Iran: Tehran no longer shocked by international sanctionsDecember 26, 2011 - 21:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran is not shocked by international sanctions anymore. We've been under the sanctions for the past 30 years, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told a news conference in Moscow. Amir-Abdollahian also spoke about the U.S. influence in the region, stating that "U.S. is not what it used to be before". "Today the U.S. is a lot weaker than it used to be, and we perfectly understand that," Amir-Abdollahian said. "They openly speak about overthrowing governments in various countries. However, they're not as strong as they used to be, and they're not on top of their political glory anymore," ITAR-TASS quoted him as saying. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |