US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton says all options, including military options, are not off the table should Iran violate the terms of a nuclear deal with the world powers. In a statement on Tuesday, the Democratic candidate said she would respond to any violations immediately if elected as president next year. “The response to any cheating must be immediate and decisive – starting with... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is not bound by the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, adding that it will always defend itself against Tehran, which “continues to seek its destruction.” “From the initial reports received, it is already possible to say that this agreement is a historic mistake for the world,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded... 

A map of China’s Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road. Iran is participating in an ambitious Chinese plan to revive the Silk Road which aims to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through a network of roads, railways, ports and airports. Deputy Economy Minister Massoud Karbasian says Iran will turn to a transit route for more than 12 million tonnes of goods a year if the Silk Road... 

An Israeli oil company has been ordered by a Swiss court to pay $1.1 billion to Iran in compensation in a long-standing legal battle related to a joint venture before the Islamic Revolution, the IRNA news agency says. Citing an “informed source” at Iran’s Presidential Center for Legal Affairs, IRNA said the ruling relates to the Israeli company’s sale of Iranian oil and withholding the money. Iran... 

Actions of the United States of America predetermined Russia’s military cooperation with China and Iran. Now, should a conflict occur, Moscow, Beijing and Tehran will take joint efforts to show resistance to Washington’s expansionist policies, Pepe Escobar, journalist and political analyst, author of “Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War.” According... 

A young Iranian cancer patient. Iranian scientists have successfully reduced the side effects of a cancer drug by infusing it with nanotechnology. Researchers at the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences discovered that the side effects of the drug Mitoxantrone could be reduced when the chemotherapeutic agent is infused with liposomic nanocarriers, which are created with cholesterol derivatives, IRNA... 

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop In early March, Iran’s deputy health minister, accompanied by 5 members of the country’s parliament, visited Australia to boost ties in medical and health research areas, and extended an invitation for Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop to visit Iran. Over a month later, it is not Bronwyn but Julie Bishop, the Australian foreign minister, planning to visit... 

The GOP Congress takes its marching orders from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure there will be no nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1, an ex-US congressional staffer says. The Republican-dominated Congress is taking its marching orders from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make sure there will be no deal between Iran and the P5+1 over Tehran’s nuclear energy program,... 

A Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a presidential decree paving the way for the long-overdue delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran, the Kremlin says. Putin’s decree lifts a ban on “the shipment from Russia to Iran” of the S-300 missiles, the Kremlin said in a statement on Monday. The decree lifts the ban on transit through the... 

While debate over a nuclear deal with Iran continues, the White House used a cartoon bomb to demonstrate the benefits of the framework agreement struck with Tehran, a move that was surely meant to tweak Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the framework deal hammered out between Iran and leading world powers earlier this month, but on Wednesday the Obama... 

Remarks by US President Barack Obama about not requiring Iran to recognize Israel as part of a nuclear deal with the P5+1 is counter to the discourse adopted by the White House and other US officials since the regime came into being, says a renowned activist and radio host. Obama said in a Monday interview with NPR that requiring Tehran to recognize Israel is a “fundamental misjudgment”. According... 

Eight border guards have been killed by terrorists in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan near the border with Pakistan, a provincial official says. The eight were killed in a border area in the southeastern town of Negur on Monday when clashes broke out with terrorists who had entered Iran via the Pakistani border, IRNA quoted Sistan-Baluchestan Deputy Governor Ali Asghar Mirshekari as... 

Given the recent agreement between the US and Iran, Tehran’s nuclear activity poses obviously no threat to global security, however, the West is reluctant to curb its anti-missile bases in Europe that allegedly targeted Iran. “There is another angle to Washington’s interest in mending fences with Iran than just a dialogue on Iran’s nuclear program. That’s why yesterday Obama hailed as... 

US President Barack Obama threatened to take military action against Israel not to let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strike Iran. Netanyahu was planning airstrikes at an emergency meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Chief of Staff of the Israeli army Benny Gantz, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarîda said. The meeting was held after... 

Iranian navy blowing up a ‘mock’ US aircraft carrier. Iran has staged naval war games in an important sea channel, including an attack on a mock US warship. Missiles were also fired from the coast around the Strait of Hormuz, which sees a quarter of all sea-transported oil pass through it. The drills were conducted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which were named Prophet 9. The exercises...