Iranian president makes first Arab trip to Oman DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting nearby Oman on his first trip to an Arab country since taking office last year.Iran´s state TV says Rouhani, who has vowed to improve Tehran´s relations with neighbors, landed in Muscat on Wednesday. A […]
AP / Chris Brummitt and Minh V. Tranh (KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — A man traveling with a stolen passport on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner was an Iranian teenager trying to migrate to Germany, and is not believed to have any terrorist links, police said Tuesday. The announcement is likely […]
by Rainn Wilson, HUFFINGTON POST It’s 5 a.m. and my alarm goes off. There’s not a hint of daylight in the sky. I blearily plod downstairs to the kitchen and fumble around for a carton of eggs, some frozen veggie sausages, spinach and corn tortillas. As I prepare […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani deplored the spread of terrorism in the world, and called for practical measures by all Muslim countries to eradicate terrorist and extremist groups. “Terrorists must be prevented from establishing bases in Muslim countries,” Rafsanjani said in a meeting with […]
As well as Muslim women, Sikh men, who are also required to cover their hair, will also benefit from the new rule change. World Bulletin / News Desk Muslim women footballers will not be able to sport the headscarf during games, after FIFA decided to lift a ban on head […]
(Wam) / 19 February 2014 FNC Speaker Al Murr and delegation visits Iranian Shura Council, invites Ali Larijani to visit UAE. Mohammed Al Murr meets Iranian President Dr Hassan Rohani during the Conference of Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. — Wam Federal National Council (FNC) Speaker […]
The Diplomat: by Bobby Woods — As Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, undertakes a major charm offensive that seeks to woo U.S. President Barack Obama, many Americans are left to wonder whether Iranian promises of greater cooperation are valid or simply a stall and ruse. Obama has repeatedly said […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a meeting with his Omani counterpart Sheikh Khaled Bin Hilal Al-Maouli called on Muslim religious and political leaders to increase contacts to find solutions the problems of the Muslim world. “What is happening today in the Muslim world, specially in Syria, is […]
By Yasmine Hafiz When it comes to searingly passionate poetry, 13th-century Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi has no equal. The Sufi mystic’s declarations of love speak across the centuries to strike […]
Source: The Huffington Post President Hassan Rouhani of Iran surprised Tehran’s only Jewish hospital with a generous donation on Thursday, reports the New York Times. His brother personally delivered $400,00 […]
Group is made up of 12 global leaders who try ‘to promote peace, justice and human rights’ AFP Published: 18:28 January 26, 2014 Gulf News Tehran: Former UN chief Kofi […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is at the moment the hardest-working man in (geopolitical) show business. He has just stepped into the lion’s den – or goldfish bowl; the World Economic Forum at Davos. And he charmed them all just with his “prudent moderation” strategy, […]
The bloody civil war in Syria and Iran’s efforts to come in from the diplomatic cold will drive the agenda this week as world leaders, business chiefs and celebrities gather […]
A political analyst has warned against the global Zionism’s agenda to fragment Muslim countries into small segments in an attempt to boost the US and Israel’s supremacy. “Part of the agenda is to reduce Muslim states to small ethnic or sectarian-based states, divided, powerless, so they cannot challenge the supremacy […]
global post: by Noga Tarnopolsky — JERUSALEM — Israel and Saudi Arabia aren’t used to finding themselves on the same side of an argument. But the interim deal curtailing Iranian nuclear development, beginning its implementation today, seems to have achieved the impossible. The agreement, signed last November, in which Iran’s nuclear […]
The UN has withdrawn an invitation for Iran to the January 22 Geneva 2 peace conference after Syria’s main western-backed opposition group threatened to pull out of talks if the Islamic Republic attends. Earlier on Monday, the Syrian National Coalition gave the UN until 1900 GMT to withdraw the invite […]
The second day of the 27th International Islamic Unity Conference is underway in the Iranian capital, Tehran, bringing together hundreds of religious thinkers and scholars from around the world, Press TV reports. More than 300 prominent Muslim scholars and thinkers from 58 countries are taking part in the three-day event […]
DUBAI — The ruler of Dubai, a Gulf trade and investment hub with strong links to Iran, said in remarks broadcast on Monday that the international community should ease sanctions […]
“In the greater sphere of global relations, Saudi Arabia faces a critical and uncertain future with the limitations of an oil economy, the U.S. disengaging from Iraq, and the controversy over a nuclear Iran.” — Giulio Gallarotti and Isam Yahia Al Filali BY Yuram Abdullah Weiler TEHERAN TIMES The Saudis, […]
STORY SUMMARY Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that nuclear talks with world powers had revealed U.S. enmity toward the Islamic state. Khamenei was speaking hours before talks […]