Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats
Source: BBC Allies of Iran’s reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, have won a landslide victory in Tehran, in the first elections since Iran signed a nuclear deal with world powers. With […]
Iran executed all adult men in one village for drug offences, official reveals
Source: The Guardian The entire adult male population of a village in southern Iran has been executed for drug offences, according to Iran’s vice-president for women and family affairs. The […]
‘Saudi Arabia has built a road to destruction’
By Maryam Qarehgozlou TEHRAN — Imam Abdul Alim Musa (Clarence Reams), the director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington D.C., believes that the policy that the new rulers in the Saudi kingdom has adopted is “suicidal”. “Saudi Arabia has built a road to its own destruction,” Alim Musa, an African-American Muslim […]
Syria civil war: On the front line with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards battling outside Aleppo
‘England is helping Isis and an English reporter is here asking for information’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 23 February 2016 28 comments We knew who they were the moment they approached us on the front line outside Aleppo. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards – no longer merely advisers but fighting troops […]
Saudi Arabia puts Shi’ites on trial for spying for Iran
Source: Reuters Saudi Arabia has put 32 people on trial, including 30 members of its own Shi’ite Muslim minority, accused of spying for Iran, several local newspapers and television reported on Monday. The 32, including an Iranian and an Afghan, were detained in 2013 sparking expressions of concern among Saudi […]
Salman Rushdie: Iranian state media renew fatwa on Satanic Verses author with $600,000 bounty
Source: Independent Forty state-run Iranian media outlets have jointly offered a new $600,000 bounty for the death of British Indian author Salman Rushdie, according to the state-run Fars News Agency. Fars […]
More than an ornament: Iran’s ‘female statesmen’ and elections
theguardian: by Farnoosh Amirshahi is a former parliamentary reporter for Iran’s Shargh newspaper. Rules impeding the progress of female politicians in the Islamic republic remain firmly in place and the battle to change them advances slowly Revolutionary slogans and a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini are reflected in the glasses of a […]
First ‘Silk Road’ train arrives in Tehran from China
By AFP – Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iranian officials applaud on the platform as the first train connecting China and Iran arrives at Tehran Railway Station on Monday (AFP photo) TEHRAN — The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese […]
New app helps young Iranians avoid ‘morality police’
Source: Reuters A new smartphone application that helps Iranians dodge the Islamic Republic’s “morality police” is proving popular with the young, tech-savvy population but has quickly fallen foul of the […]
Ali-Akbar Velayati’s books on history of Islam and Iran published
Ali-Akbar Velayati’s books on history of Islam and Iran published Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN – A series of books written by Ali-Akbar Velayati, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Supreme Leader, has recently been published by Tasnim News Agency Publications. The first volume of the Encyclopedia of Culture […]
Iran leaning neither towards the West nor the East: professor
Iran leaning neither towards the West nor the East: professor By Javad Heirannia TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is pursuing an independent policy and he is neither leaning toward the East nor the West, a former senior research fellow at Harvard University says. “His policies do not show any […]
IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA : Switzerland confirms protecting power mandate
FEB 14, 2016 – 18:38 Burkhalter (left) previously attended bilaterial meetings with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. (Keystone) The foreign ministry announced Sunday that Switzerland will represent the interests of Saudi Arabia in Iran, and those of Iran in Saudi […]
Telegram: the instant messaging app freeing up Iranians’ conversations
Source: The Guardian As Iran gears up for parliamentary elections at the end of the month, an instant messaging app believed to be used by one in four Iranians is […]
Iranian B&Bs and inns win TripAdvisor’s 2016 award
Tehran Times Social Desk TEHRAN — TripAdvisor has released its list of the top 25 bed and breakfast and inns in the Middle East, placing Iranian House, Saraye Ameriha Boutique Hotel, and Manouchehri House in the city of Kashan as among the winners of the Travelers’ Choice award in 2016. TripAdvisor […]
A European takeover?
Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH Barely were Western sanctions lifted from Iran, after it signed a nuclear deal with key Western powers, than its president, Hassan Rouhani, went shopping in Europe, namely in Italy and France, where he received red carpet treatment. This forward-looking approach should […]
Suggestion for Tehran and Riyadh
Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI My affection and respect for my good friend and colleague from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with whom I discussed current events in the Middle East over a leisurely Lebanese lunch last week was matched by our very different analyses of […]
Ties that could help everybody
Feb 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visits to Italy and France a week ago can be viewed as a big success when measured by the multibillion-dollar business deals he reached with these two European countries. Rouhani signed trade deals worth about $18 billion with Rome, […]
Leading world storytellers to attend festival in Tehran
Leading world storytellers to attend festival in Tehran Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN – 11 foreign storytellers will be attending the 18th edition of the International Storytelling Festival opening in Tehran on February 16. The festival has been organized by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults […]
First container train links China to Middle East
Source: China Daily A container train linking China and Iran departed from Yiwu City in east China’s Zhejiang Province loaded with Chinese small commodities on Thursday morning. According to the […]
Rouhani-Hollande lunch scrapped after French insistence on serving wine.
Dawn.com, IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani had been due to eat lunch with French President Francois Hollande in an upmarket restaurant on Thursday, but negotiations broke down after the Iranians requested a halal, alcohol-free meal. French officials insisted on serving traditional local food and wine, saying making a meal “Iran friendly” […]