North Korea “restarts” nuclear reactor

The UN atomic watchdog has said North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons.

10,000 sq meters of traditional cloth handcrafted in Iranian village monthly

TEHRAN – Weavers in the northeastern Iranian village of Rueen produce some 10,000 square meters of traditional cloth within a month. The village is famed as a hub of traditional textile in the country.

Iran’s new ambassadors to six countries meet Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani met on Saturday with Iran’s new ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Oman, North Korea, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Namibia and Georgia.

 N. Korea destroys liaison office along border with S. Korea

North Korea blew up the inter-Korean joint liaison office in its border town of Kaesong on Tuesday, sharply escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula after near-daily threats to punish Seoul over anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets.

Larijani praises North Korea’s vigilant decision toward U.S. unilateral demands

TEHRAN - Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that North Korea has taken “vigilant decisions” against the U.S. unilateral demands.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

The messages hidden in a meeting

The leaders of the United States and North Korea met at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in the borders that divide North and South Korea. The meeting was about 50 minutes long. The two sides were inside North Korea’s borders only for the initial greetings and handshakes and after taking some pictures they had their talks inside the territory of South Korea.

North Korea launches short-range projectiles, South says

North Korea fired several short-range projectiles off its east coast on Saturday, in a move likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled.

Zarif to visit North Korea

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that he plans to visit North Korea without giving a date.

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Resolving the North Korea crisis through the Iran deal

The second U.S.-North Korea summit in Vietnam failed to reach a nuclear deal despite hopes of a face-saving outcome. Still possible is an escalation of the crisis, which would have a disastrous outcome.

Pyongyang's senior diplomat tells Russia's Tass news agency that North Korea may rethink ban on missile tests.

North Korea may suspend talks with 'gangster-like' US: Diplomat

North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a ban on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions, news reports from the North's capital have quoted a senior diplomat as saying.

Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse, and Both Sides Point Fingers

The United States and North Korea offered conflicting accounts and traded blame on Thursday after a second summit meeting between President Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ended abruptly without any agreement on nuclear disarmament or easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Most Americans oppose Trump’s foreign policy, poll shows

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling U.S. foreign policy and about half think the country’s global standing will deteriorate during the next year, according to new poll that highlighted the nation’s partisan divide on foreign issues.

‘Iran, N. Korea see closer ties as remedy against U.S. sanctions’

TEHRAN – Head of the Iran-North Korea parliamentary friendship group on Wednesday underlined the importance of closer relations between Iran and North Korea to counter the effect of cruel sanctions the U.S. has imposed against the two countries.

Parliamentary team in Pyongyang to boost ties

TEHRAN – Head of the Iran-North Korea parliamentary friendship group, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, has arrived in Pyongyang.

South Korean train travels to the North for joint railway inspection 

A South Korean train departed for North Korea on Friday for an 18-day joint railway inspection that the Koreas are conducting as part of efforts to modernize, and eventually reconnect, rail lines across their border.

North Korea tests ‘ultramodern tactical weapon’: state media

North Korea’s state media says the country’s leader Kim Jong-un has witnessed the test of an ultramodern tactical weapon in his first publicized visit to a weapons test site since the country’s test-launch of an ICBM last November.

Where Will Kim Jong Un go next? U.S. and Russia both want to see North Korea's Supreme Leader

North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un is in unprecedented demand as the United States and Russia launch bids for face-to-face meetings with the young ruler, whose recent peace initiative has won over leaders of the two countries.

UN General Assembly 2018: The latest updates

World leaders gathered in New York City on Saturday to take part in the fifth day of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

By Fatemeh Mohammadipour

Everything will return to normal after Trump's gone: professor

TEHRAN - President Donald Trump has done a lot of questionable action since he was in office, including issues within the United States - changing members of the cabinet, advisers and dismissal of director - and issues outside the United States, including the systematic withdrawal of international treaties and economic and political tensions with its former allies.

North Korea subject of Reza Amirkhani’s next book  

TEHRAN – The bestselling writer Reza Amirkhani who is famous for novels such as “The Good Smell of Oil” and “Re He Sheen” is writing a travelogue of North Korea.

Asian Games: Iran football advance to next round despite losing to Myanmar

TEHRAN – Iran U23 football team advanced to the 2018 Asian Games Round of 16 despite losing to Myanmar 2-0 on Monday.

Pyongyang hails growing ties with Tehran amid U.S. pressure

TEHRAN – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on Thursday voiced his country’s satisfaction with the growing relations with Iran amid U.S. economic pressure on both countries, Press TV reported.

North Korean FM briefs Rouhani of Kim-Trump meeting

U.S. is ‘unreliable’, Rouhani says in meeting with North Korean FM

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Wednesday that the U.S. is an “unreliable” country and cannot be trusted.

North Korea’s chief diplomat meets Zarif

TEHRAN – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry’s website.

North Korean FM to visit Tehran: KCNA

TEHRAN - The North Korean minister of foreign affairs will conduct an official visit to Iran following his recent trip to Singapore, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.

By M.H. Goodarzi

There is no dead end in politics

TEHRAN - Less than a year ago, the political and verbal tensions between the United States and North Korea peaked. At that time, Pyongyang, with its nuclear and missile tests, made the smell of the war reach the U.S. allies in East Asia (Japan and South Korea), and it was possible at any moment that a mistake by the United States and its allies and North Korea would trigger a full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula. A war that, according to some experts, could trigger the beginning of World War III in view of a possible involvement of China and Russia.

By Javad Heirannia

I doubt U.S. - North Korea negotiation will affect JCPOA: former senator

TEHRAN – Bennett Johnston, an American politician in the Democratic Party and lobbyist who represented Louisiana in the United States Senate is the opinion that “I doubt that North Korea will affect JCPOA. The negotiations with North Korea will likely take years.”