Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has told Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. He suggested the Iranians thought they could “do what they […]
Source: BBC Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows voters reject extremism and want more links with the outside world. After avoiding a run-off with a 57% […]
Source: CNN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani handily won re-election in what amounts to a victory for the Shiite nation’s reformist camp and a sign that citizens favor fruitful engagement with the outside world. Rouhani, who defeated his conservative challenger Ebrahim Raisi in the Friday elections, garnered 57% of the vote, Interior […]
Source: Independent Exclusive: For the Pentagon to suggest that this was a sideshow to Washington’s battle against Isis was to stretch the truth beyond credibility Robert Fisk The Pentagon’s account […]
The Sunni Saudis and the Gulf kings possess immense wealth, the only religion that Trump really respects, and they want to destroy Shia Iran, Syria, the Hezbollah and the Houthis – which is a […]
Source: Time BY Josh Lederman / AP (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is extending sanctions relief for Iran that was granted under the Obama-era nuclear agreement, while imposing new economic penalties […]
Trump has already ordered greater US support for the Saudi war effort in Yemen, but the deputy crown prince will be primarily bidding for US backing for his confrontation with Iran Patrick Cockburn @indyworld 29 comments US President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will meet […]
Source: Khalij Times By Amira Agarib / Dubai Coexistence can’t be achieved without respecting the values, cultures and norms of others, Dr Rashid Al Khayoun says It’s politics that divides […]
Reuters International MAY 7, 2017 – Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan delivers a speech during the 4th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will hit back at most of Saudi Arabia with the exception of Islam’s holiest places […]
By AFP – May 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian mediator Alexander Lavrentiev, Iranian deputy foreign minister, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend the signing of a memorandum on creating safe zones in Syria during the fourth round […]
Source: The Guardian Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince has said there is no space for dialogue with the Iran due to its ambitions “to control the Islamic world”. The rare […]
Adam Weinstein Thursday 27 April 2017 Proponents of Iranian regime change in Washington should look carefully at America’s intervention track record over past 20 years Don’t be fooled, there will be no US-imposed regime change in Iran without a bloody, drawn out and costly war. Washington’s peddlers of regime change […]
The 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2017 Source: BBC Culture In 1598, Shah Abbas moved the Persian capital to Isfahan. Here, he […]
Reuters International APR 26, 2017 – LONDON (Reuters) – Ten Iranian border guards were killed by Sunni militants in a cross-border attack on the frontier with Pakistan on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported. The militant group called Jaish al Adl, or the Army of Justice, has claimed responsibility, the report […]
Source: BBC The US secretary of state has accused Iran of “alarming ongoing provocations” aimed at destabilising the Middle East and undermining America’s interests. “An unchecked Iran has the potential […]
Source: Asia Times: Each for its own reasons, the world’s major powers have decided to accept Iran as a regional hegemon, I wrote March 4 in Asia Times, leaving Israel and the Sunni Arabs in isolated opposition. The global consensus on behalf of Iranian hegemony is now coming clearly into […]
Source: NPR By BILL CHAPPELL Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run for his third term as Iran’s president, putting a jolt into next month’s elections. He’s the latest hardline challenger to […]
Source: BBC By Joobin Bekhrad 6 April 2017 Talk of ‘us’ and ‘them’ has long dominated Iran-related politics in the West. At the same time, Christianity has frequently been used […]
April 3, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his country will not give the Trump administration any pretext that can be used against it. “The establishment in its entirety has reached the conclusion that we shouldn’t give them (the Americans) any excuse,” Zarif said […]
Source: Dawn Iran has expressed its reservations regarding the appointment of the former army chief, retired Gen Raheel Sharif, as head of the Saudi-led 39-nation Islamic military alliance, saying it is not ‘satisfied’ with the coalition. “We are concerned about this issue… that it may impact the unity of Islamic countries,” […]