Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, lashed out at United States, France and Britain, saying these permanent UN Security Council members are neither implementing the council’s resolutions, nor fighting terrorism. Speaking during a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York, Jaafari stressed that Syria and its allies ...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has branded French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s call for further talks with Iran as “bullying and excessive,” the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. “There is no reason, need, reliability or trust for negotiations on issues that are non-negotiable,” Qassemi was cited as ...