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2022-03-14 18:19
By Mohammad Mazhari
Ukraine war is the ‘post-post-Cold War’ world: professor
TEHRAN - A scholar of international relations and global governance believes that the world has entered the “post-post-Cold War” phase after the Ukraine war.
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2022-03-14 18:16
By Mohammad Mazhari
JCPOA can help Iran diversify economic ties: American expert
TEHRAN – Barbara Slavin, director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council, believes that Tehran can diversify its economic ties by reviving the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2022-03-12 11:29
By Mohammad Mazhari
Successive U.S. administrations have used Ukrainian membership in NATO as leverage: professor
TEHRAN - An associate professor at UMass Boston believes that the U.S. administration won’t reject the option of a Ukrainian membership in NATO as a leverage against Russia.
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2022-03-11 17:49
By Mohammad Mazhari
Republicans will quit any nuclear deal with Iran, scholar predicts
TEHRAN – An executive director and principal research scientist at the Center for International Studies predicts that Republicans will pull Washington out of any possible deal with Iran inked in Vienna.
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2022-03-11 15:12
By Mohammad Mazhari
Media highlight Ukraine as Ukrainians have similar features with the West: ex-White House adviser
TEHRAN - An American academic and former advisor to the White House on Russian affairs says that Western mainstream media pays more attention to the Ukraine case because the country bears a great resemblance to Europe.
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2022-03-07 15:23
By Mohammad Mazhari
West views Ukraine more favorably than Yemen: academic
THRAN – An American academic says that Western powers regard the Ukraine crisis more favorably for assistance than Yemen or Afghanistan.
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2022-03-06 12:15
By Mohammad Mazhari
There is greater risk of nuclear war now than any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis: historian
‘The sane response is to eliminate ALL nuclear weapons’
TEHRAN – A professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University warns that the globe is at risk of nuclear war.
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2022-03-05 11:20
By Mohammad Mazhari
Many Americans still cling to Trump as their savior: anthropologist
TEHRAN – Despite his hypocrisy, Donald Trump is regarded as a savior by many Americans, an associate professor of anthropology says.
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2022-03-02 20:52
By Mohammad Mazhari
Europe will be more affected by high energy prices than Russia: Turkish expert
EHRAN – A Turkish political pundit says sanctions on Russia can hamper its economic growth but will affect Europe more than the Russian fedration.
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2022-03-01 19:39
By Mohammad Mazhari
The West is aware of military balance, academic says of failure to militarily join Ukraine
“The world is living in a state of hypocrisy and double standards”
TEHRAN - A professor at the Lebanese International University says Western capitals are reluctant to respond militarily to the Ukraine crisis as they know well the rules of military balance.
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2022-03-01 09:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran showed Doha its respect for Qatar’s sovereignty: GSA chief
‘Doha and Muscat find the other’s efforts to ease friction between Iran and the U.S. as useful’
TEHRAN - Giorgio Cafiero, chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA), says Iran showed it cares about Qatar’s sovereignty.
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2022-02-26 21:08
By Ramin Etesam
Russia launched special operation in Ukraine to denazify it: analyst
TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst says that Moscow launched military operation again Ukraine to denazify it, demilitarize it, and ensure that the country remains neutral.
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2022-02-25 22:04
By Mohammad Mazhari
Russia-West tension can affect any possible agreement with Iran: professor
TEHRAN – A professor of government and international affairs at George Mason University believes that tension between Russia and the West can increase or decrease the importance of agreement with Iran.
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2022-02-23 21:30
By Mohammad Mazhari
Republicans have largely become a party of extremists: scholar
‘Trump is a moron and has done great damage to America’
TEHRAN – An American academic says that the Republican Party under Donald Trump has lately become a party of extremists.
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2022-02-22 21:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump’s defeat in 2024 election can lead to armed civil unrest: professor
‘Trump views international politics and foreign policy as a set of transactional contracts’
TEHRAN – A professor of politics at the University of California predicts that if Donald Trump runs for the 2024 presidential election and loses the race it can ignite a civil war between the Coasts and Central America.
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2022-02-22 12:34
By Zahra Samimi
Normalization of ties with Israel exposes oligarchy: analyst
“Misplaced ‘trust’ in Israel is a false sentiment”
TEHRAN - An executive at the Johannesburg-based Media Review Network (MRN) believes that the normalization of ties with Israel showed oligarchic and unprincipled essence of Persian Gulf Arab states.
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2022-02-21 11:52
By Mohammad Mazhari
Republicans are correct that U.S. is ‘republic’, American professor says
TEHRAN - Richard Bensel, the professor of American politics at Cornell University, confirms a claim by Republicans that America is a republic than a democracy.
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2022-02-19 21:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Days of the only superpower in the world are gone: Russian expert
THRAN - A Russian expert believes that China and Russia would strengthen their alliance in case of Western sanctions on Moscow.
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2022-02-18 21:15
By Mohammad Mazhari
Whoever has been in charge of America's foreign policy should hang heads in shame: American writer
‘U.S. is addicted to foreign meddling and military actions’
TEHRAN – Describing U.S. foreign policy as “incompetent”, American writer Charles Ortel tells the Tehran Times that “whoever has been in charge of America's foreign policies should hang heads in shame.”
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2022-02-16 00:18
By Mohammad Mazhari
Historian says U.S. beginning to experience its own decline
‘The worst example of American arrogance was in the Trump administration’
TEHRAN - Ronald Grigor Suny, a professor emeritus of political science and history at the University of Chicago, says that the U.S. as the richest and most powerful country in the world is beginning to experience its own decline.
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2022-02-16 00:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. doesn’t have the same economic superiority it had before: political scientist
‘In many ways U.S. is declining as a hegemon’
TEHRAN - David Schultz, a distinguished professor of political science and legal studies from Hamline University, says that the U.S. lacks the same economic dominance it once had to advance its global ambitions.
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2022-02-13 21:16
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. help allies in Ukraine and Taiwan by providing arms: Rutgers professor
TEHRAN - A professor of political science at Rutgers University in New Jersey says that Washington would support Taiwan against China in the way it is helping Ukraine against Russia, giving arms to them rather than deploy troops there.
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2022-02-13 21:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
Singaporean expert says Iran has been acting as anti-status quo power since 1979
‘The only language the U.S. and the West understand is power and force’
TEHRAN - Bilveer Singh, a Singaporean professor, believes that following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has been acting as an anti-status quo regional power.
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2022-02-08 20:32
By Zahra Samimi
Zionist military apartheid has lost support in the world: researcher
“The likeliness that the Zionist or U.S. regimes would or could resurrect ISIS anytime soon is low”
TEHRAN – Ali Scott Vitkovic, a researcher and theologian, says that Israel as an apartheid regime has lost support all around the world.
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2022-02-07 17:29
By Masoud Hossein
Iranian woman skier Ahmadi motivated by Winter Olympics
TEHRAN – Iranian woman skier Atefeh Ahmadi is extremely motivated to participate at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
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2022-02-07 11:09
By Zahra Samimi
Riyadh presses Lebanon economically to isolate Hezbollah: professor
TEHRAN - Jamal Wakim, a professor at the Lebanese University (LU), says that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are putting economic pressure on Lebanon to undercut Hezbollah.
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2022-02-07 09:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. cementing China-Russia partnership through war hysteria: Indian professor
TEHRAN - A leading Indian academic says that America is helping cement the partnership between its foes by its hostile attitudes towards China and Russia.
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2022-02-06 11:16
By Mohammad Mazhari
Ansarallah’s missile attacks on UAE redefines West Asia: Singaporean researcher
“MBS’ wishes of a quick Saudi victory in Yemen fell victim to time”
TEHRAN- A Singaporean researcher says that Ansarallah’s missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has redefined West Asia.
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2022-02-05 18:34
By M. A. Saki
Ex-NATO deputy chief says he doesn’t think Russia will invade Ukraine
Minuto-Rizzo warns against “alarmist remarks” by anybody over the Ukraine crisis
TEHRAN - Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, the former NATO Secretary-General and current President of the NATO Defense College Foundation, says he does not think that Russia will invade Ukraine.
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2022-02-05 09:58
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. is stuck with an 18th-century government in the 21st century: political scientist
“Trump is a brilliant demagogue”
TEHRAN - A professor at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs says that the U.S. political system is stuck in the 18th century.