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2021-07-04 18:31
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran-China partnership can be game-changer, says Indian journalist
TEHRAN - Editor of Delhi's Hardnews magazine says that the Iran-China partnership is a game-changer as it ends U.S. ability to pressure Iran.
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2021-07-04 16:51
By Mohammad Mazhari
Idea of exporting democracy is undemocratic: Oxford professor
TEHRAN - A professor of history at the University of Oxford says that the idea of exporting democracy as a technique or technology is undemocratic.
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2021-07-03 18:40
By Mohammad Mazhari
S. Arabia key pillar of U.S. presence in the region: researcher
TEHRAN - An assistant professor at the Defense Studies Department of King's College London says that Washington uses Riyadh as a means to maintain its presence in the region.
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2021-07-03 17:47
By Mohammad Mazhari
It is in China’s long-term interest to confront U.S. sanctions: GWU professor
Professor Hossein Askari says Iran could be a potential game-changer if it adopts and pursues sound policies
TEHRAN – A professor from the George Washington University says that it is in China’s long-term interest to blunt U.S. sanctions, which have become a weapon in its foreign policy.
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2021-07-03 13:33
By Masoud Hossein
Mark Bosnich reveals Iran deservedly qualified for World Cup
TEHRAN – Former Australia custodian Mark Bosnich says that Iran national football team deserved to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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2021-06-30 17:15
By Mohammad Mazhari
Kuwaiti physician calls Iranian coronavirus vaccine scientific breakthrough
TEHRAN - A Kuwaiti medical doctor praises Iran’s success in producing coronavirus vaccines, saying it marks one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in recent years.
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2021-06-30 16:11
By Mohammad Mazhari
Taliban accommodating all ethnic groups: analyst
TEHRAN – A member of an Islamabad-based think tank believes that the “Taliban are accommodating all ethnic groups” as it looks forward to seize the power in Kabul.
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2021-06-29 18:16
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
Israel is intimidated by Raisi election: Lebanese expert
TEHRAN- A senior Lebanese political analyst says that Ebrahim Raisi’s firmness and decisiveness have frightened Israel and its Western allies.
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2021-06-29 15:04
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
U.S. liberal democracy turning into totalitarian regime reminiscent of the Soviet Union: ex-Senate c
TEHRAN - A former U.S. Senate candidate says U.S. liberal democracy is converting to a totalitarian system like the former Soviet Union.
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2021-06-29 15:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. irresponsible exit from Afghanistan will lead to civil war, researcher predicts
TEHRAN - A Pakistani researcher is confident U.S. “irresponsible withdrawal” from Afghanistan will pave the way for a civil war in the country which will adversely affect the region in its entirety.
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2021-06-27 14:26
By M.A. Saki
“Cautious distance” between Iran and U.S. will continue under Raisi, expert says
TEHRAN - A political science professor at the Open University in Britain predicts that Iran will maintain its policy of “cautious distance” from the United States during the future administration of Ebrahim Raisi.
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2021-06-27 13:32
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran polls showed democracy in a region unfamiliar with freedom: commentator
TEHRAN - A Lebanese political expert says the June 18 presidential election in Iran showed the existence of democracy in a region where the meaning of democracy is still unknown and people are rarely given the right to express their opinion.
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2021-06-26 19:02
By Mohammad Mazhari
It’s easier for U.S. to work with monarchies than democracies: professor
TEHRAN - It is easier for the U.S. to work with monarchies than democratic countries because in a monarchical system there is no dramatic change or shift of power, a leading Indian academic says.
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2021-06-26 18:49
By M. A. Saki
Russian analyst says U.S. has no productive role in Vienna talks
TEHRAN – Slamming U.S. negative role in the Vienna talks, a Russian political analyst is of the opinion that the U.S. is interested to keep diplomatic pressure against Iran.
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2021-06-26 16:51
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran election showed most parties back Islamic Republic: Turkish academic
TEHRAN – Despite some calls to boycott the presidential election in Iran, reformists, centrists, and conservatives proved that they support the establishment, says Mustafa Caner, a Turkish academic.
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2021-06-23 18:55
By Reza Moshfegh
S. Arabia has lost its cards in Yemen: analyst
TEHRAN – A Yamani writer says that Saudi Arabia looks for a solution to get out of Yemen’s swamp as it has lost its cards in the regions and Yemen.
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2021-06-23 18:52
By M. A. Saki
Iran’s new government will play prominent role in the region: analyst
TEHRAN – An Iraqi analyst believes that due to new regional arrangements Iran will play a prominent role in West Asia under the leadership of Ebrahim Raisi who was elected Iranian president in the June 18 elections.
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2021-06-23 18:47
By Mohamamd Mazhari
Raisi's victory represents challenge for U.S.: analyst
TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst says that Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in the Iranian election will strengthen Tehran’s position through challenging U.S. hegemony in the region.
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2021-06-22 21:42
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. divided along ideological lines between Red States and Blues States: American scholar
TEHRAN - American anthropologist William O. Beeman says that the United States is divided along ideological lines between Republicans and Democrats.
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2021-06-22 21:41
By A. K. Jenabzadeh
The election of Raisi is a sign of vitality for Iran: Albanian historian
TEHRAN - Olsi Jazexhi, an Albanian historian, believes that election of Ebrahim Raisi is a “pivotal moment” for Iran and the Islamic world.
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2021-06-19 15:19
By Mohammad Mazhari
Yemen war the worst nightmare of Saudi modern history: researcher
TEHRAN – A research assistant professor in Gulf politics at Qatar University says that the Saudi uninformed approach in Yemen has transformed the Yemen war into a nightmare of the Saudi modern history.
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2021-06-18 15:43
By Mohammad Mazhari
Political system in U.S. hardly accepts major changes: professor
TEHRAN - Nader Entessar, a professor emeritus of political science from the University of South Alabama, says that U.S. political system does not lend itself to major changes.
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2021-06-18 11:28
By Mohammad Mazhari
Voting laws proposed by Republicans is to guarantee just lawful votes are counted, writer says
TEHRAN - An American writer says that Republicans' voting law is to make sure that only lawful votes are counted. "The American system is meant to count each lawful vote," Charles Ortel tells the Tehran Times.
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2021-06-16 17:12
By M. A. Saki
Saudi-Iranian talks are an attempt to pre-empt the American return to nuclear deal, says sociologist
TEHRAN - Head of the Center for Political Studies at the University of Lebanon says that the Saudi desire to negotiate with Iran is an attempt to pre-empt the American return to the nuclear deal.
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2021-06-16 13:47
By Mohammad Mazhari
Republicans’ moves to restrict voting is troubling sign for U.S. democracy: professor
TEHRAN – A professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar says that Republicans' attempts to restrict voting is a troubling sign in the long term.
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2021-06-15 17:49
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump dealt a great blow to U.S. soft power: Lebanese researcher
TEHRAN - A Lebanese political researcher is of the opinion that former U.S. President Donald Trump lifted the veil on U.S. democracy and gave a powerful slap in the face to the American soft power.
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2021-06-14 16:15
By Reza Moshfegh
Washington sees Iran's move in sending tankers to Syria a violation of its hegemony: expert
TEHRAN – A Lebanese political expert says that Tehran has antagonized Washington by questioning its hegemony by sending fuel tankers to Syria and Venezuela.
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2021-06-13 21:12
By Mohammad Mazhari
Sanctions have proven ineffective: American economist
TEHRAN – Noting that the sanction is a failed policy, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University says that the U.S. is totally addicted to sanctions as an “economic weapon of war”.
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2021-06-13 14:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Biden-Harris government has put American Republic at risk, says rights activist
TEHRAN – While some states in the U.S. are preparing to restrict voting rights, an American human rights activist says that the Biden-Harris government has jeopardized the American Republic.
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2021-06-12 15:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Demographic change, a big opportunity to U.S. democracy: professor
Adib-Moghaddam says right-wing idea “is based on xenophobia, aggression, an unscientific and irrational worldview and a good dose of stupidity”
TEHRAN - Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute, says that the shift in American demographic structure is an important opportunity to save democracy in the United States.