Posted By Hanna Kozlowska Tuesday, November 26, 2013 For the past several weeks, the world’s attention has been fixed on a Geneva luxury hotel where Western negotiators and their Iranian […]
Source: NYT The era of traumatized alienation is over. The United States and Iran have embarked on a new phase in their relationship. It is marked by bilateral negotiations, handshakes, smiles, side-by-side flags and significant compromise, including United States acquiescence to a “mutually defined enrichment program” for Iran in any […]
Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, November 26, 2013 – 04:04 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman A deal between Iran and the P-5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany) was reached Saturday night. The Iranians agreed to certain limitations on their nuclear program while the P-5+1 […]
By Christiane Amanpour, CNN When the deal between Iran and the major world powers was announced in Geneva, Iranian reporters greeted Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with cheers at his press conference, and Iranians gave him and his team a hero’s welcome when they landed back home in Tehran. Such is […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) Iran nuclear: Obama faces sceptics in Congress Source: BBC The White House read-out of the […]
The Muslim Times has slightly changed the title of the news. Source: BBC Iran has agreed to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for about $7bn (£4.3bn) in […]
The P5+1 world powers and Iran have struck a historic deal on Tehran’s nuclear program at talks in Geneva. Ministers overcame the last remaining hurdles to reach an interim agreement, […]
By: Ralph Langner BROOKINGS Editor’s Note: In a September 19, 2013 op-ed in Foreign Policy, Ralph Langner evaluates the lessons and legacy of the Stuxnet computer worm that crippled Iran’s uranium enrichment efforts in 2010. Langner reveals that another, more subtle Stuxnet variant infected Iranian industrial control systems as early […]
Source: worldtribune.com In 632 the Prophet Mohammad died, leaving behind a struggle between Shi’ites and Sunnis over the true line of succession. Today this rivalry is still alive and well in […]
“Cooperation and alliance among Muslim countries is necessary for confronting terrorist Takfiri groups,” Larijani said in a meeting with the visiting Indonesian Speaker Marzouqi Ali in Tehran on Tuesday. He […]
Dawn News: The recent violence in Rawalpindi or the bombing of the Iranian embassy in Beirut are not the only manifestations of the intra-Muslim sectarian discord. The inability of Muslims […]
Source: China Daily JERUSALEM – US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Israel on Friday to discuss a proposed deal between world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu has condemned a proposal, endorsed by Washington, to […]
Story Summary Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that Iran nuclear talks had eliminated the fundamental areas of disagreement and there was a real chance of reaching a deal […]
Millions of mourners across the globe are commemorating Ashura, the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram, on which the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PBUH), and his companions were martyred in an unequal battle. Black-clad mourners are taking to the streets and mosques in different parts of the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor has added a question mark in the Title, for we do not have any independent verification of this information. Ayatollah Khamenei has been found to control a financial empire worth an estimated £60 billion, which includes businesses as wide-ranging as an ostrich farm and a birth […]
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has cautioned against fomenting sectarian strife among Muslims In a meeting with Iranian Hajj officials on Monday, the Leader added that […]
Grief reigns supreme across Iran as millions of Muslims are holding mourning ceremonies to commemorate Tasua, the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram. Mourning services have been in […]
TEHRAN: Iran and Britain on Monday named nonresident charges d’affaires to each other’s capital, in moves aimed at restoring diplomatic ties severed after the British Embassy was ransacked in 2011. Mohammad Hassan “Habibollah-zadeh will travel to London in the near future to examine the situation of Iran’s possessions and buildings […]
Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan is joining Israel to set the stage for a military strike against Iran over the country’s nuclear program, an analyst says. Not reaching a nuclear deal during the recent Geneva talks reflects “the determination on the part of the Israelis and the […]