Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes ahistoric visit to Iran this week, he will do so with a rare nod from US President Donald Trump to see if he can facilitate US-Iranian dialogue to ease tensions. But with the Trump administration doubling down on its maximum pressure campaignand Iran insisting on a US return to ...
IRNA Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabie announced that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to hold meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
The trip is to be made within the framework of traditional and long-standing relations and in line with developing bilateral ties and issues of mutual ...
Sputnik - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on the situation in the Middle East ahead of Abe's visit to Iran, NHK broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
The details of the conversation have not been made public, but according to the NHK broadcaster, the Japanese prime minister may have told ...
Bourse & Bazar - Japan's Prime Minister heads toIran this week on a rare diplomatic mission, hoping to ease tensions betweenthe Islamic Republic and Tokyo's key ally Washington.
Tehran is locked in a bitter standoff with the US after president DonaldTrump withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal last year.
Washington has now reimposed sanctions ...
MNA Professor of international political economy in the University of Chicago believes that Shinzo Abe has sought to become Trumps primary ally in Asia and if the Prime Minister could facilitate some kind of breakthrough with Iran, it would further cement the relationship between Japan and the US.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to travel to Iran ...
MNA A senior Iranian lawmaker said that the Israeli regime is afraid of Japan's cooperation with Iran and hence is making efforts to undermine this development.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi pointed to Fridays phone conversation between the Israeli regimes PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, saying, the prime minister of the Zionist regime ...
IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a comment about the upcoming visit of Japanese premier to Tehran on Monday that Iran never feels concern about talks with friendly countries or the states having diplomatic relations.
Elaborating on prospects of Iran's foreign policy in light of the current international and regional situation,...
Japan Today | Kiyoshi Takenaka and Aaron Sheldrick: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due to visit Iran this week in an apparent mediation mission to ease tension between Iran and the United States.
Following are some of the reasons for Abe's June 12-14 trip, and what it might accomplish.
WHY IS ABE GOING TO IRAN?
Japan is in a unique ...
Tehran Times - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit Iran prior to Prime Minister Shinzo Abes arrival, the Japan Times reported on Thursday.
According to a Japanese government source, he plans to hold talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the newspaper said.
Reportedly, Abe will visit Tehran on June 12-14.
The ...
MNA Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will discuss the importance of the 2015 nuclear deal during his upcoming visit to Iran on June 12, according to Japanese media.
According to Japan Times, he is expected to stress the importance of the international nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1, even as the United States has withdrawn from ...
MNA Spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council said efforts to remove US extraterritorial sanctions against Iran could guarantee the success of Japanese PMs visit to the Islamic Republic.
In a note on Saturday, Keivan Khosravi, Spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council, wrote that the upcoming visit of Japan's Prime Minister ...
Lobe Log| KavehL. Afrasiabi: JapanesePrime Minister Shinzo Abewill visit Tehran next week to mediate between the United States and Iran, taking center stage in one of the most vexing global issues today threatening international peace and security. Although this is the first official Tehran visit by a Japanese prime minister since 1978, Abe is no stranger ...
IRNA - Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono said that his country will take advantage of its position as a friend of both the US and Iran to help reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Kono made the remarks while briefingForeign Affairs Committee of Japans House of the Representative on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to Tehran,...
IRNA Japanese government officially announced that the countrys Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is slated to start his official visit to Iran on June 12.
Abe's visit to Tehran will be the first visit to Iran by a Japanese leader over the past four decades.
During his3-day visit, the Japanese prime ministerhopes to play a mediatingrole between ...
MNA According to Japanese media, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to make an official visit to Iran from June 12 to 14.
Abe plans to travel to Iran from June 12 to 14, according to the Japanese media report. The visit will be the first by an incumbent Japanese prime minister since 1978.
The report speculates that Abe will meet with Leader ...
Tasnim Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi dismissed as far from reality a recent report by Japanese media claiming that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would visit Iran in June.
Iran and Japan have a historic and friendly relationship, and there has always been dialogue and consultations between the two countries officials, Mousavi ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not cancelled his scheduled visit to Iran and will travel to Tehran at an appropriate time,an informed source at Irans Embassy in Tokyo says.
On Monday, Japanese Kyodo News Agency quoted government sources as saying that the premier hadcanceled a trip to Iran reportedly scheduledto take place in late August,...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit Iran in the near future, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi announced on Monday.
"It is very good that the meetings between senior Iranian and Japanese officials have been so useful that the have resulted in the upcoming visit of Japanese prime minister to Iran,...
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Russia to start delivering Iran S-300 air defense missiles, Interfax reports
Russia will begin the first shipment of its S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Tuesday.
Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan ...
Tehran, April 5, IRNA Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is going to visit Iran in August, Japanese media said on Tuesday.
According to Kyodo news agency, the visit will be first to the kind by a Japanese premier to Iran since 1978.
Abes visit will serve to boost economic relations between the two countries.
During his four-day stay in Iran, ...