TEHRAN (Tasnim) A top official in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is resigning amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom said in a statement Sunday that he is stepping down. He has denied the allegations, AP reported. Israel's attorney general has ordered police to ...

Judy Nir Mozes Shalom quickly deleted her tweet comparing U.S. president to 'weak black coffee,' but not before raising a flurry of Twitter derision. The wife of Israel's Interior Minister Silvan Shalom raised a Twitter uproar on Sunday, after tweeting the following "joke": "Do u know what Obama Coffee is? Black and weak," wrote Judy Nir Mozes ...

Silvan Shalom's talk in Abu Dhabi was attended by Iranian official in an unprecedented gesture, Iran expert Javendanfar reveals. While it may be premature to discuss a thaw in relations between arch-enemiesIsraeland Iran, ministers from the two countries did sit down at the same table in Abu Dhabi last month, it was revealed on Wednesday. A talk ...

A British political commentator has rejected the possibility of an impartial European role in the planned resumption of talks between the Israeli regime and Palestinians, citing the EUs recent blacklisting of Lebanons Hezbollah movement,Press TVreports. The London-based commentator Chris Bambery further emphasized in a Press TV interview that the ...

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republics defensive capability is aimed at protecting not just Iran, but all Muslim nations against hegemonic powers. In a meeting with the ambassadors of Islamic countries to Tehran on Sunday, Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard said, Irans defensive power is, in the first place, aimed at preventing the US interference ...