Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are finalizing details of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) freight train. (Supplied) December 22, 2021 Pakistan’s top commerce official said on Tuesday his country had been working toward greater regional connectivity after the first freight train from Islamabad to Istanbul via Tehran departed after a gap of nine years to increase [...]
Tourists visit the Azadi Tower in the capital Tehran on April 19, 2018. (AFP) By Maryam Dehkordi December 22, 2021 A Turkish photographer and filmmaker, Bora Omeroglu, has been detained in Iran for the past four days. People close to Bora told IranWire his phone cut out near the city of Abadeh, halfway [...]
Sellers wearing masks in an Iranian fruit market, June 15, 2020. (Reuters) December 20, 2021 Russia has suspended imports of fruit including lemons, mandarins, peppers, grapes and pomegranates from 33 Turkish and Iranian producers, citing alleged food safety violations, the consumer health watchdog said on Monday. Such restrictions are often seen as politically [...]
A government housing project in Iran. (IRNA) December 20, 2021 Iran is negotiating with Chinese and Turkish companies for building affordable government housing in a possible oil barter deal oil, an official said on Saturday. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi (Raeesi) has promised to build one million apartment every year, during his four-year term [...]
Masoud Molavi Vardanjani, had been killed for criticizing Tehran’s political and military leadership. (Supplied) By Ebrahim Ramezani December 14, 2021 One of the accused in the assassination of Massoud Molavi Vardanjani, an Iranian ex-intelligence officer turned regime critic killed in Istanbul in November 2019, has been temporarily released pending trial by the Turkish [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP) By Daniel Roth November 23, 2021 resident Joe Biden is uniquely positioned today to end Turkey’s bid to undermine European security and halt its dangerous drift toward Russia and Iran. Crucially, Turkey is desperate for U.S.-made F-16 warplanes and modernization kits. Meanwhile, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s domestic political support [...]
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) welcomes his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 15, 2021. (AFP) November 16, 2021 Tehran and Ankara are set to agree a plan for long-term cooperation, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s Foreign Minister told a joint press conference in Tehran Monday. Tehran signed a 25-year cooperation deal with [...]
An Iranian worker stands in front of gas pipelines next to the flags of Turkey (R) and Iran. (AFP) November 10, 2021 Sitting on 17 percent of world gas reserves, Iran should have no trouble renewing a contract to supply gas to Turkey that expires in 2025. So why are there concerns in [...]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Aug 22, 2017. (REUTERS) October 23, 2021 Iran is in no position to "target Azerbaijan" for relations with Israel for fear of its own Azari population, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Referring to a [...]
A branch of Halkbank in central Istanbul, Turkey. (REUTERS) October 23, 2021 A US appeals court on Friday rejected Halkbank's bid to dismiss an indictment accusing the state-owned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals said even if the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act shielded the [...]
