TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made a surprise visit to ally Syria on Monday for talks on the looming offensive against the country’s last major rebel stronghold, his ministry said. Zarif left early on Monday and “is at the moment in talks with Syrian officials,” spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters in Tehran. The visit comes as Syrian government forces mass around the last rebel bastion in the northwestern province of […]
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Iran’s Zarif: ‘no one trusts America’ anymore
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday it was hard to imagine new talks with the US after it lost the trust of the world with its erratic decision-making. “Imagine negotiating now — how can we trust them?” Zarif told reporters on state broadcaster IRINN. “America has zig-zagged constantly, so now no one trusts them.” Zarif was speaking a day after Washington reimposed a first tranche of harsh sanctions following […]
Tillerson says had ‘matter of fact’ exchange with Zarif
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday he had had a matter of fact exchange with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif but that Washington continues to have “significant issues” with the Iran nuclear deal. “It was a good opportunity to meet, shake hands. The tone was very matter of fact. There was no yelling, we didn’t throw shoes at one another,” Tillerson said. “It was not […]





