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2022-01-07 23:04
Baghdad to host new round of Iran-Saudi talks soon: ambassador
TEHRAN – Iraj Masjedi, Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad, has said Iraq will soon host the fifth round of talks between Tehran and Riyadh, Tasnim reported on Thursday.
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2022-01-03 22:09
The invisible hand of UAE in Yemen
TEHRAN – In the latest major development in the Yemen war, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Monday that they had seized an Emirati-operated cargo ship for committing “hostile acts” in the territorial waters of Yemen.
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2022-01-01 21:42
By Mohammad Mazhari
Western powers continuing arming S. Arabia: expert
TEHRAN - MENA Program Director at the International Crisis Group says that Western powers talk about an end to war on Yemen while they are continuing to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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2021-12-31 17:31
Convicted Khashoggi killers staying “in seven-star accommodation”
TEHRAN - According to sources connected to senior members of the Saudi intelligence apparatus who spoke to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity, at least three members of the Saudi hit squad who were sentenced before a Saudi court (in a trial broadly condemned as a sham), of murdering Jamal Khashoggi are living and working “in seven-star accommodation” inside a government-run security compound in Riyadh.
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2021-12-28 21:53
A Saudi ‘tragic note for Yemenis’ on Christmas
TEHRAN – Over the last few days, several world media outlets have unabashedly touted the “change” in Saudi society as a new positive chapter in the history of a kingdom deeply involved in the killing of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis.
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2021-12-27 20:58
Foreign Ministry: Iran will name new ambassador to Yemen
TEHRAN — In response to a question posed by the Tehran Times correspondent, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that Iran plans to appoint a new ambassador to Yemen.
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2021-12-24 23:51
U.S.-backed coalition pummels civilian installations in Yemen
TEHRAN – In the latest violation of human rights, Saudi Arabia has targeted a number of civilian facilities in the Yemeni capital under the pretext of being used to store weapons.
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2021-12-22 21:07
Iran to sue Riyadh for deliberate delay that led to ambassador’s death
TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Tuesday afternoon blamed some executive bodies in Riyadh for a delay in allowing Iran’s late ambassador to Yemen, who was suffering from the COVID-19 infection, to exit the Saudi-besieged country, saying Iran will lodge a formal protest over the delay in accordance with international law.
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2021-12-21 23:57
Saudi-led coalition siege on Yemen took another life...
TEHRAN — On Tuesday morning, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh broke the news that the Iranian ambassador to Yemen, Hassan Irlou, has passed away due to severe coronavirus disease. This raised the question: How many people have died like the ambassador because of the Saudi-led coalition that has been controlling Sanaa airport for years?
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2021-12-20 21:25
Iran, Saudi Arabia FMs hold brief meeting in Pakistan
TEHRAN – The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia held a brief meeting in Islamabad on Sunday on the sidelines of a regional summit on Afghanistan, the spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry said.
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2021-12-20 16:09
Iran to play Australia at 2022 Asian Handball Championship opener
TEHRAN – Iran will play Australia in their opening match of the 20th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship.
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2021-12-17 21:39
Iran flatly rejects statement by Persian Gulf Arab leaders as 'unconstructive’
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh late on Wednesday strongly condemned an anti-Tehran communiqué issued at the end of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council summit, stressing the Islamic Republic will allow no meddling in its internal affairs, including its peaceful nuclear program.
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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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2021-12-13 21:37
Iran’s military chief: We met with Saudi, UAE officials
TEHRAN — Iran’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri announced on Monday that he has met with military officials from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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2021-12-13 21:36
Iran rejects reopening mission in Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN — Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, the spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, has said preliminary talks are underway at expert level between Iran and Saudi Arabia and preparations must be completed for talks at diplomatic level.
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2021-12-07 21:26
Yemeni army targets Saudi Aramco, defense ministry
TEHRAN - The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces has revealed details of a large-scale operation in retaliation for the Saudi bombing campaign on Yemen, saying it attacked Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry and Aramco facilities among other targets.
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2021-12-06 18:10
Iran learn rivals at Asian 2022 Men's Handball Championship
TEHRAN – Iran discovered their opponents at the 20th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship on Monday.
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2021-12-04 23:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran’s goals cannot be met by revival of the 2015 pact: researcher
TEHRAN - A senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore says the 2015 nuclear deal won’t bring economic benefits for Iran.
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2021-12-01 10:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
Any forum about security in West Asia without Iran is futile: Singaporean professor
TEHRAN – Bilveer Singh, a Singaporean professor, believes that any dialogue about security of the region without Iran is time wasting.
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2021-11-30 15:41
By Mohammad Mazhari
Wahhabism lacks rationality: Indonesian expert
TEHRAN – An Indonesian expert in international relationship says that Wahhabism lacks rationality and it creates division, instead of unity, among the Islamic Ummah.
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2021-11-27 20:05
Iranian women win three medals at World Taekwondo Women's Open
TEHRAN – Iranian women taekwondo players claimed three medals at the first edition of the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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2021-11-27 18:03
Hezbollah Chief dismisses Australian designation
TEHRAN - In a speech, the Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has touched on recent measures taken by several western countries against resistance movements in West Asia saying they have been placed under “some Western country’s terrorism lists, this involves resistance movements in Lebanon, Palestine Yemen, Iraq. Sometimes it’s their factions, their leaders and sometimes the entire movement itself is placed on their terrorism list. This path will continue, as we said previously, it will continue. With regards to us in Lebanon, this certainly is related to regional developments and the upcoming parliamentary election.”
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2021-11-24 18:12
UN warns of catastrophic Yemen death toll
TEHRAN - The United Nations has warned that should the war on Yemen continue until the end of 2021, the death toll from the conflict will reach 377,000 lives with 154,000 as a result of direct combat and violence and 223,000 – or nearly 60 per cent – indirectly caused by the conflict. The report says of the total deaths, 259,000 – nearly 70 per cent of total conflict-attributable deaths – are children younger than five years old.
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2021-11-24 17:06
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
Regional models of dialogue more helpful for peace: Italian expert
‘We are faced with autocratic states that need U.S. cover to conceal atrocities and human rights violations’
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2021-11-23 21:21
VP: If Yemenis stand on own feet, devil can’t do anything
TEHRAN — Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, the Iranian vice president for parliamentary affairs, said on Tuesday that the war against the Yemenis has ended in failure.
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2021-11-17 20:40
Saudi-Israeli propaganda against Iran and Syria fails
TEHRAN— Last week, Al Arabiya, a Saudi TV channel, said that Iran’s advisor in Syria, Brigadier General Mustafa Javad Ghaffari, has been expelled from Syria, following a dispute with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Why did the Saudi-Israeli plot surfaced at such complicated time? The Tehran Times explores why.
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2021-11-15 21:56
Emirati football team literally geared up for a game in Lebanon, but why?
TEHRAN— In a shocking move, the UAE football team brought advanced weapons to Lebanon without being searched.
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2021-11-14 16:27
Powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Iran
TEHRAN - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Fin county, southern Hormozgan Province, at 15:37 local time on Sunday, leaving one dead and three injured so far, ISNA reported.
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2021-11-13 21:22
Saudi FM says ‘enough progress’ made in talks with Iran
TEHRAN – The top diplomat of Saudi Arabia has said that enough progress was made during several rounds of talks with Iran that allows the two regional heavyweights to proceed with the negotiations, though they are yet to reach a concrete result.
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2021-11-13 21:21
All countries in the region want good relations with Iran: Jordan FM
TEHRAN - Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi has said all countries in the region want better relations with Iran based on the principle of good neighborliness and non-interference in internal affairs.
