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2022-01-26 15:46
By Mohammad Mazhari
American professor believes China seeking to ramp up influence in West Asia
TEHRAN - An American professor believes that China is seeking to ramp up its influence in West Asia though he says Washington does not intend to leave the region.
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2022-01-26 10:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
Latin America emerging from years of U.S.-backed dictatorships: professor
“Sanctions have tended to rally the people of the targeted nations around their governments”
TEHRAN – A professor of international human rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Latin America is progressively emerging from years of U.S.-backed dictatorships and right-wing governments.
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2022-01-24 20:01
By Mohammad Mazhari
NATO has long made Russia uneasy, Columbia University professor says
“The Europeans will follow Washington’s lead in dealing with Russia”
TEHRAN - Robert Y. Shapiro, the former chair of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, says that NATO has long made Russia uneasy by expanding its presence in Russia’s sphere of influence that has caused tensions.
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2022-01-24 19:58
Vienna talks at risk of impasse due to U.S. intransigence
TEHRAN – Talks in Vienna between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries have come up against new challenges due to the United States’ refusal to budge on one of the key issues on the table.
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2022-01-24 14:50
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump and supporters are greatest threat to American democracy: professor
Rogers M. Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, tells the Tehran Times that “Trump is the greatest threat to American democracy since the South sought either to establish slavery permanently or to secede in the mid-19th century.”
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2022-01-22 19:28
By Mohammad Mazhari
China can fill much of the gap left by Western companies in Iran: professor
TEHRAN – A professor from the George Washington University says that China can fill the gap left by Western companies in Iran, especially in terms of investment and access to Chinese banks.
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2022-01-21 17:30
By Mohammad Mazhari
Cinematic history of America rooted in legacies of racialized violence: researcher
TEHRAN – A cinema researcher, who explores racism, class politics, internationalism in world literature, architecture, music, and global cinema, says that American cinema represents a racialized history of the country.
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2022-01-19 18:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
Biden should not have delayed rejoining JCPOA: ex-White House official
“France provided the nuclear reactor and secretly the plutonium separation plant to Israel”
TEHRAN – A nuclear physicist and professor of public and international affairs at Princeton University says that the Joe Biden administration should have rejoined the 2015 Iran nuclear deal immediately after it started its work.
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2022-01-19 15:08
By Mohammad Mazhari
Vast majority of Lebanese elites have contributed to the current crisis: academic
TEHRAN - A professor at the Lebanese International University blames the Lebanese authorities for the political and economic crisis in the country.
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2022-01-18 10:04
By M. A. Saki
U.S. not following any diplomatic ethics: Pakistani analyst
TEHRAN - A member of an Islamabad-based think tank says that Washington is not committed to any diplomatic ethics or obligation.
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2022-01-16 22:22
By Zahra Samimi
U.S. insane if it imagines it can and should confront Russia over Ukraine: ex-Senate candidate
TEHRAN - A former U.S. Senate candidate says that the idea of a clash between Russia and the U.S. over Ukraine is foolish.
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2022-01-15 15:26
By Zahra Samimi
Americans skeptical of major political parties: professor
TEHRAN – A professor emeritus at Northwestern University says that the American public is cynical about the performance of the two major parties when it comes to elections and democracy.
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2022-01-15 12:37
By Mohammad Mazhari
Moscow concerned about secret deployment of hypersonic missiles to Ukraine: analyst
TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst says that Russia is seriously concerned that the U.S. would clandestinely deploy strike weapons, including hypersonic missiles, to Ukraine.
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2022-01-14 12:14
By Zahra Samimi
U.S. not seeking to undermine Israel’s military superiority in arms deals with Arabs: expert
TEHRAN - Ali Yahia, a Lebanese expert on international relations, says that Washington only cares about Israel’s military superiority in its arms deals with Arab states.
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2022-01-12 10:05
By Mohammad Mazhari
Now pendulum has swung back to the left in Latin America: professor
“If a leftist government defies U.S. hegemony, it is subject to intervention”
TEHRAN - Professor emeritus of international relations at Webster University says that the pendulum has swung back to the left in Latin America, but the right remains very strong.
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2022-01-11 19:15
Interview by Farrokh Hesabi
Nazemi happy to be nominated as best futsal referee of the year
TEHRAN - Gelareh Nazemi has expressed her happiness for being nominated as the best futsal referee in the world in 2021.
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2022-01-11 10:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Scholar says U.S. less reliable of a partner now than it was before Trump
TEHRAN - A professor from Hamline University says that the U.S. reputation suffered greatly during the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency so that the U.S. is now “less reliable of a partner”.
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2022-01-10 21:35
Only 30 showed passports of foreign citizens while boarding Ukrainian plane: Iranian envoy
TEHRAN - Manuchehr Moradi, Tehran’s ambassador to Kyiv, has said that only 30 passengers who boarded the ill-fated the Ukrainian plane at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on January 8, 2020, carried passports of foreign citizens.
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2022-01-10 12:54
By Mohammad Mazhari
A new deal will recognize current state of Iran's nuclear program: professor
“Progress in Vienna talks, though limited, is promising”
TEHRAN - An American academic says a new deal will have to be crafted in Vienna in which the recent developments in Iran’s nuclear program are “recognized”.
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2022-01-09 21:29
Kazakhstan ambassador: We are defending our democracy
TEHRAN — In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times on Sunday, Kazakhstan's ambassador to Tehran Askhat Orazbay said that the Kazakh government has immediately responded to the demands of the citizens, and the government has a “clear political will and a desire to resolve disputes through dialogue.”
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2022-01-09 11:08
Gen. Soleimani’s legacy is imperishable: Chilean analyst
Soleimani assassination has turned Iran into symbol of fight against the ‘triad formed by imperialism, Zionism, and Wahhabism’
TEHRAN – Pablo Jofre Leal, a Chilean analyst, believes that Lieutenant General “Qassem Soleimani is one of those characters who never dies.”
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2022-01-07 12:41
By Mohammad Mazhari
Gen. Soleimani changed the game after U.S. invaded Iraq: Australian National University researcher
‘Soleimani is someone whose friends and enemies praise him’
TEHRAN – An international relations expert says that Gen. Qassem Soleimani changed the rules of the game in the region via highlighting identity structures.
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2022-01-01 22:18
By M.A. Saki
Iran’s flexibility needs to be reciprocated by West if it is serious in Vienna talks: ex-diplomat
TEHRAN - A former Iranian diplomat says if the West is serious to revitalize the 2015 nuclear agreement, like Iran it also needs to show flexibility in the Vienna talks.
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2022-01-01 16:43
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. never tolerates competition in arms sale in West Asia market: military analyst
TEHRAN – A senior Lebanese political and military analyst says the U.S. never accepted anybody to challenge it in the arms market in West Asia, especially in Saudi Arabia.
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2021-12-31 13:47
By Mohammad Mahdi Mohtajabi
Israel: Worse than South African Apartheid
TEHRAN – Tisetso Magama, an activist and a former member of the South African parliament, says that the emergence of a UAE, Saudi-led axis, has spread within North Africa.
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2021-12-29 20:36
By Mohammad Mazhari
Riyadh-Beijing cooperation makes U.S. leaders more suspicious of Saudis: historian
TEHRAN - Kurk Dorsey, a professor of history at New Hampshire University, tells the Tehran Times that collaboration between China and Saudi Arabia in building ballistic missiles will make “U.S. leaders more suspicious of the Saudis.”
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2021-12-28 12:13
By Mohammad Mazhari
Beijing pursuing balanced foreign policy in Persian Gulf: GSA chief
TEHRAN - Giorgio Cafiero, chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA), tells the Tehran Times that “the Chinese pursue a balanced foreign policy agenda in the Persian Gulf.”
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2021-12-28 12:11
By Mohammad Mazhari
Israel, some Arab states hate democratic forces in West Asia, British professor says
TEHRAN – A London-based professor of binary economics says that Israel and certain Persian Gulf Arab states share a hatred of democratic forces in the region.
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2021-12-25 19:09
By Farrokh Hesabi
Legal expert Vakil accuses Iranian clubs of negligence
TEHRAN – Persepolis, Esteghlal and Gol Gohar football teams are on the verge of being banned from the 2021-2022 AFC Champions League. Amir Saed Vakil, an Iranian sports legal expert, accused the clubs of negligence.
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2021-12-25 17:04
By Mohammad Mazhari
Professor calls Israeli persistent threat to bomb Iran a bluff
TEHRAN - An American professor is of the opinion that Israel’s threat to bomb Iran’s research facilities is a “bluff”.