Author: Nahajarm

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran is unchanged at 24th in the latest FIFA World Ranking released on Thursday. Japan remained the best Asian team at 20th. Korea Republic is the next highest-ranked Asian side at 27 while Australia (29) and Saudi Arabia (54) round off the top five. Qatar, who will be hosting the AFC Asian Cup for the third time, dropped one spot to 61st with Iraq (67), United Arab Emirates (72), Oman (73) and Uzbekistan (74) completing the top 10. Argentina leapfrogged Brazil, which is now third, after enjoying friendly wins over Panama and Curacao. The next FIFA World…

The Iranian Football Federation was hoping to finalize two friendly matches for the national team known as Team Melli in Iran and sought two friendlies versus the teams of Iraq and Russia for that purpose. But, now, Iraqi media are reporting that Iraq will face Russia on March 27 in a friendly match in the city of Sochi. Adnan Darjal, president of the Iraqi Football Federation, confirmed that report and said that all the legionnaires will join the Iraqi team in the game against the Russian team. However, he did not talk about the friendly match against Iran. Some Iraqi…

Dragging other countries into turmoil and disaster to maintain interests and hegemony is what the US does best as Wenbin believes that this shows the reality of the US’ “rule-based order.” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin during a news conference (Reuters)Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin during a news conference (Reuters)Syria’s energy crisis and humanitarian disaster are a result of American theft and larceny, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. In response to Syrian reports that US forces smuggled 53 tankers of Syrian oil to military bases in Iraq last week, Wang expressed that illegal robberies…

In his first interview as an Iraqi leader, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says foreign forces are still needed in a training capacity to combat ISIL (ISIS). Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has defended the presence of United States troops in his country in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, his first since taking office in October. The position contradicts the stance of several Iran-aligned groups that in part make up the Shia-dominated Coordination Framework, the political bloc that nominated the prime minister last year. Al-Sudani was subsequently appointed by President Abdul Latif Rashid, whose election ended more than a year of…

Tehran, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) Iran and Iraq are moving towards the revision of previous agreements to strengthen bilateral ties in various sectors of cooperation, on the basis of common interests, a statement released here reports. The note refers to the meeting of the last few hours between the president of the Arab country, Abdul Latif Rashid, and the Iranian ambassador in Baghdad, Mohamad Sadeq Al Kazem, in which they prioritized ways to enhance collaboration between the two neighboring states in various fields. ‘The historical relations between the Republic of Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran were reviewed and…

New York, Brussels (8/1 – 29). From the red carpets of Hollywood to the Cannes film festival, Fawaz Gruosi is one of the world’s most famous jewelry makers. Gruosi, the founder and creative force behind jeweler De Grisogono, has created dazzling pieces for celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman, and Selena Gomez and became a celebrity in his own right, hosting glamorous birthday bashes and, by some accounts, the most exclusive party in Cannes. However, there is a darker side to the famed jeweler’s glittering empire, which in recent years has been on the verge of collapse and criminal…