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2020-11-07 10:52
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump's ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran absolutely failed: Harvard researcher
“Iran isn't just going to accept Biden's word if it's possible for future U.S. presidents to exit the deal again with the stroke of a pen”
TEHRAN – Stephen Herzog, a research fellow at the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University, says Donald Trump’s "maximum pressure" strategy to strangulate Iran economically has failed as the Islamic Republic has “improved economic ties with China, Venezuela, and other states." The research fellow at the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University also says, "Iran has significantly more enriched uranium than it did prior to the JCPOA."
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2020-11-06 12:15
Macron provoking Muslims to distract from his many domestic challenges, says American analyst
TEHRAN - Andrew Korybko, an American geopolitical analyst based in Moscow, tells the Tehran Times that the Emmanuel Macron government's Islamophobic policies, which hypocritically masquerade as defending the freedom of expression, provoke discord and intend to distract minds from his domestic problems.
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2020-11-06 12:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
Candidates for federal office are asked to put interests of Israel ahead: philosopher
“The U.S. Congress has been well-described as, like the Golan Heights, an occupied territory by Israel”
TEHRAN – An American philosopher says candidates for federal office are asked “to sign a pledge to put the interests of Israel” even ahead of the U.S.
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2020-11-03 22:41
By Kevin Barrett
U.S. election: Minor effect on West Asian policy, major implications for domestic unrest
Political unrest, riots, and possibly even a collapse into civil war are all real possibilities.
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2020-11-03 22:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
Electoral College thoroughly undemocratic: American professor
TEHRAN – An American professor says that Electoral College, which is partly rooted in slavery, is a completely undemocratic institution.
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2020-11-03 22:17
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. should compensate illegal sanctions against Iran and Cuba: Tampere University scholar
TEHRAN – An American academic says that the U.S. should compensate the decades-old illegal sanctions and embargo against Iran and Cuba.
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2020-11-01 23:46
Fraud accusations will be widespread in U.S. election: professor
By Mohammad Mazhari
TEHRAN - An American academic predicts that the Tuesday presidential election will witness a lot of "technical challenges" and "widespread accusations of fraud".
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2020-11-01 11:45
By Mohammad Mazhari
Biden is the clear favorite to win the election: professor
TEHRAN - An American academic says that “at this point, Biden is the clear favorite to win the election,” adding the polls have been consistently showing Biden has a better chance to win the elections.
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2020-11-01 11:44
By Mohammad Mazhari
Americans will re-elect President Trump: American writer
TEHRAN – An American writer says that the 2020 contest is between a builder and a bungler and "Americans will, in the end, choose jobs over mobs and re-elect President Trump."
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2020-10-31 11:49
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
British professor calls Macron a ‘juvenile boy’ who has just heard of ‘free expression’
Rodney Shakespeare, a British professor and co-founder of the Global Justice Movement, tells the Tehran Times that French President Emanuel Macron is just like "a pimply, juvenile boy" who has heard of the phrase "free expression" and is trying to hide French involvement in "precipitating terrorist attacks".
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2020-10-30 15:43
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran wants a stable Afghanistan: Pakistani analyst
TEHRAN - A Pakistani political analyst says that Iran, as an important neighbor to Afghanistan, wants a stable region that will be in its favor.
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2020-10-28 10:29
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
Trump’s maximum pressure on Iran has been a failure: Italian analyst
“Maximum pressure has been a failure if the goal was a new nuclear deal and a more secure region”
TEHRAN - Riccardo Alcaro, head of the Global Actors Programme of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, tells the Tehran Times that U.S. maximum pressure campaign on Iran has failed achieve its goals and the U.S. does not have “the support of its European allies” anymore.
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2020-10-27 15:49
By Javad Heirannia
Islam perfectly compatible with development: San Diego State University professor
TEHRAN – Ahmet T. Kuru, professor of political science at San Diego State University, says Islam was historically perfectly compatible with development, and contemporary problems are created by class relations, rather than Islam.
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2020-10-26 09:51
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Italian envoy highlights role of art in commemorating healthcare workers
TEHRAN – Italian Ambassador to Tehran Giuseppe Perrone has said artisans can play a great part in commemorating the healthcare workers who were sacrificed during the battle against the coronavirus.
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2020-10-25 23:01
By Mohammad Mazhari
It is unlikely that U.S. policies produce democracy: Marvin Zonis
TEHRAN – Marvin Zonis, a professor emeritus of business administration, says it is unlikely that U.S. policies lead to democracy in any country, citing Iran before the 1979 revolution in Iran and Afghanistan and Iraq in 2011 and 2003 respectively.
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2020-10-20 21:19
By Mohammad Mazhari
Lifting sanctions is essential part of JCPOA: EU’s Stano
“The EU considers extraterritorial application of unilateral restrictive measures unlawful and contrary to international law”
TEHRAN - European Commission spokesperson for foreign affairs issues Peter Stano says that the removal of sanctions is an “essential part” of the 2015 nuclear agreement.
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2020-10-19 22:33
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
Psychologist describes America as a society in which ‘trained Marxists’ are against supremacists
“A prerequisite for a nomination from a major political party is an unwavering devotion to Zionism and Israeli interests over American interests.”
TEHRAN - Walt Peretto, an American analyst and sociopolitical psychologist, tells the Tehran Times that although Donald Trump is seen by his followers as opposing globalist agenda, he is “completely controlled by these same Zionist-globalist interests.”
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2020-10-18 22:57
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. fighting on behalf of Israel: ex- Israeli author
TEHRAN – Ex- Israeli author believes that the U.S. is fighting on behalf of Israel, citing imposition of sanctions on other countries by Washington and sacrificing young American soldiers in the wars as examples.
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2020-10-18 16:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
It is not new that U.S. supports autocratic rulers: professor
TEHRAN – An American professor thinks that the U.S. backs autocratic rulers in some countries and it is not something new.
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2020-10-18 15:02
By Javad Heirannia
Americans have lost trust in their leaders: George Washington University professor
“U.S. is imploding from the inside” and “the country is divided as it was around the Civil War.”
TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, who teaches international business at the George Washington University, says American people have “lost trust in their leaders.”
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2020-10-14 13:22
By Mohammad Mazhari
Sanctions will hamper Iran’s access to medicine and medical equipment: Carleton University professor
“I think it (sanction) is an abject failure in terms of achieving any real progress”
TEHRAN – A professor of Carleton University says that American sanctions will make Iran’s access to medicines and medical equipment difficult even if, technically, such humanitarian goods are generally exempted from sanctions.
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2020-10-14 13:12
By Mohamamd Mazhari
Army would refuse an order to crack down on possible peaceful protests after Nov. 3 elections: prof
TEHRAN – An American professor is of the opinion that the U.S. Army would not obey a possible order to suppress peaceful protesters who may not accept the result of the November 3 presidential elections.
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2020-10-11 14:08
By Javad Heirannia
New U.S. sanctions on Iran will disrupt import of medicine, food: international business professor
“U.S. sanctions on Iran are an act of war”
TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, who teaches international business at the George Washington University, says the recent U.S. unilateral financial sanctions are cutting off Iranian banks from the international banking system, thereby making import of medicine and food by Iran much more difficult.
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2020-10-10 22:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump’s pressure policy has not achieved its objective: academic
TEHRAN – An American professor is of the view that Trump’s pressure policy against Tehran has failed to get Iran to stop its support for groups in Yemen and Lebanon or force Tehran to stop enriching uranium.
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2020-10-09 22:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
A Biden administration will try to weaken Iran's defense system: political scientist
“Biden's conditions are first and foremost designed to weaken Iran's defense system and make Tehran more vulnerable to outside attacks.”
TEHRAN - If Joe Biden wins the November presidential elections he will set a number of conditions to join the nuclear deal (JCPOA), including “significant limit” on Iran’s defensive missiles program, an American political scientist says.
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2020-10-06 23:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
'Ties with Iran will be hostile even if U.S. rejoins JCPOA with a Democratic president, Congress'
TEHRAN – Even if the U.S. rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal with a “Democratic president and Congress” the relationship between Washington and Tehran will remain “difficult and adversarial”, a former White House official predicts.
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2020-10-06 22:49
By Afshin Majlesi
Iran is not what you think: how media image of a country differs from reality
You can find, through the web or in person, countless travelers, who had developed mixed feelings about Iran prior to their arrivals ….. attitudes, stereotypes, and perceptions that totally being changed when excursions to the Islamic Republic starts.
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2020-10-06 11:24
By M.A. Saki
Historian says Trump won’t start a limited war with Iran
“In the American system, anything that happens in an election year will be related to the election”
TEHRAN - Kurk Dorsey, a professor of history at New Hampshire University, is of the opinion that Trump will not embark on a limited war with Iran to promote his chances in the November election.
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2020-10-06 10:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
A Biden win doesn’t mean unconditional return to nuclear deal: academic
TEHRAN – An American academic is of the view that a Joe Biden victory in the upcoming presidential elections doesn’t mean that the United States will return to the 2015 nuclear deal unconditionally.
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2020-10-04 21:56
By Afshin Majlesi
Iran sets sights on tourism rebound if coronavirus wanes, minister says
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is developing necessary infrastructure in the realms of traveling, accommodation, and human resources as it eyeing to jumpstart travels whenever coronavirus restrictions ease, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan told the Tehran Times in an exclusive interview on Saturday.