TEHRAN(Basirat): Iraq's top Shiite cleric called for the speedy formation of a government and early elections as ongoing political wrangling caused Parliament to miss a deadline to name the next premier.

TEHRAN (Basirat) : Iraq's top Shiite cleric called for the speedy formation of a government and early elections as ongoing political wrangling caused Parliament to miss a deadline to name the next premier.

TEHRAN(Basirat): As the influence of Crown Prince Mohamad bin Salman on Saudi Arabia’s decision-making bodies has been increasing, the country has taken an aggressive foreign policy approach.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Baghdad cautioned against "an escalation" after a flurry of attacks on US interests in Iraq.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces has warned against the continued violation of a UN-backed agreement reached in Sweden last year.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Head of Iraq's Media Development Center Adnan al-Siraj said that the US has increased its pressures on Baghdad to darken relations with Iran, and blasted Washington for treating Iraq as a US colony.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Saudi Arabia has prevented 13 ships carrying energy derivatives and food for Yemenis from entering Yemen's port of Hudaydah for over 40 days amid a humanitarian catastrophe in the Arab country, a report said.

TEHRAN(Basirat): More than 3,600 children have been killed, 800 paralyzed and 400,000 others hit with malnutrition during 1,700 days of a Saudi-led war on impoverished Yemen, a report said.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iraq has recently witnessed many incidents, one of which is attack on the Iranian consulate in Najaf by rioters. The latest reports indicate that the rioters were not natives of Najaf.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The power shift in La Paz (Bolivia’s seat of government) and the new regime’s renewed interest in relations with the illegal Zionist entity comes as a number of Central and South American countries, notably Brazil, have adopted increasingly pro-Zionist positions in line with the policies of the quixotic US President Donald Trump.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iran’s Judiciary has placed legal restrictions on the properties of the key elements of the “Saudi-Zionist” TV channel Iran International, given the “terrorist” nature of the UK-based media outlet, the Judiciary’s Media Center said.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The French government urged Iran on Wednesday to refrain from destabilizing actions in Syria.