Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that the US was employing double standards on Syria by blocking a UN Security Council statement condemning a car bomb attack in Damascus.
A US senator says at least 4,700 people, including civilians, have been killed in the drone strikes carried out by the US Army and the CIA around the world.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says direct talks between the Islamic Republic and the United States would not yield any results when Washington shows no goodwill.
The United States has imposed new sanctions on Iran’s energy sector in a new attempt to force the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear energy program.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has rejected any talks with the United States under pressure and threats.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi says the next round of comprehensive talks between Iran and six world powers will be held in Kazakhstan on February 25, 2013.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday expressed deepening unease at a growing disparity in defense spending between the United States and European allies due to economic pressures on eurozone governments.
The U.S. Senate foreign relations committee has unanimously approved Senator John Kerry's nomination to be secretary of state.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says the deployment of NATO’s patriot missiles in Turkey is aimed at safeguarding Israel.
U.S. president Obama has signed into law a fresh sanctions bill against the Islamic Republic of Iran which includes ban on the country’s media in what has been described as a fresh blow on the U.S. allegations of protecting freedom of speech.