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2022-05-28 21:27
By Professor Mahmood Monshipouri
America’s unending gun violence
A pervasive gun culture, deeply rooted in some parts of the United States and reinforced by culture wars and problematic gun safety measures touted by Republican Representatives and Senators, has manifested yet another horrific mass killing.
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2022-05-25 18:41
By Morteza Karimi
Will Turkey block Finland, Sweden NATO bid?
TEHRAN - Despite opposing bids by Sweden and Finland to join NATO, Turkey will try to control the level of tension with other member states because the country is well familiar with its economic weaknesses.
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2022-05-16 09:39
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
China’s foreseen dilemma in Ukraine war
The ongoing war in Ukraine triggered by Russia has started a fascinating debate among the experts; viewing the Russian military operations in Ukraine will alter the complexion of international politics, and posing a grave challenge to the Western democratic values.
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2022/05/11
By Said Maisam Moosavi
A challenge called ISIS to the Taliban government
During Ramadan a powerful blast struck a mosque in western Kabul, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20, officials said. The incident happened amid a spate of attacks on Afghan places of worship and civilian targets.
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2022/05/10
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Martyr Qassem Soleimani and his role in Islamic awakening toward the Palestinian cause
“We don't sleep for one night unless we think of eliminating our enemies. We will continue our endeavors for the victory of the Palestinian resistance day and night, for its victory, until the earth, sky, and sea become hell for the Zionists,” stresses Martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, who believed in the cause of Al-Quds, sacrificed on its fronts, paid the tax of perseverance in its path, and suffered from the scourge of the siege and international brutal sanctions for its sake.
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2022-04-27 18:46
By Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Quds Day manifests humanity and sacred resistance
The World Quds Day coincides with the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. It was designated as Quds Day on 7 August 1979 on the initiative of Imam Khomeini (May his soul rest in peace) to support the Palestinian cause and nation and mark a new stage of solidarity with the people of Palestine.
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2022-04-11 21:06
By Chris Cook
Russia and a Gas Standard
The key question addressed by the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021 as with previous COP conferences was how to finance and deliver transition to a sustainable zero carbon economy. So it was fitting that three years after my last visit to Tehran I should meet one of my Iranian friends in Glasgow during a brief academic visit.
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2022-03-16 16:01
By Sarah Khan
End of dream, return of history
Russian military assault on Ukraine is debilitating blow to American-led Liberal Leviathan and final nail in the coffin of ‘End of History’ delusions. Western security analysts are incessantly scrutinizing that what led to this preventable catastrophe?
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2022-03-09 11:33
By Salman Parviz
Russian forces widen offensive on Ukraine
TEHRAN -- Following the sequence of events before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, it was clear that trouble was brewing in the region.
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2022-02-13 17:04
By Professor Hossein Askari
Iran—America’s manufactured enemy
TEHRAN- Iran and America were the closest of allies before the Iranian Revolution of 1979, but they are now implacable enemies. How have such allies become such enemies for more than forty years?
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2022-02-07 18:30
By Vaishali Krishna
Russian security interests remain key to its activities in Ukraine
TEHRAN- Once enjoyed the status of a superpower during the Cold War period, Russia of today somehow feels pressure from the U.S.-led West over the Ukraine crisis. Ukraine was part of the Russian empire for centuries before becoming a Soviet republic, and the two neighbours stayed aligned even after the disintegration of the USSR in 1991.
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2022-02-04 12:40
By Hooman Afazeli
Football expert says a tough job ahead of Iran in 2022 World Cup
TEHRAN - Iran national football team had a great run in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. The performance of Dragan Skocic's side were outstanding and in terms of the results and the way we qualified for the World Cup, it was excellent.
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2022-01-22 13:26
By Morteza Mohases
Persepolis, Esteghlal in the league of their own
TEHRAN - Iranian football community was rocked and surprised by the most significant story with the news that Persepolis and Esteghlal. The teams could be even out of the AFC Champions League (ACL) 2022/23.
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2022/01/21
By Professor Yuan Zhang
The strength of a country’s good political system is the governance capacity
A good political path is a system exploring development that is in line with people’s aspirations. American-style democracy is being widely questioned, and the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021, have intensified these questions.
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2022-01-12 10:55
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
Sanctioning India under CAATSA
Moscow has started supplying New Delhi with S-400 air defense missile systems said Dmitry Shugayev, the head of the Russian military cooperation agency. S-400 air defense missile systems deal between Russian and India worth around U.S.$5.5 billion was signed in 2018 for five long-range surface-to-air missile systems, that New Delhi believes are crucial to counter China.
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2022-01-10 13:49
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Leading prisoner of conscience facing slow death in Bahrain
This week marks the 6th month of Bahraini prisoner of conscience Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace’s hunger-striking in protest of the treatment of the political prisoners at the notorious Central Jau Prison, where he is serving a life sentence over his peaceful role in Bahrain's 2011 pro-democracy uprising. Meanwhile, there is serious concern over his life; so what is Bahrain government waiting for to immediately release him?
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2022-01-08 11:10
By Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Hossein Sharifi
A few words in praise of prominent thinker
TEHRAN- Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi was not only an objective model of Islamic ethics in terms of individual and social life, but also he is also scientifically considered one of the greatest moral and ethical theorists in the Islamic world.
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2022-01-08 11:09
By Samaneh Nourizadeh
Ayatollah Mesbah’s solutions for bringing Islamic Humanities into daily life
TEHRAN – Sheikh Abbas Ali Shameli, who is one of Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi’s students and has received his Ph.D. in Culture and Values in Education from McGill University in Canada, throws light on his teacher’s activities out of Iran.
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2021-12-26 21:54
By Mojtaba Rouzbahani
Iran FM visit to Baku promises success of government’s strategic policy
The intensive but fruitful visit by Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian to the Republic of Azerbaijan, which was warmly welcomed by the officials of that country, opens a new page in the history of relations between the two brotherly and Muslim neighboring countries.
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2021-12-17 18:21
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
Afghanistan: OIC emerging dilemma
TEHRAN - December 19, 2021, is going to be a monumental day for Afghanistan in its perilous situation. Pakistan on that particular day will host a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers on Afghanistan aimed at addressing exacerbating and egregious humanitarian crisis in war-torn Afghanistan.
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2021-12-17 17:37
By Hussein Pabarja
America the land of opportunities or a place of shattered dreams?
The United States' infrastructure is in disarray, with broken seawalls and flooded housing developments in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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2021-12-17 17:34
By Ramin Etesam
U.S. needs to keep friendly ties with Arab states in rivalry with Iran: professor
TEHRAN – A professor of international relations says it is in the U.S. interest to support Arab states to keep energy prices low and contain Iran.
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2021/12/03
By A. Bassam
The Big Bang of Lebanon
TEHRAN - During the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1989), the first time Lebanon suffered from the collapse of its Lira was when the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) departed the country in 1982, after the Israeli invasion. The Lebanese lira’s price fell from 3 to 3000 against the American dollar in one go. However, at that time no one felt that the Lebanese existence as an independent state was in jeopardy.
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2021/11/27
By Rahim Hayat Qureshi
ECO, Into the Future Together
TEHRAN - In 1964, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey came together and formed the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD). It was a visionary initiative as the regional economic groupings were not in fashion. At a time, when the world was bereft of global and regional vision and shared solutions, RCD called for effective multilateralism at the regional level and played its part as a pivotal coordinating Organization. The idea was to convert historical affinity and brotherhood among the three countries into a well-defined multilateral platform. It was envisioned that the primary focus would be on promotion of economy through trade and connectivity as well as further strengthening of the cultural bonds. Over the past four decades, ECO’s voice in regional affairs has attained distinct significance.
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2021-11-20 16:18
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Children's world tied up with coronavirus
TEHRAN – World Children's Day has been different over the last two years due to the prevalence of coronavirus, by imposing mandatory restrictions on them, causing many changes in social relations, education, and hobbies.
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2021-11-14 21:56
By Martin Love
A view from the peanut gallery in the U.S.
Few outside Iran’s government probably know exactly what the country’s leaders are primed to focus on around the alleged upcoming resumption of the JCPOA negotiations in Vienna. But a couple of smart commentators outside Iran in West Asia have claimed this past week that Iran will focus almost exclusively on trying to get the U.S. sanctions lifted so that it can again resume exporting oil widely.
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2021/11/14
By Chang Hua, Ambassador of China to Iran
Brilliance comes from struggle, the future arises from the past
The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its sixth plenary session in Be?ing from November 8 to 11, 2021. At the session, the Central Committee considered and adopted the Resolution on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century.
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2021-11-14 14:47
By M.A. Saki
Tough decisions needed to revive Zayandehrud
President Ebrahim Raisi has tasked Presidential Center for Strategic Studies director Mohammad Sadeq Khayyatian to start scientific studies on reviving Zayandehrud River, ISNA reported on Saturday.
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2021-11-08 18:00
By Ramin Mazaheri
One year in office: U.S. elections show letdown in Biden
In speaking with Iranian immigrants to the US, I always hear a couple of refrains repeatedly: 1) Why Democrats do not criticize their own politicians when they do the exact things they criticize Republicans for? 2) When Republicans get into office, at least, they actually do things they say they want to do; Democrats never do.
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2021/11/02
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
How India views AUKUS
TEHRAN - The inking of the AUKUS, a trilateral security pact among Australia, the UK and the U.S. on September 15, 2021, with an effort to counter China in the Asia-Pacific without Indian inclusion has taken back many experts. The AUKUS for the first time will be building nuclear-powered submarines; Canberra will be using technologies provided by Washington.