Russia hopes to sign free trade agreement with Iran by end of year
In further evidence of warm ties between Russia and Iran, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk announced this week that Moscow hopes to sign a free trade zone agreement with Iran and several other Eurasion countries by the end of the year, i24News reports.
US and Israel outraged as Iran elected rapporteur to UN international security committee, “UN has reached a new low”
Prompting outrage from Israel and the United States, Iran was last week elected to two leadership roles in the United Nations, including as rapporteur to the committee responsible for disarmament and international security, Algemeiner reports. The second position to which Iran was elected on Thursday last week is that of a Vice President of the UN General Assembly.
Iran unveils hypersonic missile it says can reach Israel in 400 seconds
Iran unveiled its first hypersonic missile on Tuesday, a weapon it says can reach Israel, Tehran’s sworn arch-enemy, in 400 seconds, the Jerusalem Post reports.
IDF attacked secret Iranian weapon factories in Syria
The alleged attack by the Israeli Air Force in Aleppo, Syria in the beginning of May targeted sites belonging to a secret Iranian unit operating in Syria, according to media reports in Saudi Arabia on Monday evening.
Iran to reopen embassy in Saudi Arabia following years of severed diplomatic ties
Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, after seven years of severed diplomatic ties between the two Middle Eastern powers, i24 News reports. Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran in 2016, after its embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashhad were attacked by demonstrators protesting Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Iran supreme leader says he’d ‘welcome’ full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked
Iran‘s supreme leader said Monday he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic, raising the prospect of Cairo and Tehran normalizing relations after decades of strain.
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