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2022-03-02 20:52
By Mohammad Mazhari
Europe will be more affected by high energy prices than Russia: Turkish expert
EHRAN – A Turkish political pundit says sanctions on Russia can hamper its economic growth but will affect Europe more than the Russian fedration.
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2022-03-01 19:39
By Mohammad Mazhari
The West is aware of military balance, academic says of failure to militarily join Ukraine
“The world is living in a state of hypocrisy and double standards”
TEHRAN - A professor at the Lebanese International University says Western capitals are reluctant to respond militarily to the Ukraine crisis as they know well the rules of military balance.
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2022-03-01 09:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran showed Doha its respect for Qatar’s sovereignty: GSA chief
‘Doha and Muscat find the other’s efforts to ease friction between Iran and the U.S. as useful’
TEHRAN - Giorgio Cafiero, chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA), says Iran showed it cares about Qatar’s sovereignty.
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2022-02-26 21:08
By Ramin Etesam
Russia launched special operation in Ukraine to denazify it: analyst
TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst says that Moscow launched military operation again Ukraine to denazify it, demilitarize it, and ensure that the country remains neutral.
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2022-02-25 22:04
By Mohammad Mazhari
Russia-West tension can affect any possible agreement with Iran: professor
TEHRAN – A professor of government and international affairs at George Mason University believes that tension between Russia and the West can increase or decrease the importance of agreement with Iran.
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2022-02-23 21:30
By Mohammad Mazhari
Republicans have largely become a party of extremists: scholar
‘Trump is a moron and has done great damage to America’
TEHRAN – An American academic says that the Republican Party under Donald Trump has lately become a party of extremists.
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2022-02-22 21:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump’s defeat in 2024 election can lead to armed civil unrest: professor
‘Trump views international politics and foreign policy as a set of transactional contracts’
TEHRAN – A professor of politics at the University of California predicts that if Donald Trump runs for the 2024 presidential election and loses the race it can ignite a civil war between the Coasts and Central America.
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2022-02-22 12:34
By Zahra Samimi
Normalization of ties with Israel exposes oligarchy: analyst
“Misplaced ‘trust’ in Israel is a false sentiment”
TEHRAN - An executive at the Johannesburg-based Media Review Network (MRN) believes that the normalization of ties with Israel showed oligarchic and unprincipled essence of Persian Gulf Arab states.
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2022-02-21 11:52
By Mohammad Mazhari
Republicans are correct that U.S. is ‘republic’, American professor says
TEHRAN - Richard Bensel, the professor of American politics at Cornell University, confirms a claim by Republicans that America is a republic than a democracy.
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2022-02-19 21:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Days of the only superpower in the world are gone: Russian expert
THRAN - A Russian expert believes that China and Russia would strengthen their alliance in case of Western sanctions on Moscow.
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2022-02-18 21:15
By Mohammad Mazhari
Whoever has been in charge of America's foreign policy should hang heads in shame: American writer
‘U.S. is addicted to foreign meddling and military actions’
TEHRAN – Describing U.S. foreign policy as “incompetent”, American writer Charles Ortel tells the Tehran Times that “whoever has been in charge of America's foreign policies should hang heads in shame.”
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2022-02-16 00:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
Historian says U.S. beginning to experience its own decline
‘The worst example of American arrogance was in the Trump administration’
TEHRAN - Ronald Grigor Suny, a professor emeritus of political science and history at the University of Chicago, says that the U.S. as the richest and most powerful country in the world is beginning to experience its own decline.
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2022-02-16 00:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. doesn’t have the same economic superiority it had before: political scientist
‘In many ways U.S. is declining as a hegemon’
TEHRAN - David Schultz, a distinguished professor of political science and legal studies from Hamline University, says that the U.S. lacks the same economic dominance it once had to advance its global ambitions.
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2022-02-13 21:16
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. help allies in Ukraine and Taiwan by providing arms: Rutgers professor
TEHRAN - A professor of political science at Rutgers University in New Jersey says that Washington would support Taiwan against China in the way it is helping Ukraine against Russia, giving arms to them rather than deploy troops there.
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2022-02-13 21:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
Singaporean expert says Iran has been acting as anti-status quo power since 1979
‘The only language the U.S. and the West understand is power and force’
TEHRAN - Bilveer Singh, a Singaporean professor, believes that following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has been acting as an anti-status quo regional power.
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2022-02-08 20:32
By Zahra Samimi
Zionist military apartheid has lost support in the world: researcher
“The likeliness that the Zionist or U.S. regimes would or could resurrect ISIS anytime soon is low”
TEHRAN – Ali Scott Vitkovic, a researcher and theologian, says that Israel as an apartheid regime has lost support all around the world.
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2022-02-07 17:29
By Masoud Hossein
Iranian woman skier Ahmadi motivated by Winter Olympics
TEHRAN – Iranian woman skier Atefeh Ahmadi is extremely motivated to participate at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
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2022-02-07 11:09
By Zahra Samimi
Riyadh presses Lebanon economically to isolate Hezbollah: professor
TEHRAN - Jamal Wakim, a professor at the Lebanese University (LU), says that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are putting economic pressure on Lebanon to undercut Hezbollah.
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2022-02-07 09:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. cementing China-Russia partnership through war hysteria: Indian professor
TEHRAN - A leading Indian academic says that America is helping cement the partnership between its foes by its hostile attitudes towards China and Russia.
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2022-02-06 11:16
By Mohammad Mazhari
Ansarallah’s missile attacks on UAE redefines West Asia: Singaporean researcher
“MBS’ wishes of a quick Saudi victory in Yemen fell victim to time”
TEHRAN- A Singaporean researcher says that Ansarallah’s missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has redefined West Asia.
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2022-02-05 18:34
By M. A. Saki
Ex-NATO deputy chief says he doesn’t think Russia will invade Ukraine
Minuto-Rizzo warns against “alarmist remarks” by anybody over the Ukraine crisis
TEHRAN - Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, the former NATO Secretary-General and current President of the NATO Defense College Foundation, says he does not think that Russia will invade Ukraine.
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2022-02-05 09:58
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. is stuck with an 18th-century government in the 21st century: political scientist
“Trump is a brilliant demagogue”
TEHRAN - A professor at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs says that the U.S. political system is stuck in the 18th century.
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2022-02-04 20:50
By Mohamamd Mazhari
Israel stumbling block of Iran-U.S. rapprochement: professor
TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, says that Israel and its supporters in the U.S. have played key roles in preventing rapprochement between the U.S. and Iran.
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2022-02-03 02:06
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. ‘maximum pressure’ policy has made nuclear deal revival difficult: ex-EU diplomat
Marc Otte says maximum pressure “obviously has been a failure”
TEHRAN - The former European Union's Special Representative to the Middle East peace process says that Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy made the revival of the Iran nuclear deal difficult.
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2022-02-02 11:22
By Mohammad Mazhari
Nobody stands with Iraq in its dark days except Iran: Iraqi expert
TEHRAN - An Iraqi analyst says that Iraq’s history has shown that none of its neighbors would stand with the Iraqi people in its woes but Iran.
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2022-02-01 10:05
By M.A. Saki
If JCPOA is revived, it will help end conflicts in West Asia: American expert
TEHRAN – Barbara Slavin, director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council, believes if the 2015 nuclear deal is revitalized, it will serve as a motivation to help “end other conflicts” in West Asia.
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2022-01-31 11:00
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran has never posed any threat to neighbors: Pakistani professor
TEHRAN – An assistant professor at the School of Politics and International Relations in Quaid-i-Azam University says that Iran has had healthy relations with other civilizations.
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2022-01-29 18:43
By Mohammad Mazhari
Insulated state of America persists despite being a relatively diverse country: researcher
“The benefits of social media have been disastrous for American democracy”
TEHRAN – Pointing to insular and individualistic American ideology, a visual art researcher says that American media represents and reproduces the state of isolation.
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2022-01-28 19:01
By Farrokh Hesabi
2022 World Cup a good opportunity for Iran: expert
TEHRAN - Iranian football expert, Amir Haj Rezaei, believes that Iran must seize the opportunity of playing in the 2022 World Cup.
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2022-01-28 12:32
By Zahra Samimi
S. Arabia and Israel becoming world pariahs: analyst
TEHRAN - American political analyst Martin Love believes that Washington has failed in West Asia and its allies are becoming world pariahs.