Eurasia Press & News

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations on Monday said 34 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan this year and called on Taliban fighters and criminal gangs to stop attacking humanitarian convoys so food can reach millions of needy Afghans before winter. Tom Koenigs, the head of the U.N. …

An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander underlined preparedness of his troops to fight enemy forces in the Persian Gulf, saying that Iran can stun enemies due to its geographical advantages in the strait of Hormoz.

Changes and transformations in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps are aimed at materializing its strategic goals and implementing its policies, chief of IRGC’s joint staff said.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday said that Damascus and Tehran share similar views about the need for anti-terrorism efforts in northern Iraq.

Iran’s Accredited ambassador to Yangon Mohsen Pak Ayeen said that the US and certain European countries have mobilized dependent and opportunist media to foment unrests and intensify crisis in Myanmar in a bid to implement a regime change plan in that country.

Iran announced that it is seeking to bolster cooperation with the republic of Azerbaijan in cultural and cinematic grounds.

A prominent Iranian MP said here on Monday that the Unite States’ one-sided sanctions against the Islamic Republic reveal that Washington has come to a state of paralysis.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar criticized the performance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Eurasia, saying that the NATO has left a poor record in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tehran said that the US sanctions against Iran are harmful to the region, and stressed that the two sides’ differences should be resolved through negotiations.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that Tehran has documents proving that the US supports terrorist organizations in the Middle East.