Arab states

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  • Qatar summit 2025-09-16 21:52

    By Xavier Villar 

    The OIC’s sovereign deficit and Iran’s model of political agency

    MADRID – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stands as a pivotal institution representing the collective voice of the Muslim world, encompassing 57 member states and over 1.9 billion people. Yet, despite its ambitious mandate to promote Islamic solidarity, safeguard interests of Muslim communities, and intervene in crises affecting the Muslim ummah, the OIC has long been caught in a cycle of rhetorical formalism and procedural inertia.

  • Trump okayed Israel’s strike on Hamas leadership in Doha 2025-09-11 18:41

    Exclusive: Trump okayed Israel’s strike on Hamas leadership in Doha, Aleef Sabbagh says

    Host countries must know Israel ignores state sovereignty when backed by US, political expert says

    TEHRAN- As the repercussions of Israel’s latest strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha reverberate across the region, questions are mounting over the future of ceasefire negotiations and Qatar’s role as a trusted mediator.

  • Pezeshkian and religious scholars 2025-09-09 15:56

    By Soheila Zarfam 

    Your statements are good, but not enough

    Pezeshkian tells Arab states to do something about Israel’s growing aggression after two years of inaction

    TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spent much of his time at a conference marking the Islamic Unity Week in Tehran making general remarks about how unity among Muslims is important, and how cohesion will benefit all Muslim nations in the region. At one point though, he took a more firm and straightforward tone, asking regional states to do more than condemnation in addressing Israel’s unchecked violence in the region. 

  • Arab States Summit 2025-05-17 22:13

    Arab leaders promise to work on reconstruction of Gaza

    Arab leaders meeting at an annual summit in Baghdad said Saturday that they were trying to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and promised to contribute to the reconstruction of the territory once the war stops.

  • Nakba day 2025-05-14 20:56

    77 years of resistance against Nakba

    Transcending the mistakes of the past

    CAIRO - Within the context of the decades-long Arab-Israeli conflict, the 1948 war-later known as the Nakba-stands as the most tragic and consequential starting point in the modern history of the Middle East.

  • Establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany 2025-04-18 22:31

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Germany, Israel, and the struggle for diplomatic recognition

    TEHRAN – The Luxembourg Agreement in 1952 was a critical moment in the relationship between Germany and Israel, by which they began a complex and multi-faceted partnership. 

  • Persian Gulf-Africa proximity 2024-08-20 20:09

    Will Africa-Persian Gulf proximity increase global tensions?

    The major players of the Persian Gulf Arab states—Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC—have been upping engagement with African countries in a drive to diversify their economies and build influence in the region, the Council on Foreign Policy said in a commentary.

  • Kish Island flourishes as tourist, investment magnets 2024-04-26 16:55

    Kish Island flourishes as tourist, investment magnets

    TEHRAN - The CEO of the Kish Free Zone Organization has announced a tenfold year-on-year increase in the arrival of foreign tourists on the coral Island during the last Persian year [Mar. 2023-Mar. 2024].

  • Arabs and Israel after April 14 2024/04/17

    By Mona Hojat Ansari

    Arabs and Israel after April 14

    Arab states face new reality following success of Operation 'True Promise'

    TEHRAN – With Iran penetrating Israel’s long-inflated defense system with a relatively small number of its old technology missiles, the Abraham Accords and the future of Arab-Israeli relations have once again come under the limelight.

  • gaza 2023-11-08 23:10

    Current situation in Gaza result of Arab states’ inaction: Iranian MP

    TEHRAN – An Iranian parliament member has condemned Arab countries for their inaction and impotence against the Israeli regime, saying today’s dire situation in the Gaza strip is the result of their largely pro-Israeli policies. 

  • Benjamin Netanyahu 2023-05-07 22:02

    By Sadegh Fereydounabadi

    How Iran turned regional hourglass upside down

    TEHRAN – Only two and a half years ago, Israel was on a normalization spree in the West Asia region, touting anti-Iranian alliances with some of the region’s countries.

  • al-Assad 2023-04-03 18:09

    By Ali Karbalaei

    Arab states restoring ties with Syria

    Diplomatic moves a slap in the face for U.S. and Israel 

    TEHRAN- The warming of ties between Syria and Arab states has won global attention. Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 amidst the eruption of war in the country.

  • Iran's FM met new UAE president in May 2022-07-03 21:24

    Scholar calls on Iran and Arab states to speed up talks

    TEHRAN - A distinguished scholar believes that it is necessary that Iran and its Arab neighbors accelerate their talks as the United States is seeking to form a coalition between Israel and some Arab states against Iran.