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2022-04-11 11:50
By Zahra Samimi
Russia has no military, strategic reason to launch bio-chemical attack on Ukraine: analyst
“The Bucha incident must be investigated by an independent and multilateral group of experts”
TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst says that Moscow has no military or strategic interest in targeting Kyiv with chemical or biological weapons.
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2022-04-11 02:31
Macron set to face off against Le Pen in runoff elections on April 24
French President Emmanuel Macron and rival Marine Le Pen qualified on Sunday for what promises to be a very tightly fought presidential election runoff on April 24, pitting a pro-European economic liberal against a far-right nationalist, Reuters reported.
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2022-04-10 18:31
Germany’s plan to cut Russian energy triggers panic
Speaking to journalists in the British capital London alongside UK PM Boris Johnson, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says "[Germany] is actively working to get independent from the import of (Russian) oil and we think that we will be able to make it during this year.”
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2022-04-09 18:19
By Zahra Samimi
Asymmetrical guerrilla war against S. Arabia have been successful: ex-Senate candidate
TEHRAN - A former U.S. Senate candidate says that asymmetrical warfare waged by a movement that persists in defending its country showed the competence of its architects.
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2022-04-09 17:46
Retaliation in Tel Aviv natural response to Israeli aggression
The Tel Aviv shooting by a Palestinian on Thursday night that left at least three Israelis dead and about a dozen others injured comes in response to the regime’s oppressive measures in the occupied territories.
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2022-04-08 17:20
By Mohammad Mazhari
Hollywood has painted itself into a hypocritical corner: researcher
TEHRAN – A cinema researcher, who explores racism, class politics, internationalism in world literature, architecture, music, and global cinema, says that Hollywood with its violent history is suffering hypocrisy.
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2022-04-08 17:10
Major symbolic move in Yemen as former president transfers “power”
TEHRAN- Former Yemeni President, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who Saudi Arabia declared war on Yemen seven years ago to reinstate in power, says he is delegating “his full powers” to a Presidential leadership council.
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2022-04-08 14:54
Israeli regime arrested over 9000 Palestinian kids
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2022-04-06 18:39
Israeli regime arrested over 9,000 Palestinian kids since 2015
TEHRAN- A new report has exposed the shocking scale of Palestinian children that have been have been detained by the Israeli regime from 2015 until today.
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2022-04-05 18:10
50% of UK Muslims struggle for food during Ramadan
TEHRAN- A UK Islamic charity group says half of all Muslim households in the country do not have enough money to eat after fasting every day during the holy month of Ramadan this year.
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2022-04-04 18:46
U.S. mass shooting raises more gun violence questions
TEHRAN- Another fatal act of gun violence in America has triggered more anger among anti-firearm advocates amid a lack of government action to deal with the national gun epidemic after a single shooting incident resulted in 16 casualties.
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2022-04-04 18:44
By Mohammad Mazhari
Lebanon needs a political solution before economic initiative: professor
‘There are internal and external reasons for problems in Lebanon’
TEHRAN- A professor of political science at the Lebanese University believes that the solutions to the economic problems in Lebanon must be political in the first place before any economic decision.
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2022-04-03 21:35
Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
The Taliban's supreme leader on Sunday ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the government would crack down on farmers planting the crop.
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2022-04-03 17:51
By Mohammad Mazhari
Saudi Arabia, UAE view Biden admin as unreliable partner: professor
“The Arab states do not want to jeopardize their increasing closeness with Russia”
TEHRAN - A professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar says that leaderships in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates look at the Biden administration as an unreliable partner who is not worthy to jeopardize the ties with Russia.
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2022-04-03 16:21
Yemen truce goes into effect
TEHRAN- Yemen’s armed forces have announced their commitment to a temporary truce with Saudi Arabia which has been waging war on its neighbor for more than seven years.
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2022-04-03 12:01
The Ukraine conflict backfired on the U.S. dollar
TEHRAN- The perception among many that the United States is the most powerful country in the world because of its military power cannot be further from the reality on the ground.
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2022-03-29 18:02
Russia pledges to reduce military acts near Kyiv as peace talks progress
General Alexander Fomin, Russia's deputy defense minister, told reporters on Tuesday that Russia would reduce its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv in light of the "meaningful" negotiations with Ukraine, DW reported.
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2022-03-29 15:58
Russia asks Europe to pay for gas export in rules or will make other decisions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian central bank, the government, and Gazprom to present proposals by March 31 for gas payments in rubles from "unfriendly countries," including all European Union states.
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2022-03-28 15:14
Zelensky says Ukraine ready to discuss neutrality in peace talks with Russia
Ukraine is ready to declare neutrality, abandon its drive to join NATO and vow to not develop nuclear weapons if Russia withdraws troops and Kyiv receives security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of peace talks in Turkey on Monday.
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2022-03-28 13:34
Macron warns against 'escalation' after Biden calls Putin 'butcher'
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Sunday against a verbal "escalation" of Russia's invasion in Ukraine.
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2022-03-20 00:24
Russia says it used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine for first time
Russia says it used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine to destroy a weapons storage site in the country’s west.
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2022-03-19 23:14
Syrian president visits UAE, first trip to Arab country since war
Syrian leader Assad was in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his office said, marking his first visit to an Arab country since war erupted in Syria in 2011.
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2022-03-16 23:09
Iran, China FMs discuss issues of common interest
TEHRAN- On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian spoke on phone with the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi about bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.
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2022-03-16 16:01
By Sarah Khan
End of dream, return of history
Russian military assault on Ukraine is debilitating blow to American-led Liberal Leviathan and final nail in the coffin of ‘End of History’ delusions. Western security analysts are incessantly scrutinizing that what led to this preventable catastrophe?
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2022-03-16 15:57
By Mohammad Mazhari
Risks of nuclear war are growing, but still remain low: political scientist
‘One key distinction in the analogy between Ukraine and the Cuban Missile Crisis is the ability to deescalate’
TEHRAN – A senior researcher in nuclear arms control at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich says that the risk of nuclear conflict is increasing despite its low possibility as the Ukraine war has quickly become a conflict involving NATO.
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2022-03-16 15:51
Yemen on brink of “seismic hunger crisis”
TEHRAN- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has issued a new stark warning over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen saying the desperate levels of hunger are “set to become catastrophic”.
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2022-03-15 17:00
Russia, China dismiss U.S. claims over Ukraine
TEHRAN- The Kremlin says Russian forces can take full control of major Ukrainian cities and it has sufficient military clout to fulfill all of its aims in Ukraine without any assistance from China.
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2022-03-14 18:30
Optimism amid Russia-Ukraine peace talks
TEHRAN- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says officials taking part in talks with their Russian counterparts are hoping to ensure direct talks between the two countries leaders in a bid to bring peace to the conflict.
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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.
