Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Russia has rejected the United States’ fresh allegations of link between Iran and the al-Qaeda militant group that launched the September 11, 2001 attacks, describing the Islamic Republic as a victim of terrorism and a pioneer in the counter-terror battle...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zamir Kabulov (Photo by ITAR-TASS) Russia has dismissed the United States’ latest bout of trying to link the al-Qaeda terrorist group and Iran without providing any proof as absolutely groundless...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 12, 2021...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Photo by Reuters) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the outgoing administration’s most vocal Iran hawk, has said the Islamic Republic should not enrich uranium at any level, as Tehran threatened to expel international inspectors unless US sanctions were lifted...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday no American soldiers have been killed in almost a year in Afghanistan, following the US-Taliban Doha deal in which the Taliban pledged to avoid attacks against US forces in the country...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) listens during a briefing by Israeli officials in the occupied Golan Heights, November 19, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an address to Geneva Conference on Tuesday said that the United States remains committed to its own enduring partnership with Afghanistan, and to helping the Afghan peace negotiations be successful...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C-R) leaves following a security briefing on Mount Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on November 19, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and his wife Susan, arrive in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, September 28, 2020...

A Venezuelan oil worker holds up a small Iranian flag during a ceremony for the oil tanker’s arrival at the El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 25, 2020...

File photo shows the entrance to Iran’s Foreign Ministry building in the capital Tehran...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo puts on a face mask after a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo The US media have widely denounced Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has for his egregious performance in office...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo In a briefing with reporters on Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the restrictions, accusing the People’s Republic of China of pressuring US diplomats in the country by subjecting them to a system of opaque approval processes For years, the Chinese Communist Party has imposed significant barriers on American diplomats working inside the PRC, said the former CIA chief...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks after a meeting with members of the UN Security Council, calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran as US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft listens at UN headquarters in New York, US, on August 20, 2020...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks at a regular press conference in Beijing on August 21, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flanked by US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft as he speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council about Iran at United Nations headquarters in New York, August 20, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (not pictured), at Lancaster House in London, Britain, on July 21, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC on June 24, 2020...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to US soldiers based in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Nov...

This photo taken on November 9, 2018 shows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at a joint press conference with Chinese officials in Washington, DC...

In this file photo taken on November 9, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference with Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe during the US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks the press at the State Department in Washington, DC, on May 20, 2020...

US Secretary of States Mike Pompeo watches President Donald Trump speak during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 8, 2020, in Washington, DC...

IMAGE1 This file photo shows US special representative for Iran Brian Hook (background) listening as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi on September 19, 2019...

File photo shows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US special representative on Iran Brian Hook (background) arrive to al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, on September 19, 2019...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel Wednesday to discuss regional security issues linked to Iran’s malign influence as well as the Zionist regime’s planned annexation of Palestinian West Bank region, the State Department has announced...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 6, 2020...

Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State (file photo) Upbraiding Mike Pompeo for his recent remarks, China says what the US secretary of state has said about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is insane and evasive...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking at a news conference at the State Department on April 29, 2020, in Washington,DC...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department on April 29, 2020, in Washington,DC...

A file photo of the United Nations Security Council in session (By AP) Diplomatic sources at the United Nations say Washington has a tough challenge ahead at the Security Council (UNSC) if it pushes for an extension of the world body’s arms embargo against Iran through recourse to a process set out in a multilateral nuclear deal that the US controversially abandoned in 2018...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AFP photo) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a fundamental reform of the World Health Organization was needed following its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and that the United States, the WHO’s biggest donor, may never restore funding to the U...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is seen after a joint news conference with his Finnish counterpart, Pekka Haavisto (not pictured), in the House of the Estates in Helsinki, Finland, on March 3, 2020...

Hamid Karzai, Abd Rab Rasoul Sayyaf, Yunus Qanooni and Mohammad Karim Khalili, in a joint statement on Sunday, urged Ghani to stop the appointment of government officials for the time being...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 28, 2020...

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) leaves after signing an agreement with United States officials during a ceremony in the Qatari capital of Doha, on February 29, 2020...

An AFP file photo of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his fellow Republican neocons are bloodthirsty people that view sanctions as a wonderful opportunity to create suffering for Iran and various countries, says an American political commentator...

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Kabul and is expected to push forward a US peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, the AP reported...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AFP photo) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Afghanistan on a trip that aims to save the so-called peace deal signed between the Taliban and the United States...

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement on Friday said the deal between the United States and the Taliban - about which the two sides have agreed after more than 10 rounds of talks led by chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad - will be signed on February 29...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday demanded demonstrable evidence from the Taliban that it can and will reduce violence before signing a deal that would lead to Afghanistan peace talks and a withdrawal of American troops from the country...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Venezuela as part of attempts to pressure the country’s legitimately-elected President Nicolas Maduro to resign...

US Secretary Mike Pompeo described Ambassador John Bass’ service in Afghanistan as exemplary, saying he helped advance American efforts to facilitate a political settlement in Afghanistan, and served with excellence and integrity...

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on April 20 with President Ashraf Ghani and condemned the Taliban’s recent announcement of a spring offensive and stressed the United States’ solidarity with the Afghan people’s pursuit of a comprehensive peace agreement that would end the suffering and destruction, the US Department of State says in a statement...