend against a potential threat by Iran. “There is no 10,000. There’s no 5,000. That’s not accurate,” he told reporters, referring to a Reuters report that the Pentagon was considering sending 5,000 defensive troops to the …

VOA — Iran told a German envoy seeking to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal that its patience was over and urged the treaty’s remaining signatories to fulfill their commitments after the United States pulled out, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday. Jens Ploetner, a political director in the German Foreign Ministry, met Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. A …