IRNA - Cuban president offered his condolences in a message to President Hassan Rouhani over the loss in the Sunday quake in west of Iran. Ral Castro expressed his sorrow and offered condolences to the Iranian government, people and the bereaved of the earthquake. The President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuban Parliament, Esteban ...

IRNA -- Cuban President Raul Castro in a message to President-elect Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday congratulated him on his re-election to the top executive post. 'On behalf of myself and the Cuban nation, I sincerely congratulate Your Excellency for your re-election as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran,' President Castro wrote in his message....

CBC- Cuban President Raul Castro harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration, trade and other policies on Sunday as Trump reviews a fragile detente with Communist-run Cuba begun by his predecessor Barack Obama. In his first critical remarks directed at Trump since he took office, Castro termed his trade policies "egotistical" and ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Cuban President Raul Castro is due to visit Iran to initiate a wide stride in the expansion of bilateral relations with Tehran, Havana's envoy said on Tuesday, adding that Tehran's Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a potential nominee in Iran's next year presidential race, is also due to travel to Cuba in October. Speaking to reporters ...

Havana, Sept 20, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani has been officially welcomed by Cuban President Raul Castro at Havana's Revolution Plaza. The official welcome ceremony for the Iranian President took place on Monday afternoon local time and after the national anthems of the two countries were performed, President Rouhani and his Cuban counterpart ...

Havana, Aug 23, IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conferred issues of mutual interest with Cuban President Ral Castro early Tuesday. Zarif and Castro discussed latest regional and international developments and explored ways of enhancement of bilateral ties between Tehran and Havana. Promoting economic cooperation and holding ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A member of Cubas Council of Ministers met with Irans Ali Akbar Velayati in Tehran on Saturday and passed on a message from Cuban President Raul Castro for Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, vice president of Cubas Council of Ministers and Executive Committee, held a meeting ...

Not long after the 70th UN General Assembly wrapped up in New York, RT takes a look at the most significant speeches given at the weeklong gathering. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his concern over the spread of US forces in Europe. Putin also stressed that Libya had been destroyed because of NATO manipulating the UN. Do you realize ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After breakthroughs abroad, President Barack Obama is finding stern challenges at home to his foreign policy, facing hard sells to skeptics over U.S. shifts, first on Iran and now Cuba. Obama returned to Washington early Sunday still basking in the attention from his historic meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro at a summit ...

The presidents of the United States and Cuba have held unprecedented face-to-face talks in Panama, the first sitdown between the leaders of the two countries since 1956. The landmark meeting, which lasted more than an hour, was held between President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Saturday in Panama City on the sidelines of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The leaders of the United States and Cuba are expected to hold a historic meeting in Panama, where 35 leaders of the American hemisphere are gathering for an annual summit. A White House senior official said on Friday that US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro will hold talks on Saturday, the first substantive ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the Cuban nation and government on the anniversary of the victory of the countrys revolution, and called for the further expansion of relations between the two countries. In a message to President of the Council of State of Cuba Raul Castro on Wednesday, Rouhani expressed the hope that ...

South Africans, world leaders and celebrities braved the rain to honor the former South African president and anti-apartheid icon.   MIKE HUTCHINGS/REUTERS Nelson Mandela, former South African President and anti-apartheid icon, passed away last Thursday at the age of 95. World leaders are joining South Africans for his memorial service. JOHANNESBURG ...

Raul Castro stood shoulder-to-shoulder Sunday with Latin American countries willing to take in NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but made no reference to whether Cuba itself would offer him refuge or safe passage. Venezuela and Bolivia both made asylum offers to Snowden over the weekend, and Nicaragua has said it is also considering his request. "We support ...

Amid growing relations between Iran and Latin American countries, Cuba's President Raul Castro has called for further improvement of strategic ties between Tehran and Havana . In a meeting with the visiting Iranian Vice President Ali Saeedlou in Havana, the Cuban president praised his countrys cordial relations with Iran and said the Islamic Republic ...