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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”.
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2021-12-22 15:41
By Mohammad Mazhari
Christianity and Islam seek to convert the secular world to a religious view: professor
TEHRAN – Noting that the Abrahamic prophets were great reformers of their era, a Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion says that Christianity and Islam are trying to secular world to a religious view.
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2021-12-22 13:58
By Mohammad Mazhari
Sanctions incentivize formation of larger blocs: economist Steve Hanke
TEHRAN - A professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore says that sanction policy leads to formation of coalitions against countries imposing the sanctions.
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2021-12-19 21:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
Neither Trump nor Biden can change Iran policies: professor
TEHRAN - An American professor says that Iran does not look like buckling under U.S. pressure.
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2021-12-15 14:57
By Mohamamd Mazhari
Reaching a deal in Vienna not impossible: professor
TEHRAN - Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, a London-based professor, says that reaching a deal in Vienna is a difficult task as the U.S. president is caught up in domestic constraints, but it is not impossible.
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2021-12-13 21:33
By Mohammad Mazhari
West Asia needs to establish economic bloc to counter U.S. pressure, Turkish attorney says
TEHRAN - A Turkish lawyer believes West Asia needs regional economic organizations to resist U.S. pressure.
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2021-12-11 17:28
Photo: Bahman Vakhshour
Meeting with heads of the missions of the I.R.Iran in neighbouring countries
The meeting of the heads of Iranian missions in neighboring countries was held on Saturday morning Dec. 11 2021, in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2021-12-11 15:00
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. doesn’t intend to fully honor its JCPOA obligations: professor
TEHRAN - Nader Entessar, a retired professor of political science from the University of South Alabama, says that the West, especially the U.S., does not intend to honor its commitments under the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2021-12-06 17:55
By Mohammad Mazhari
Liberal policies have harmed Turkey's economy: Turkish historian
TEHRAN - A Turkish historian and political scientist blames liberal policies for the crash of Turkish the lira against the U.S. dollar.
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2021-12-05 19:02
By Farrokh Hesabi
Hajrezaei hits out at deadly dull Tehran derby
TEHRAN - Iranian football expert, Amir Hajrezaei, believes that the recent Tehran derby has nothing in terms of tactical and technical issues and made a bad Saturday for the Iranian football.
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2021-12-04 23:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran’s goals cannot be met by revival of the 2015 pact: researcher
TEHRAN - A senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore says the 2015 nuclear deal won’t bring economic benefits for Iran.
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2021-12-03 17:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
A failure of Vienna talks unacceptable: ex-White House official
TEHRAN - Frank Von Hippel, who was responsible for national security issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 1993 to 1994, warns that a failure of the Vienna talks is not acceptable.
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2021-12-01 10:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
Any forum about security in West Asia without Iran is futile: Singaporean professor
TEHRAN – Bilveer Singh, a Singaporean professor, believes that any dialogue about security of the region without Iran is time wasting.
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2021-11-30 15:41
By Mohammad Mazhari
Wahhabism lacks rationality: Indonesian expert
TEHRAN – An Indonesian expert in international relationship says that Wahhabism lacks rationality and it creates division, instead of unity, among the Islamic Ummah.
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2021-11-29 17:54
By Ramin Etesam
Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem live under the Zionist threat: Hamas representative
TEHRAN - Khaled al-Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Tehran, says that the Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem live under the Zionist suppression.
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2021-11-28 21:32
By Ali Akbar Jenabzadeh and Saeed Mavadat
It’s very logical Iran seeking guarantee U.S. wouldn’t quit nuclear deal again: Russian ambassador
TEHRAN – The Russian Ambassador to Tehran, Levan Dzhagaryan, says some Iranian demands for success of the Vienna talks are primarily intended to lift sanctions against Iran in accordance to the 2015 nuclear agreement are “very logical”.
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2021-11-27 12:08
By Mohammad Mazhari
Saudis no longer have impunity to strike Yemen: Yemeni expert
‘Now Yemenis have the ability to retaliate’
TEHRAN – A Yemeni political activist says that the Saudis no longer have a free hand to strike civil targets as Yemen retaliates.
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2021-11-26 18:52
By Ramin Etesam
Some Persian Gulf states begging American protection: Palestinian lawyer
TEHRAN - A Palestinian lawyer says that some Persian Gulf states are begging American protection and therefore welcome American presence in the region.
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2021-11-24 17:06
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
Regional models of dialogue more helpful for peace: Italian expert
‘We are faced with autocratic states that need U.S. cover to conceal atrocities and human rights violations’
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2021-11-22 17:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran should not count too much on international law to protect its interests: Hunter
TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, believes Iran should not count too much on international law to protect its interests.
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2021-11-20 19:17
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran is only Asian power that can help China to balance U.S. influence in West Asia: Professor
TEHRAN - A professor of political science at Beni Suef University says Iran is the only Asian player that can help China to contain the U.S. in West Asia.
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2021-11-19 22:59
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran helped Poles fighting for independence: Polish historian
TEHRAN – A Polish historian says Iran helped the Poles striving for independence to find a safe refuge on the way back to Poland during the Second World War.
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2021-11-17 18:47
By Mohammad Mazhari
Lebanon is subjected to economic terrorism, military analyst says
TEHRAN – A senior Lebanese political and military analyst says Lebanon is besieged by Persian Gulf Arab states through an economic terrorism.