IRNA Former US under secretary of state for political affairs said that President Trumps recent decision to fire US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will bring about serious results to Iran nuclear deal. Apparently it was a sudden decision which has been in work for some time according to press reports and it clearly reflects Mr Trumps [US President] ...

Former US Ambassador to Russia said that coordinating the actions of the United States and Russia alone is insufficient to settle the Syrian crisis. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Coordinating the actions of the United States and Russia alone is insufficient to settle the Syrian crisis, former US Ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering said Tuesday. "US-Russian ...

Former US Ambassador to Russia and career diplomat Thomas Pickering claimed that the successful negotiation of the Iran nuclear agreement could present an opportunity for the United States to coordinate more openly with Iran on mutual interests in Syria and Iraq. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The successful negotiation of the Iran nuclear agreement could ...

New York, Aug 19, IRNA Veteran US diplomat Thomas Pickering said those seek to impose even more sanctions on Iran are blind to realities and live in a kind of world of illusions. Talking to IRNA here, the former US ambassador to the United Nations stressed that nuclear agreement guaranteed interests of all sides involved. Given the upcoming summer ...

New York, June 23, IRNA A veteran US diplomat said the call for inspecting Irans nuclear sites is just a political game made by the US Republicans to create some sort of political ballyhoo to mislead the ongling nuclear talks between Iran and world major powers. Speaking to IRNA exclusively on Tuesday, Thomas Pickering said the issue of inspection ...

Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering stated that Barack Obama should take into account the US Senate's threats to block the Iranian nuclear agreement. WASHINGTON, November 20 (Sputnik) US President Barack Obama should take intoaccount the US Senate's threats toblock the Iranian nuclear agreement incase it does not include ...

New York, Jan 1, IRNA - Former US ambassador to the United Nations described the move by cetrain Congressmen to exert more pressure on Tehran as ineffective and a failure. Talking to IRNA, Thomas Pickering underscored that such measures bring into question the US international commitments. The stance of some US congressmen on Iran-5+1 deal reached ...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Iran was a nuclear state during his Cairo visit two weeks ago. Saturday, Feb. 16, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shed more light by saying, Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons but no power could stop Tehrans access to an atomic bomb if it intended to build it. DEBKAfile: Irans leaders are therefore ...