China UN envoy urges US to make immediate decisions in Vienna

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – China's Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna says the United States must abandon politicization and make immediate political decisions to help bring about an early agreement in the Vienna talks.

EU expects decision ‘very quickly’ on agreement in Vienna

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The EU said Tuesday it expects “very quickly” response to a “final” text offered by the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

Medvedev compared Zelensky’s words with Hitler’s ideas

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The statements of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on holding the entire Russian population responsible for the special military operation sound like Adolf Hitler’s ideas, Dmitry Medvedev said.

Russian MoD confirms blasts at airfield in Crimea (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Local people in western Crimea said they heard several loud explosions and saw black smoke rising from the direction of a Russian military airbase at Novofedorivka on Tuesday.

China diplomat clarifies goals of military drill near Taiwan

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Beijing is conducting military drills around Taiwan to give a warning to the United States and teach a lesson to "Taiwanese separatists," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.

I don't believe US killed Afghan people by mistake: Karzai

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Former president Hamid Karzai pointed to the disgraceful US withdrawal from Afghanistan and said Washington killed many Afghans for no reason.

Erdogan, Assad to likely hold phone talk

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Some news sources have announced the possibility of a holding telephone conversation between the presidents of Turkey and Syria in the near future.

Russia warns Turkey;

Bayrak drone factory in Ukraine to be targeted

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – If Turkish drone developer Bayrak builds a plant in Ukraine, the Russian military will consider it as a military target, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Raeisi felicitates Singapore on National Day

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi forwarded a message of congratulations to Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, felicitating the Singaporean National Day.

Iran to remain heart of Axis of Resistance: Nasrallah

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, said on Ashura Day that Iran, under the leadership of Imam Khamenei, to remain the heart of Axis of Resistance.

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Gaza

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, with several members raising concerns amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Islamic Jihad.

Zionist regime cannot escape failure, decline : FM spox.

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman says the Zionist regime cannot escape from its inevitable fate of failure and decline by killing innocent Palestinian children.

Ulyanov:

JCPOA has all reasons to survive but devil is in details

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The Russian envoy to the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov says that the JCPOA has all reasons to survive with all respect to all nuclear deal participants but as always the devil is in the details.

FBI search Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Ex-US President Donald Trump has said his Florida home was "raided" by the FBI, and that agents broke open a safe.

Amir-Abdollahian:

Killing women, children sign of Israeli regime's weakness

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called the Zionists' crime of killing Palestinian women and children a sign of desperation and weakness of this regime.

Iran FM on Vienna talks;

All sides must be serious about achieving text of final agt.

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says all parties involved in the Vienna talks on the revival of the JCPOA must take serious steps toward reaching the final text of an agreement.

UN says Israeli airstrikes on Gaza are ‘illegal'

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – The United Nations special rapporteur on occupied Palestinian lands says Israel’s air raids on besieged Gaza Strip “not only are illegal but irresponsible”, calling for a diplomatic solution to the latest bout of violence.

A senior Iranian FM official:

Relative progress achieved in certain issues in Vienna talks

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – A senior Iranian foreign ministry official said on Monday that in the latest round of Vienna talks between Iran and world powers on removal of sanctions some relative progress was achieved in certain issues.

Yemenis mark Ashura with massive rallies

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – The Yemeni media reported on Monday that massive rallies were held by the Yemenis on Ashura Day during which they also praised the resistance of the Palestinian nation.

A FM official:

It is too early to talk about final text of agreement

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) –A Foreign Ministry official reacted to western media claim that final text of agreement is likely to be prepared in Vienna in next few hours, saying that it is too early to talk about finalization of text of agreement.

Iran summons German charge d'affaires over Quran desecration

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – The German charge d'affaires in Tehran was summoned to Iranian Foreign Ministry to lodge the protest over desecration of holy Quran.

Zionists only understand language of force: Amir-Abdollahian

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that since the 33-day war up to now, Zionists sought to change the balance of power and to cause fear, adding that Zionists only know the language of force.

Sea Cup 2022 heralds peace, friendship among regional states

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Head of Iranian naval delegation to "Sea Cup 2022”Competition Captain Amin Arshadi said the event heralds peace and friendship among countries in the region.

Iran commemorates diplomats killed in Afghanistan in 1998

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iran on Monday marks the 24th death anniversary of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist who lost their lives in a terrorist attack in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is called national Journalist Day.

Vienna talks progressing positively: EU’s Mora

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – After meeting with Iranian and US representatives, the cooardinator of Vienna talks Enrique Mora said on Sunday evening that the negotiations are progressing well and he is optimist they would yield results.

China says drills continue around Taiwan on Monday

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – China's military said Monday it is continuing drills in the seas and skies around Taiwan on Monday.

Iranian, Lebanese FMs discuss latest Gaza developments

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a telephone conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Abdullah Bu Habib on Sunday evening to discuss the recent developments in Gaza.