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2018-08-12 16:56

Iran, four other states sign Caspian Sea legal regime

On Sunday, the presidents of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan met in the small Kazakh coastal city of Aktau to sign a legal convention on the Caspian Sea.

2018-08-12 16:53

Littoral states ban presence of foreign forces in Caspian Sea

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the five countries bordering the Caspian Sea have agreed to keep the sea out of the reach of foreign military forces.

2018-08-12 16:03

Zlatko Dalic refuses Iran’s offer: report

TEHRAN - Zlatko Dalic has refused Iran’s offer to take charge of Team Melli, sport.novi.ba reported.

2018-08-12 15:33

By Recep Tayyip Erdogan

How Turkey sees the crisis with the U.S.

Unilateral actions against Turkey by the United States will undermine American interests and force Turkey to look for other friends and allies.

2018-08-12 15:08

Vahid Amiri out for three weeks

TEHRAN – Trabzonspor’s new signing Vahid Amiri has been sidelined for three weeks with knee injury.

2018-08-12 14:12

Leader agrees to special courts on financial crimes

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday agreed to a request by the judiciary chief to set up special courts to swiftly deal with financial crimes.

2018-08-12 12:24

Polo competition held in Tabriz

TEHRAN – Iran’s Polo competition was held in Tabriz, the capital of the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan, on Friday.

در این جنایت وحشیانه که صبح پنجشنبه رخ داد اتوبوس حامل دانش آموزان یمنی در ضحیان واقع در استان مرزی صعده هدف حمله جنگنده های سعودی قرار گرفت که براثر آن بیش از 40 دانش آموز بی گناه شهید و بیش از 50 تن دیگر زخمی شدند. منابع پزشکی از احتمال افزایش تعداد شهدای این جنایت خبر دادند.

2018-08-12 12:12

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

When dollar means more than lives of Yemeni children

The Saudi regime has committed yet another war crime in Yemen and this one is particularly horrendous.

2018-08-12 11:35

By Javad Heirannia

Arab NATO is exchanging security by economic and financial issues: Hunter

TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that that “At least since the mid1970s, there has been a tacit cooperation among Persian Gulf Arab states and the West, including America.”

2018-08-12 11:28

By Javad Heirannia

Members of Arab NATO have conflicting interests: Adib-Moghaddam

TEHRAN - Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes that the countries that are said to become a part of this new "Arab NATO" have conflicting interests.

2018-08-12 11:12

Indian envoy calls on Khan, discuss bilateral ties

TEHRAN - In a significant gesture, India’s High Commissioner to Islamabad Ajay Bisara on Friday called on Pakistan’s prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan. During the meeting, the two sides discussed a range of issues, focusing on prospects of the India-Pakistan relationship.

2018-08-12 11:11

Mohseni-Bandpei named acting labor minister

TEHRAN – In a decree on Saturday, President Rouhani appointed Deputy Labor Minister Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpei as acting labor minister, ILNA reported.

2018-08-12 11:11

India, Afghanistan discuss Chabahar Port’s role in bolstering trade, economic ties

TEHRAN - The first phase of the Chabahar Port was inaugurated in December last year, which has opened a new strategic transit route between India, Iran and Afghanistan. While there are still some unresolved issues related to the development of the port, which is situated in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province, it is expected to make headway soon.

2018/08/12

Dr. Abid Hussain

An open letter to the brave people of Iran from Kashmir

TEHRAN -This letter is addressed to the brave people of Iran and comes from Kashmir – a place known as ‘Iran e Sagheer’ (little Iran). Your country is again going through a difficult phase because of the draconian economic sanctions imposed by the ‘Big Satan’. You have been here before and you not only managed to survive but emerged stronger. As your outspoken Foreign Minister recently tweeted, you have been around for millennia and seen fall of empires, including your own, which lasted more than the life of some countries.

2018-08-12 11:08

Bangladesh govt under fire as student protests grow

TEHRAN - With student protests against the lack of road safety measures in Bangladesh growing, the government led by Sheikh Hasina is increasingly finding itself in troubled waters. The government has been criticized by rights activists across the world for using force to quell the protests.

2018-08-12 11:00

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

‘Takfiri groups can’t establish strategic presence in Kashmir but they have a small sympathetic base’

TEHRAN -The shadowy forces of takfirism pose the biggest danger to Islam and Muslims today. They are hell-bent on destroying the fabric of Islam and sow seeds of discord among Muslims. Groups like ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaeda are products of this very ideology that breeds on hatred for ‘others’. This wave of neo-Salafism and takfirism has reached Kashmir as well, and is increasingly threatening to tarnish the rich syncretic Sufi culture of Kashmir.

2018-08-12 10:54

Military attaches from 28 countries visit Lashgari Air Base

TEHRAN – A group of 40 military attaches from 28 countries paid an official visit to the Air Force’s Shahid Lashgari Air Base in Mehrabad on Saturday morning.

2018-08-12 10:52

U.S. cuts Pakistani officers from training programs

TEHRAN - An indication of growing strains between Islamabad and Washington, the U.S. government has reportedly started cutting Pakistani officers from training and educational programs that were a key aspect of Pakistan-U.S. bilateral relations for more than a decade, according to media reports.