Russia and neighboring Belarus on September 14 begin a joint military exercise near NATO’s eastern flank that has fanned already deep tensions between Moscow and the West.
A sixth round of Syria peace talks began in Astana on September 14 – a two-day gathering sponsored by Russia, Iran, and Turkey with negotiations that are separate from United Nations-sponsored talks in Geneva.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Russia’s Black Sea resort town of Sochi on September 13.
Germany has deported eight Afghan men whose applications for asylum were rejected, sending them back to Afghanistan on September 13.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is visiting Russia on September 13, to discuss a range of issues related to the Middle East, according to Russian ITAR-TASS news agency.
Ads that Russian operatives purchased on Facebook during last year's presidential election actively promoted then-Republican candidate Donald Trump's anti-immigration campaign and other conservative causes, U.S. media are reporting.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, as Russia-backed government troops press their assault against the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in the country's east.
Iraq's parliament has voted to reject a planned Kurdish independence referendum and authorized Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to “take all steps to protect the unity of Iraq and open a serious dialogue" with the country’s Kurdish leaders.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran was playing by the rules set out in a nuclear accord it signed with six world powers in 2015, after Washington suggested it was not adhering to the deal.
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Russia has defended Washington’s decision to order Moscow out of diplomatic facilities in the United States amid a mounting standoff straining already frayed bilateral ties.
The United States might find Iran in violation of the 2015 nuclear agreement next month, but that does not mean Washington is withdrawing from the agreement, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on September 5.
Turkey and Iran voiced strong opposition to a referendum on Kurdish independence scheduled next month in neighboring Iraq during a rare visit to Ankara by Tehran's army chief of staff on August 16.
The chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Mohammad Baqeri, has met with Turkey’s president and military leaders in Ankara for talks over cooperation in the Syrian conflict and counterterrorism, officials say.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on August 15 said Iran is trying to "hold the world hostage" by warning that it might abandon the 2015 nuclear agreement because of continued U.S. "sanctions and coercion."
Iranian journalist Sasan Aghaei has been reportedly arrested.The charges against Aghaei, who works for the reformist daily Etemad, are not clear.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has named two women as vice presidents, a day after proposing a government that included no women in cabinet positions.
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine's Odesa region who was stripped last month of his Ukrainian citizenship, says Russian President Vladimir Putin will eventually face "full international isolation" as a result of tensions between Moscow and the West.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed European officials’ presence at his swearing-in ceremony, saying it showed the Continent was determined to expand ties with Tehran.
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