TEHRAN (FNA)- Germany’s slump will be deeper than previously feared, economists warned, as the industrial powerhouse struggles with an energy crisis and disruption to supply chains. Despite forecasts showing the country will dodge a recession, a group of influential economic institutes told the German Government that stagnation will continue, The Telegraph reported. Germany’s GDP is set to fall by 0.6pc this year, according to the latest forecasts, a significant reduction on the 0.3pc growth rate previously predicted in spring. The year started with a winter recession in Germany which ended as the economy held flat in the three months to June. It is now shrinking again with a contraction of 0.4pc expected in the third quarter, although the country will avoid a recession if it hits forecasts of 0.2pc growth in the final three months of the year. Oliver Holtem...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met in Beirut on Thursday for talks on the latest regional developments. The top Iranian diplomat and the Hezbollah chief exchanged views on regional issues, with a particular focus on Palestine and Lebanon, according to Iran's Ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani. Amani stated that Amirabdollahian and Nasrallah also discussed potential future events in the region, efforts to halt Israel's atrocities against Gaza, possible scenarios regarding the ongoing war, and the global collective responsibility concerning "the historic and determining development." On Wednesday, Amirabdollahian engaged in talks with Ziad al-Nakhala, Secretary General of the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad movement, Khalil al-Hayya, deputy chief of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in Gaza, and other o...