Topic: Ian Kelly
The United States said Friday it expects the Baghdad government to act legally and humanely when it relocates Iranian dissidents from a border camp to southern Iraq before deporting them.State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Washington is holding Iraq to previous ...
The United States said Monday that Iran's continued crackdown on peaceful protesters reflects a " disregard" for the rights contained in its own constitution. "We believe that the continued harassment, arbitrary detention and conviction of individuals for their participation in peaceful demonstrations ...
A top US diplomat will travel to China and Indonesia next week to discuss Iran's feared nuclear ambitions, climate change and democratic reform in Asia, officials said Friday.William Burns, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, will raise these and ...
The Obama administration said late Wednesday it is still reviewing its policy on a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, clarifying a previous statement indicating it would not sign the deal. That review is still on-going," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said in a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A review of U.S. landmines policy is ongoing and will take awhile to complete, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, clarifying an earlier comment that the Obama administration had concluded it needed the weapons. That review is still ...
Obama administration revises statement on land mine policy, says review ongoingThe Obama administration is backtracking on an announcement that it had reviewed its policy allowing military use of land mines and decided to leave it in place.On Tuesday, State Department spokesman ...
The United States said Thursday it is " concerned" by expanding fighting on the Saudi-Yemeni border and urged all parties to protect civilians. "We're concerned by the expansion of the conflict along the Saudi-Yemeni border," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters ...
Three senior US officials including top Latin America diplomat Thomas Shannon will visit Honduras on Wednesday in a bid to end the country's simmering political crisis, the State Department said.Spokesman Ian Kelly said the troika's trip reflected the urgent ...
State Department calls for release of Iranian-American scholar sentenced by Iranian courtThe State Department is asserting the innocence of an Iranian-American academic sentenced by an Iranian court on charges related to anti-government protests that followed the disputed June presidential election.State Department ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has " conveyed deep outrage" to the government of Guinea over a violent military crackdown on a protest rally last month in which more than 150 people were killed, the State Department said on Tuesday.Top U.S ...
