[caption id="attachment_128989" align="alignright" width="221"] Representatives of Iran and the P5+1 hold a round of nuclear talks in Muscat, Oman, on November 11, 2014.[/caption] After 12 years of rising tensions, threats of war and failed diplomacy, this accord would silence for good fears of Tehran developing nuclear weapons an ambition it has ...

Tehran, March 12, IRNA A senior Foreign Ministry official expressed hope on Wednesday that crisis in Ukraine would be resolved soon through peaceful solutions. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a local gathering here, Deputy Foreign Minister for Euro-American Affairs Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said Iran is seriously concerned over the ongoing ...

The US secretary of state has rejected a talks offer with Russian President Vladimir Putin until Moscow engages with US proposals on Ukraine's crisis. John Kerry told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Moscow's military intervention in Crimea had made any negotiations extremely difficult. US officials say there will be little to talk about ...

Ukraines acting Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia has said Kiev will not give up Crimea, amid the prospect of the regions separation from the country. The comments made on Saturday echoed those passed earlier by the new Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Yatsenyuk has said the Crimea region must remain part of Ukraine, but may be granted more ...

Pro-Moscow authorities in Crimea on Thursday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to examine a request for their region to join the Russian Federation, which will be put to a referendum on March 16, Agence France-Presse reported. The parliament of Crimea has adopted a motion for Crimea to join Russia. It has asked the Russian president and parliament ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended his actions in Crimea and said he would use force in Ukraine only as a last resort. The comments came as hedeniedthat Russian armed forces were directly engaged in the bloodless seizure of Crimea, saying the uniformed troops without national insignia were "local self-defense forces". "As for ...

THE spectre of secession suddenly haunts Ukraine and Thailand, two countries where demonstrators have uncompromisingly battled corrupt or unresponsive rulers. Militant protests have set off chain reactions that may result in the fracturing of national territories and the creation of new states in what are now eastern Ukraine and northeast Thailand....

"The country has plunged into chaos and anarchy," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin read from an unofficial translation of the letter while speaking to reporters after an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council. "The country is in the grip of outright terror and violence driven by the West." "People are persecuted on political and language ...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's foreign secretary said Tuesday that "our options are open" on stronger measures against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, though a leaked document seemed to suggest the U.K. had ruled out economic sanctions. London is a key hub for Russian investment, and rich Russian buyers have helped inflate the city's sky-high property ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Calling reports of Russia's military movement in the Ukraine an "invasion," "a brazen act of aggression" and "violation of international law," US Secretary of State John Kerry hit Sunday morning talk show circuit on Sunday. "Russia is engaged in a military act of aggression against another country, and it has huge risks," Kerry said ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Pro- and anti-Russian protesters have clashed in the Ukraine region of Crimea, as Russia orders battle-readiness checks on armed forces near the nations' borders and says it is moving to ensure the security of its Black Sea fleet. Scuffles broke out outside the Crimea regional parliament on Wednesday between thousands of pro-...

TEHRAN, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Ukrainian Ambassador to Tehran, Oleksandr Samarskiy, on Sunday described the recent anti-government uprising which toppled President Victor Yanukovych, as similar to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Iran's IRNA reported. Speaking to reporters, Samarskiy said the black era of communism has come to an end in Ukraine. Samarskiy ...

As a bloody week of street protests in Ukraine draws to a close,President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders have signed a deal, and the parliament hasvoted on a series of measuresthat curb Yanukovychs power. One of the resolutions changes a law in a way that could lead to the release of Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko is a former two-term prime ...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has expressed serious concern over the ongoing violence in Ukraine, one day after deadly clashes left over two dozen dead in Kiev. The ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, on Wednesday warned that foreign meddling in Ukraines internal affairs could deepen divisions and aggravate the situation in the country. She also ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Western politicians are returning to Ukraine this week to resolve the political crisis that has gripped the country for months, with the US saying it is in preliminary discussions to provide financial aid to the protest-hit country. According to the news agency AFP, the European Union's head of foreign policy, Catherine Ashton,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and UK Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the continuing standoff in Ukraine, the Syrian crisis and the Iranian nuclear program over the phone, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "A telephone conversation took place between Putin and Cameron. The leaders exchanged opinions on current issues facing bilateral ...

KIEV, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov offered his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday, saying he hoped his departure would help towards a peaceful settlement to two months of unrest which has convulsed the former Soviet republic. The 66-year-old Azarov announced his decision as parliament met for an emergency ...

[caption id="attachment_80027" align="alignright" width="180"] Protesters in the Justice Ministry, Kiev, Ukraine (27 Jan 2014)The protesters said they took over the building without resistance[/caption] Ukraine's justice minister has warned anti-government protesters occupying her ministry she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Riots continued overnight across Ukraine despite President Viktor Yanukovich promises to make key concessions, including the reshuffling of his government. A top opposition leader said nothing short of the President's resignation would do. Hours after the presidents comments, huge fireballs lit up the night sky in central ...

On the web site of White House a petition was initiated to support the idea of peacekeeping troops do be moved to Ukraine. Straight after the information about Ukrainian police using preventive and cruel measures, treating people horribly, Americans started the petition in order to try to help and stop the bloodshed in Ukraine. However, for ...