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Russia, China and Iran who known as allies and US foes, have been trying to influence the upcoming US presidential election, American officials said.

The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called the Islamic Republic of Iran “the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism” and warned Tehran’s two allies, Russia and China, that they will become “co-sponsors” if they block a resolution to extend the

Iran’s best ally, China, announced Thursday that they will vote against any proposal by the United Nations Security Council that would extend the arms em

Emine Erdogan, wife of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given a $2 million-dollar worth diamond necklace to Esra Erdogan, her elder daughter in 2013 for her birthday, a source in the Turkish interior ministry told Avatoday.

France on Friday confirmed that it would read the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in January.

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil to Venezuela, The US Department of Treasury announced. 

The US special envoy for Iran criticized China and Russia for voting against a resolution adopted on Friday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board, urging Iran to provide access to two sites where nuclear activity may have occurred in the past.

An Iranian cleric and judge accused of corruption by the state and human rights violations by activists was found dead on Friday at a hotel in Romania’s capital Bucharest, Reuters cited police sources.

The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors urged Iran on Friday to stop denying the agency access to two suspected sites and to cooperate fully with it, Reuters reported.

The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency on Monday asked Tehran to provide inspectors access to some sites where the state is believed to have stored forbidden nuclear material.