Archive - Tehran Times

2021-02-12 22:32

By Mohammad Mazhari

Iranian position in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been fair: Azeri expert

TEHRAN – Head of the Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights says that Iran took a correct position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from the first day.

2021-02-12 16:05

Moscow ready to break ties with EU: Lavrov

Moscow is prepared to end the relationship with the European Union if the bloc introduces sanctions that put the Russian economy at risk, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated.

2021-02-11 10:30

By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili

Islamic Revolution a brilliant example of triumph over imperialism: American professor

TEHRAN - David Yaghoubian, a professor of history at California State University San Bernardino, tells the Tehran Times that the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 serves as a shining example for all people and movements around the world who seek to maintain “hard-won independence and sovereignty”.

2021-02-09 14:20

By Mohammad Mazhari

Iran a successful model for the region: ex-Lebanese minister

TEHRAN – Noting that the world is looking to Iran as an inspiring example for Islamic movements, former Lebanese labor minister Tarad Hamadeh says that the Islamic Republic founded a successful model for the region.

2021/02/08

By Mohammad Javdan

Coup in Myanmar: Nothing has changed

Military men, the undisputed rulers of the less developed countries in Southeast Asia

Last week a military coup happened in Myanmar. The military junta arrested all government leaders after months of dispute with the government over approval or disapproval of the November 2020 elections.

2021-02-08 21:23

By Mohammad mazhari

S. Arabia playing destructive role in Lebanon: analyst

TEHRAN - In an attempt to undermine Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia has been playing a vicious role in Lebanon, a Lebanese military analyst says.

2021-02-08 10:12

By Payman Yazdani

Will Biden end support to war in Yemen or cut Trump funding?

TEHRAN – US President in a humanitarian gesture claims that he wants to end US support to the Saudi war in Yemen but his real intention and motives are under question.

2021-02-07 15:14

By Mohammad Ali Saki

Trump was a symptom, not the illness: Lebanese researcher

TEHRAN – A Lebanese political researcher is of the opinion that the division in the American society is not a newfound phenomenon, saying it has been existing for decades.

2021-02-06 22:41

By Mohammad Javdan

Coup in Myanmar: Nothing has changed

Military men, the undisputed rulers of the less developed countries in Southeast Asia

TEHRAN- Last week a military coup happened in Myanmar. The military junta arrested all government leaders after months of dispute with the government over approval or disapproval of the November 2020 elections.

2021-02-06 17:53

Pakistan PM: We would give Kashmiris ‘right to independence’

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has pledged to allow the people of Kashmir the right to independence if residents of the disputed Himalayan territory were to vote for joining Pakistan in a United Nations-mandated plebiscite that has been delayed for decades.

2021/02/06

By Abir Bassam

Tripoli riots: The third step to topple Lebanon

A few days ago, one of my friend’s comments attracted my attention. He said: “America loves Lebanon, as much as Juha loves his stepmother”. Juha is an authentic Arab character, who is known for his exceptional anecdotes that grew as parables in people’s perceptions. He was an exceptional figure in the Arabic culture.

2021-02-06 10:21

By Mohammad Mazhari

Biden faces difficult job to rebuild divided America: professor

TEHRAN - An American professor is of the opinion that President Joe Biden has a long road to repair the deep-rooted division in America, especially when it comes to structural issues like racism, poverty, and Red-Blue division.

2021-02-05 11:22

U.S. think tanks: Scenarios for the GCC and advice to Israel

In the wake of Joe Biden’s arrival at the White House and his stated policy to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, American think tanks have remarkably speculated on the issue. In this context, a plenty of publications addressing issues directly and indirectly related to Washington-Tehran relations in the broader West Asia theatre, are also available.

2021-02-03 11:18

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. has long been divided: American writer

TEHRAN - An American writer says that the United States is divided into camps over supporting unregulated globalism.

2021/02/02

By Abir Bassam

Biden and the sweet legacy of Trump

Many have written about the heavy legacy that Donald Trump has left for his successor Joe Biden. However, if we read well about the role the deep system plays in the U.S., it will be difficult to actually believe that. Trump, the clown, came for the purpose of rewriting the international agreements, which America had signed during Barak Obama’s presidency (2008- 2016).

2021-02-02 12:01

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S., Russia have lost wars though they have nuclear arms: Carnegie scholar

TEHRAN – The vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace says that nuclear weapons can’t be used necessarily as a deterrence strategy as the U.S. and the Soviet Union, despite possessing nuclear bombs, have been attacked and also lost wars.

2021-02-01 20:20

Hezbollah shot downs Israeli drone in southern Lebanon

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has intercepted and shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle as it crossed into Lebanon's airspace near the border village of Blida in the south of the Arab country.

2021-02-01 20:19

Myanmar military seizes power, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids.

2021/02/01

By Munir A Saeed

Sometimes it takes a volcano to start the healing

Let me start by saying something some may consider outrageous. One day, not long from now, many may look back on the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency and consider it to be not just the worst choice Americans made, but, ironically, the best thing that happened to America and the world. Why? The U.S. needed Donald Trump to save it from itself.

2021-02-01 12:56

By Mohammad Mazhari

Iran's military power not a threat to other nations: Venezuelan ambassador

TEHRAN – Pointing to Iran's technological and scientific advances over the last 42 years, the Venezuelan ambassador to Tehran says that “Iran's military power is not a threat to other nations.”

2021-01-31 22:06

Yemen's Ansarullah welcomes Italy’s decision to block arms exports to Saudi Arabia, UAE

The popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has praised Italy’s decision to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which have been waging a devastating war on impoverished Yemen for years.

2021-01-31 21:59

Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond May deadline

International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban’s deal with the United States, four senior NATO officials said, a move that could escalate tensions with the Taliban demanding full withdrawal.

2021-01-29 19:43

Blast near Israeli embassy in Delhi on 29th anniv of India-Israel ties

A blast occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi and three vehicles were damaged in it.

2021-01-29 17:15

U.S. establishing new military base in Hasaka

The U.S. occupation forces have begun to build a new military base in al-Yaroubia area in Hasaka, Syria, deploying logistic materials and military equipment there, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

2021-01-29 17:14

Biden administration pauses weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

The United States is reviewing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorised by former President Donald Trump, a move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was “typical” of a new administration.

2021-01-29 10:25

By Mohammad Mazhari

Trump isolated America and divided the nation: professor

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday presented to the Senate a single article of impeachment accusing former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection in a speech to his supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol, setting in motion his second impeachment trial.

2021/01/27

By Azin Sahabi

U.S. negotiation strategy in view of Washington Institute for Near East Policy

In the coming weeks, TRANSITION 2021 memos by Washington Institute for Near East Policy will address the broad issues facing the Biden administration in the West Asia region.

2021-01-27 17:20