Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed the need for the establishment of a regional security system with the participation of all Persian Gulf countries. In a meeting with President of Iraq Barham Salih, held in Baghdad on Monday, Zarif highlighted the Arab countrys influential role and presence in regional affairs. He also reiterated ...

In a meeting with visiting Qatari FM, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, "Iran believes that peace and stability in the region will be achieved with the cooperation and collaboration of countries in the region ONLY. Speaking in his meeting with visiting Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Monday,...

Press TV - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic is ready to exchange with the Persian Gulf countries its experience with regard to developing nuclear technology and cooperate with them. Iran's nuclear chief made the remarks on Sunday while addressing a ceremony held in the southern ...

Press TV - The eldest son of US President Donald Trump reportedly met with a Persian Gulf Arab, who assured him of support by crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and George Nader was held at Trump Tower in August 2016, The New York Times revealed Saturday. The report comes at a ...

Press TV - The United States, in a joint action with its Persian Gulf Arab allies, has imposed a new round of terrorism-related sanctions on the leadership of Lebanons Hezbollah resistance movement, citing the group'sinvolvement with Iran. The US Treasury Department said in a statement on Wednesday that the sanctions targeted Hezbollah Secretary ...

IRNA Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Russia's growing influence in West Asia will contribute to the Persian Gulf shift to dialogue. 'Delighted to address @ValdaiClub: With Russia's sober strategic perspective and its growing influence in West Asia, it can play an instrumental role to help a paradigm shift in the Persian Gulf to ...

Press TV - Russian Foreign Minister SergeiLavrov says Moscow is concerned over the escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf region, some five months after a Saudi-led quartet of Arab states imposed a tight blockade on Qatar; and amid Riyadh's baseless accusations against Iran. The rising tensions in the Persian Gulf area cause concern. Not only ...

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Monday that a regional security forum in Persian Gulf is needed. In an address to the annual meeting of the European Council of Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Berlin on Monday, Zarif referred to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as an example of the win-win solution and underlined having ...

Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she was concerned about the situation in Qatar, adding that all Persian Gulf nations, and also Iran and Turkey, should work together to resolve the regional dispute. Merkel, who was speaking in Mexico City alongside Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, said it would be impossible to sort ...

Press TV - The Kuwaiti emir has engaged in shuttle diplomacy to help mediate a solution to the dispute between Qatar on the one side and Saudi Arabia and its allies on the other, the biggest diplomatic crisis to hitthe Persian Gulfregion in years. Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Tuesday that Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah had ...

IFP - Media reports show that prominent Persian Gulf Arabs princes and princesses and officials are stealthily going to Israel for medical treatment, helping the occupying regimes medical tourism flourish. Despite a longstanding hostility between Arabs and the Israeli regime over Tel Avivs occupation of Palestinian territories, latest ...

May 21, The Iran Project Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has announced that Persian Gulf countries tend to buy gas from Iran. Speaking to a reporter on Sunday, Hamid Reza Araghi said Iran post-election era is a proper opportunity to negotiate with Arab states in this regard. Although the Persian Gulf has about 730 billion ...

IRNA - Kuwait ministry of foreign affairs underscored the importance of holding joint talks between members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Kuwaits deputy foreign minister Nasser al-Sabeeh urged PGCC countries to pursue holding bilateral talks with Iran. Speaking to reporters, he said that the final ...

IRNA Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Jarollah says he is hopeful that negotiations between Iran and the Persian Gulf Arab countries to get started soon. Talking to reporters on Sunday night, Jarollah said Kuwait expects the consultations between Tehran and Persian Gulf Coopeartion Council (PGCC) to start after political messages having been ...

ABC. AZ- The New Years holidays in Azerbaijan will be marked mainly by tourists from Georgia, the Persian Gulf countries and Iran. Azerbaijani Culture & Tourism Minister Abulfaz Garayev has stated that most of the rooms at the hotels of the country on New Years holidays have already been booked. "Both local and foreign tourists (mainly from ...

Reuters- Donald Trump's election has led to unease over threats to peace in the region, Iran's defense minister said on Sunday, warning that a war would destroy Israel and the small Persian Gulf Arab states. Trump's election victory has raised the prospect the United States will pull out of a nuclear pact it signed last year with Iran, which Barack ...

Irans ambassador to Kuwait says hiscountry is ready to cooperate with the Arab countries of the Persian Gulfin fighting the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh. Interviewed by Kuwaits Al-Jarida newspaper, Alireza Enayati said the country was open to such cooperation with its regional neighbors against all Takfiri groups and their affiliates. The ...

Persian Gulf countries are discontent with Saudi Arabia's policy in the Middle East. They are turning to cooperation with Iran which has always been one of the key political and economic powers in the region. Kuwait expressed willingness that ambassadors ofPersian Gulf nations return toTehran and resume their diplomatic mission, the Saudi newspaper ...

Saudi Arabia is allegedly putting pressure on its allies in the Persian Gulf to disrupt trade links with Iran, Press TV reports. The kingdom was strongly opposed tothe nuclear deal withIran and afterfailing tosecure the deal; the Saudis are now turning tonew methods ofdisrupting Tehrans business activities. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have reportedly ...

(Reuters) - PresidentBarackObamais expected to make a renewed U.S. push next week to help Gulf allies create a region-wide defense system to guard against Iranian missiles as he seeks to allay their anxieties over any nuclear deal with Tehran, according to U.S. sources. The offer could be accompanied by enhanced security commitments, new arms sales ...