Bishkek, July 24 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the world’s silence, or a hesitant stance, on attacks being committed against Tehran would encourage the “aggressors” to repeat their crimes.In a speech delivered at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states in the resort town of Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan, Araghchi taunted the international community for its silence on the US–Israeli aggression.”He cautio…
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Moscow, July 16 (IANS) Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Thursday that it has opened a criminal case into the death of the chief engineer of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) after an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on his vehicle.The committee’s official representative, Svetlana Petrenko, said the investigation found that the vehicle carrying Alexander Yakovlev was struck by a Ukrainian drone on Wednesday in Enerhodar, killing the chief engineer and his driver and injuring a thi…
Vienna, July 4 (IANS) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on Friday lost its off-site power supply for the 21st time since the Ukraine crisis, underscoring the vulnerability of the plant’s nuclear safety. The outage occurred after the plant lost its connection to the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 transmission line, the IAEA said in its post on X.According to the IAEA team stationed at the site, military activity triggered the el…
Geneva, June 23 (IANS) Ali Bahreini, Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Office at Geneva, announced on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels without tolls.Bahreini said that the situation will be reviewed after 60 days, depending on negotiations between Iran and the US.Iranian and US negotiators have concluded a first round of talks in Switzerland on implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the two sides…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on ensuring safety of seafarers, importance of maintaining the freedom of navigation and unimpeded commerce through the international waterways continues to draw appreciation from various political quarters with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday detailing how ably PM Modi conveyed the message during the G7 Summit meetings in France this week. “I think that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was particularly able to convey a message t…
Washington, June 11 (IANS) The United States and Japan reiterated their commitment to the “complete denuclearisation” of North Korea and rejected Russia’s notion that Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear arms was a “closed” issue, as they held key defence talks in Tokyo this week, according to a joint statement.The allies held the bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue at Japan’s foreign ministry on Monday and Tuesday as they seek to reinforce security cooperation in the face of China’s growing assert…
Vienna, June 6 (IANS) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for maximum military restraint and full adherence to the localised ceasefire, after Russian personnel were reportedly injured near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).The IAEA on Friday (local time) said it has been informed that some Russian military personnel were injured during Friday’s de-mining phase of the agreed localised ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.Earlier on Friday, the IAEA announced …
Moscow, May 31 (IANS) Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are inspecting the impact site of a Ukrainian drone at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), local media reported on Sunday.”IAEA experts are inspecting the damage caused by the Ukrainian drone strike on Unit 6 of the Zaporizhzhya NPP on May 30,” Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna, wrote on Facebook, Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency reported….
Tehran, May 31 (IANS) Despite US President Donald Trump’s claim that he had lifted a naval blockade on Iran, Iranian ships are still being barred from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.Citing Iranian sailors, the report said the restrictions remain in place and vessels continue to receive warnings from US Central Command not to enter the area.Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Friday that the US naval blockade “will now be lifted.”In the sam…
Washington, May 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump deferred his “final determination” on a draft deal with Iran after meeting for about two hours with his national security team at the White House Situation Room.”The Situation Room meeting has concluded and lasted approximately two hours. President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his redlines. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,” a White House official said in a statement on Friday.It was not immediately …