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Today 17:06
Countdown to catastrophe: UN warns of Afghan food crisis
TEHRAN - Millions of people in crisis-stricken Afghanistan are on the brink of starvation with the onset of winter, the UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned.
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Today 15:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
Zero chance for EU to make a break with NATO: EU MP
TEHRAN - A member of the European Parliament says that the EU has no chance to be independent of NATO.
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Yesterday 19:54
UK factories suffer as concern rises over inflation
TEHRAN - A survey by the Confederation of British Industry has shown UK manufacturers are struggling with their worst supply chain shortages since the mid 1970s. Fears are now growing in the sector over the financial fallout of rising costs and a lack of materials on the backdrop of Brexit and the coronavirus.
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2021/10/24
By Kevin Barrett
Daesh Terror in Afghanistan: A Divide-and-Conquer Operation?
TEHRAN - On Friday, October 15, more than thirty people were killed in a terrorist bombing of the Bibi Fatima Mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A week earlier, on October 8, a terrorist bomb devastated the Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, killing dozens of people and wounding more than 150. The previous Monday, at least seven people died in the bombing of the Eidgah Mosque in Kabul during the funeral service for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. All three attacks were claimed by Daesh.
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2021-10-22 16:21
By Mohammad Mazhari
Cold War between China and U.S. is a must: Indian professor
TEHRAN – Noting that the cold war between Beijing and Washington is a must, an Indian academic says they have already kicked it off.
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2021-10-20 18:33
‘Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed from violence
TEHRAN - UNICEF spokesperson James Elder has just returned from Yemen and has more grim news about children living in what the United Nations describes as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Addressing a press briefing in Geneva, he says, “The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone: 10,000 children have been killed or maimed since Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign started in March 2015. That’s the equivalent of four children every day.”
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2021-10-20 18:32
UN envoy slams Israel’s land grab policies in West Bank, siege on Gaza
TEHRAN - The United Nations Middle East envoy has censured Israel’s unlawful demolitions and settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories as well as the crippling siege the regime has imposed on Gaza, complaining of a lack of progress in efforts to achieve a so-called two‑state solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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2021-10-19 22:06
By Mohammad Mazhari
China will fill power vacuum left by U.S. in Afghanistan: researcher
TEHRAN - A research fellow and coordinator of the East Asia Centre at MP-IDSA in New Delhi says that Beijing has already taken steps towards engagement with the Taliban to fill the vacuum created by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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2021-10-19 18:15
U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad resigns following humiliating defeat
TEHRAN - U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has resigned following the American military’s humiliating defeat in the twenty-year war in the country and the failure of the so-called peace process, the State Department has confirmed.
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2021-10-19 18:14
Trudeau finally meets indigenous leaders after snubbing invitation
TEHRAN - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with indigenous leaders at a First Nations community around two weeks after he went away on holiday, missing a day the country designated to remember and honor residential schools victims and survivors.
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2021-10-18 22:06
By Mohammad M. Farahani
U.S. is stuck in post 9/11 power politics: analyst
TEHRAN – American political analyst Martin Love says that the U.S. has been locked in the post 9/11 foreign policy. In contrast, Love says, China has preferred to focus on its economy and be away from wars.
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2021-10-18 21:18
Macron’s remarks on the Algerian massacre in Paris denounced
TEHRAN - French President Emmanuel Macron’s denouncement of a bloody crackdown on Algerian Muslim protesters in Paris 60 years ago as an “unforgivable crime” has not gone well, with activists demanding a full apology. While Macron’s remarks are the strongest recognition by a French president of the massacre in which police heavily beat the protesters and threw hundreds of them into the River Seine. The events that unfolded that night have never been legally investigated.
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2021-10-18 17:58
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of COVID-19
TEHRAN - Colin Powell, the former United States secretary of state and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family has said.
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2021-10-17 19:00
By Mohammad Mazhari
Sino-U.S. military rivalry going on: Pakistani researcher
TEHRAN - A researcher at Pakistan’s Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies says that U.S. recent activities in the Asia-Pacific region suggest that a military rivalry with China is already underway.
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2021-10-17 18:57
Anger mounts after the sale of football club to Saudis
TEHRAN - Since the English Premier League announced their approval of a Saudi Arabian bid to buy Newcastle United Football Club, a barrage of condemnation had been poured in by Human Rights groups who are furious with the takeover.
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2021-10-16 19:01
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens fresh military campaign against Kurdish militants in Syria
TEHRAN - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to launch a new military campaign on the Syrian soil after a rocket attack blamed on Kurdish militants killed two Turkish special force police in northern Syria.
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2021-10-16 18:53
By A. Bassam
After Tayouneh crime, will Hezbollah restrain itself?
TEHRAN - When Hamlet, the Danish prince, discovered by chance that his father was killed by his uncle, he was confused and puzzled. Hamlet is the main character in one of Shakespeare’s plays, which was named after him. At that moment, the moment of truth, Hamlet changed and became a man with responsibilities. However, he was completely drained by the fact that his mother was involved in the conspiracy and she was married to his uncle, the killer.
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2021-10-16 18:30
Facebook under pressure over pro-Palestine suppression
TEHRAN - The tech giant has succumbed to criticism and will now appoint an external body to examine whether the social media platform suppressed posts supporting Palestine. Facebook will allow an independent body to launch an investigation into content moderation of Arabic and Hebrew posts after the company was accused of removing and suppressing pro-Palestine content.
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2021-10-15 17:30
Saudis “serious” in talks with Iran
TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has said the kingdom is “serious” about talks with Iran, signaling Riyadh’s desire to repair relations between the two sides following multiple offers by Iran to ease tensions with a number of initiatives that Tehran has publicly announced and presented the international arena.
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2021/10/15
By Abir Bassam
Amir Abdollahian and the Iranian offers on the Lebanese table
TEHRAN - On the 8th of October, Mr. Hussein Amir Abdollahian, the Iranian foreign minister, visited Lebanon. He was formally received and welcomed. So far, within the send and received diplomatic letters, everything was fine. He met with three presidents in Lebanon, the President, the Prime Minister, and the Head of the Parliament. Everyone was friendly and warmly welcomed the visit, but what about the offers he brought to Lebanon, and how receptive the Lebanese government was to these offers?
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2021-10-15 16:59
Explosion at Shia Mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar causes ‘heavy casualties’
TEHRAN - A large explosion has hit a Shia Mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, killing at least 33 people and wounding scores of others.
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2021-10-15 11:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
There is doubt that Taliban has changed: researcher
TEHRAN - A Pakistani researcher says that despite initial optimistic views over the Taliban, there is now doubt whether the group has changed.
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2021-10-13 18:35
Iraq election marred by “lack of transparency”
TEHRAN - The spokesman for the second-largest primary bloc, Fateh Alliance (Conquest alliance) in Iraq, Ahmed Al-Asadi, has confirmed that the alliance has logged a legal challenge to the initial results of Iraq’s parliamentary elections on Sunday and says that the alliance is waiting for the final result from the country’s Independent High Electoral Commission in a “transparent” manner.
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2021-10-13 15:44
Iraqi parties reject “scam” election
TEHRAN - Many parties, mostly Shia parties, have denounced the early poll results describing them as a “manipulation” and a “scam” just days after Iraq’s parliamentary election.
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2021/10/13
By Abir Bassam
Safar Barlek of the 21st Century: Erdogan the New Caliph
Since the American’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, it became clear that everyone is holding his breath. That is exactly what Recep Tayyip Erdogan is doing these days. Ten years have passed since his war on Syria; however, he has, so far, reached zero accomplishments towards his 2023 dreams. As a matter of fact, Erdogan is in the worst position ever. His dream of becoming the new Ottoman Caliph began to fade away.
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2021-10-11 21:58
By Mohammad Mazhari
Double standards on human rights are the norm, not the exception: expert
TEHRAN - MENA Program Director at the International Crisis Group says that double standard on human rights has turned to a norm and no longer is an exception as great states in the world sponsor futile wars, especially in Yemen.
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2021-10-11 18:44
What does a low Iraqi vote turnout mean?
TEHRAN - Iraq’s electoral commission has announced the preliminary turnout in Sunday’s parliamentary election at 41%. Some observers have said the number is a low turnout, while others say it’s a high turnout considering what country is going through.
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2021-10-10 17:53
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
French frigates have given Greece naval supremacy over Turkey, defense analyst says
TEHRAN – A defense analyst says the Greek-French pact is a game-changer in the Eastern Mediterranean as French frigates have given Greece naval supremacy over Turkey.
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2021-10-10 17:50
Who ran in Iraq's crucial election?
TEHRAN - Iraqi voters (of whom 25 million are eligible to vote) have cast their ballots distributed among 83 electoral districts and more than 8,200 polling stations across the county.
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2021-10-10 12:20
By Mohammad Mazhari
China has significant leverage over U.S.: American scholar
TEHRAN – Pointing to Beijing's leverage over Washington, an American anthropologist says that any damage to U.S.-China trade would harm U.S. economic interests.
