Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal to safeguard one of the main achievements of the JCPOA by terminating the UN arms embargo on Iran, warning that obedience to the US would deal a severe blow to multilateralism.
Bahrain's supreme court upholds death sentence against two anti-regime activists
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Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi dismissed any interest in having relations with Washington, saying that his country has never trusted the US and Europe and makes decisions based on its own national interests.
The United Nations warned that almost 10 million Yemenis are facing acute food shortages in the impoverished Arab country, stressing that urgent action is needed to avert a famine there.
Bosnians have commemorated the massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, marking the 25th anniversary of killings that shocked the world and have stood out as Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.
FM Spokesman:
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said that the Iranian Islamic culture is famous for peace and friendship, adding that terrorism and genocide are the features of those who seek identity via denying others.
The Bosnian war saw thousands killed on the edges of Europe 25 years ago. However, the conflict has become synonymous with the genocide at Srebrenica. The trauma of war lives on as survivors of the genocide are faced with new challenges.
A United Nations special rapporteur called on the member states of the UN Human Rights Council to pressure Saudi Arabia to free women activists, four months before the Arab kingdom is to hold the 2020 G20 Riyadh summit.
The spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces censured Saudi Arabia for waging a war against the impoverished Arab country over destruction of two civilian vessels in the strategic Red Sea, vowing that Yemeni troops and allied fighters will respond to the act of aggression.