Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on India and Pakistan to prevent tensions and deaths of innocent people after New Delhi stripped India-administered Kashmir of special constitutional status In a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, Rouhani said the Islamic Republic has always made efforts to prevent ...

IRNA - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri in a phone conversation with commander of Pakistani army said on Saturday that Iran and Pakistan along with other Islamic states are very concerned about ongoing developments in Kashmir. Late on Thursday, Baqeri congratulated General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Eid ...

MNA Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian highlighted that the situation in Kashmir doesnt have a military solution. In a Thursday tweet, he said that Iran is deeply concerned" about the escalation of tensions in Kashmir. [We] welcome peaceful means and dialogue for securing interests ...

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MNA Iranian students held a demonstration in front of the Indian Embassy in Tehran on Thursday in protest of Indias recent decision to remove a constitutional provision that granted special status to the majority-Muslim Kashmir. The protesters held up placards and chanted slogans calling on the international community to address the plight of Kashmiri ...

Al-Monitor | Mahmoud Pargoo: Two separate terrorist attacks in Iran and India last month - both perpetrated by Pakistan-based Islamist groups - have accelerated the ongoing convergence of Tehran and New Delhi. The first attack took place Feb. 13 in Irans Zahedan province, claiming the lives of 27 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. On ...

Press TV - Iran and Pakistan have stressed the importance of promoting peace in the region and solving tensions through nonviolent approaches. In a phone conversation on Friday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation. "Iran ...

MNA Last Tuesday when Indian air force conducted pre-dawn surgical strike in neighboring Pakistan, the relations between the two nuclear powers and regional giants touched a new low. While news about the airstrike and subsequent retaliation by Pakistan hogged headlines across the world, pushing the two countries to the brink of full-fledged war,...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced concern over tensions between India and Pakistan, saying that Iran is trying to settle the differences between the two sides. I have talked with Pakistani foreign minister and we are also in touch with Indian officials to do what is possible, Zarif told ICANA on Tuesday. Continuation of ...

IRNA Iranian foreign ministry on Monday announced Tehran's readiness to mediate between India and Pakistan to solve the existing tension if the two countries ask for that. 'From the very beginning, Iran thought the tension between India and Pakistan was abhorrent , and given the regional and international developments, Tehran sees it as beneficial ...

MNA Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire in the disputed Kashmir region after a brief lull since a dangerous escalation between the two countries that erupted last week, Indian Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand has stated. "At about 3 a.m. today [21:30 GMT on Sunday], the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ...

March 2, The Iran Project - Following the escalation of tensions betweenIslamabad and New Delhi, Iran, as a friend of the two nations, which has extensive diplomatic and trade ties with both countries, expressed readinessto help to achieve a peaceful resolution for the dispute. On Wednesday (Feb. 27),Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ...

RT - Islamabad is ready to hold talks with New Delhi after Russia offers mediation help, the Pakistani foreign minister said as cited by local media. It comes as tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations are running high. Russia expressed its willingness to help ease hostilities between the two arch rivals on Thursday. Foreign Minister Sergey ...

IRNA - Spokesperson of the Pakistan Army has welcomed the recent offer by the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to help achieving a peaceful resolution of dispute between Pakistan and India. Director General (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said this while responding to a question of IRNA ...

IRNA Pakistan embassy in Tehran urged Iran to mediate between Islamabad and New Delhi, following the escalation of tensions between the two neighboring states. 'Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Tehran would like to urge the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to play an active role in de-escalating tensions and promoting a ...

Press TV- At least two people have been killed after Indian soldiers clashed with demonstrators in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region. Some 200 protesters hurled stone at the troopers as their convoy was passing through Ganovpora village in southern Shopian Hill District, one of the districts of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting them to open fire ...

FNA- Pakistan said four army soldiers have drowned in a river in Jammu Kashmir after their vehicle was hit by Indian gunfire and plunged into the River Neelum. Pakistani army's media wing, Inter Services Public Relations, said Indian troops targeted a Pakistani military vehicle along the Line of Control, a region that divides the disputed Kashmir ...

FNA- A woman died allegedly due to suffocation caused by intense teargas shelling by government forces in South Kashmirs Pulwama district, local reports said. The development came as Indiancontrolled Kashmir observed a complete shutdown for the second consecutive day to mourn the killing of eight civilians in action by forces on the polling day ...

Alwaght- in2017 marks seventy years since the Kashmir territorial conflict started between India and Pakistan in 1947 after British colonialists were purged from the region. Kashmir which is located in the Himalayan region lies at the epicenter of an apparent territorial dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad with both countries claiming full sovereignty ...

IRNA President of Pakistani Kashmir welcomes Irans offer to mediate between India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir dispute. Talking to Iranian state news agency (IRNA), President 'Masood Khan' said that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has shown interest in mediation between Indian and we welcome that. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, paying ...